NEW YORK - A group of taxi drivers launched a two-day strike Wednesday, right in the middle of the New York Fashion Week and the U.S. Open tennis tournament, over what the cabbies consider intrusive new technology requirements.
The executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Bhairavi Desai, said it wasn't immediately clear how many of the city's 13,000 taxis would be idled during the strike.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg downplayed the likelihood of widespread disruption, but the city still allowed taxis to pick up multiple separate passengers, and the transit system added buses on some airport routes. Normally, taxi drivers are allowed to pick up only one …
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