LIU STATEMENT ON TAXI OF TOMORROW
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NEW YORK, NY - City Comptroller John C. Liu
stated the following on yesterday's approval of the "Taxi of Tomorrow":
"The failure to make the entire fleet wheelchair-accessible is a wrong-headed decision that should concern all New Yorkers, not just the current 60,000 wheelchair-users in our City. People can become disabled at any point in their life. Perhaps if the Mayor required the use of a wheelchair he would see this issue differently."
Background:
Comptroller Liu's testimony to the Taxi and Limousine Commission: http://comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2012_releases/pr12-09-100.shtm
Press Release: http://comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2012_releases/pr12-05-047.shtm
Press Conference: http://bit.ly/PXBv2M