Licensing
Taxi driver's license revoked for verbally harassing a passenger.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission alleged that a taxicab driver verbally harassed a female passenger. The driver argued that his comments to the passenger were not harassment under the State Penal Law and that the Commission was infringing his First Amendment rights.
Taxi & Limousine Comm'n v. Awan (in PDF) , OATH Index No. 1719/13 (May 21, 2013), adopted, Comm'r Dec. (July 8, 2013).