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Re:The Tyranny of Taxi Medallions by gertef on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @04:30PM (#5527939)
Taxis are required to service all destinations in manhattan.

But yeah, originations are a problem.

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Re:The Tyranny of Taxi Medallions by cm2012 on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @04:46PM (#5528047)
They are required to service all of NYC, but will do almost anything not to.
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Re:The Tyranny of Taxi Medallions by Yzupnick on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @04:51PM (#5528074)
Correction, taxis are required to take you to "any destination in NYC, Westchester, Nassau, or Newark Airport;"

Source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/taxicab_rights.sh...

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Re:The Tyranny of Taxi Medallions by mnutt on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @07:51PM (#5529032)
They often stop with their doors locked, roll down the window, and ask where you are going.
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