New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission overstepped its authority when it required drivers to have disability insurance and health benefits and pay 6 cents per ride for the benefits, a Manhattan appeals court ruled Thursday.
A unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, ruling in Matter of Ahmed v. City of New York, 101692/13, affirmed Acting Justice Margaret Chan’s April 2014 annulment of the TLC’s use of its regulatory power to require that taxi drivers be covered by supplemental insurance and be afforded the assistance of “navigators” to help them select plans available under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
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