mcguire. >>> good afternoon, mary mcguire, taxi driver. they are leasing the rent medallions to the cab companies. i'm concerned about how, how this will impact the service. now, it's a current standard of 8 wheelchair pick ups a month. that is not very many. if that is the standard, would that be for each driver or each medallion? and who is responsible for maintaining the standard applied to the ramp drivers themselves or the cab companies? currently the medallion holder is responsible for that. and what incentives would the drivers have to maintain this service, if they don't have the medallion any more? if the company is just going to hire lease drivers to do these -- to drive these ramp medallions, how will the standard be maintained if they're not employees? if they're independent contractors, they're unable to enforce, enforce any employee rules. so, i think you should consider that. and also the legislation mentions that -- about the current ramp drivers would be eligible to purchase this half price medallion, $150,000. it's not cl

. ~ >>> hi, mary mcguire, i'm a taxi driver as well and i want to address the uninsured vehicles roaming our streets. these companies, lift side car, they advertise themselves on the internet as being safer than taxis. really, really? they have no inspections. they're not green, by the way. i thought it was a green city. is any car newer than 2000, and they have no insurance. they require that the potential customer waive their legal rights before they hire the vehicle on their app. this they do knowingly. there is no random drug testing for drivers. there is no fingerprints for drivers. the background check is really a very simple consumer grade credit report like if you're renting an apartment or maybe you met someone on the internet and you wanted to date them before you get more serious, $30 gets you the background check. they're calling their fares donations. they are not required to pay state or federal income taxes. even though these companies themselves are not listed on the irs website as charitable organizations, go look it up. the drivers are not required to submit their socia