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Lawmakers Refuel Effort to Create Hybrid Taxi Fleet

Monday, March 28, 2011 - 03:50 PM

Lawmakers announced Monday new legislation geared toward helping to create a fuel-efficient taxi fleet in the city.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Taxi Commissioner David Yassky and Rep. Jerrold Nadler introduced the Green Taxis Act of 2011. Gillibrand and Nadler originally introduced their bill in 2009.

Under current law, only federal officials can regulate those standards, and that was the reason a federal appeals court rejected New York City's policy last summer. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider the city's appeal last month.

The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade issued a statement saying the city can improve fuel efficiency without the legislation, if  officials simply work with the taxi industry and permit owners to purchase next generation commercially-built taxis.

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