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The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, an organization that represents 33 taxi fleets, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to block the Bloomberg administration’s plan to legalize street hail service for cars other than yellow cabs. The suit comes right before Thursday’s scheduled Taxi and Limousine Commission’s vote on the draft rules that will govern the livery street hail service.

As the Bloomberg administration moves forward with its plan to expand taxi service outside Manhattan, there have been a number of closed-door meetings between industry stakeholders vying to get the best deal possible.