In May, Commissioner Midori Valdivia of the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su, Commissioner Samuel A.A. Levine of the New York City Department of Consumer & Worker Protection, Commissioner Faiza Ali of the Office on Immigrant Affairs, and Deputy Commissioner Kitty Chan of the New York City Department of Small Business Services hosted a media roundtable and Q&A session to inform immigrant New Yorkers of their rights, including worker and consumer protections.
Valdivia emphasized the importance of ensuring that immigrant drivers under her commission felt supported and had access to measures that strengthen their ability to drive safely across NYC with dignity. She further spotlighted TLC’s new driver engagement, a first-of-its-kind driver survey, designed to gather direct input from licensees, guiding the policies, priorities, and initiatives of the TLC to help promote working-class immigrant voices and uplift economic justice under the Mamdani administration.
“We are taking a whole-of-government approach when it comes to protecting the hardworking immigrants who power our city,” said Valdivia. “More than 90% of TLC drivers are immigrants, and per miles driven, they’re the safest drivers in the city. They protect us every time they get behind the wheel, and it’s only right that we help to protect them.”
Source: NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
