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John Liu, New York City comptroller, has said he won't register the contract for a fleet of new Nissan taxis until every last one is made wheelchair accessible. There are currently just 231 cabs with wheelchair ramps in the city, though that number will jump by another 2,000 units next year. Even so, Liu said the current cab system is "separate and unequal." The city comptroller signs off on every contract the city makes, but Liu doesn't technically have the authority to block the contract unless there's evidence of corruption.
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Nissan and New York City are gearing up to make the Japanese automaker’s NV200 van the Big Apple’s only taxicab, but city comptroller John Liu says says he will block their plan because the cab isn’t accesible for those in wheelchai... Read Post

John Liu, the comptroller for the City of New York, does not have nice words for the mini-minivan that's poised to become the city's primary taxi cab. No, he's not a Jalopnik reader who's pissed that the Nissan NV200 van is going to... Read Post

Nissan’s plan to provide New York City’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” could hit a bump in the road, according to a recent report. City Comptroller John Liu says he won’t approve the city’s contract with Nissan because the vehicle isn’t wheelc... Read Post