“Taxi Driver Protection Act” (S.3824/A.207)

Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign into law the “Taxi Driver Protection Act” (S.3824/A.207), which would amend the Penal Law by increasing the penalties for assaulting an operator of a for-hire vehicle and by requiring a sign in every for-hire vehicle that states, “WARNING: Assaulting a taxi driver is punishable by up to twenty-five years in prison.”