NEW YORK — Mohammed Uddin was having a bad day, and it was only lunchtime. He was fourth in line at a green-taxi stand in Astoria, Queens, and not happy about it. But he was not waiting for a green ...

It was a busy night, two days before Christmas, and the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant were packed with shoppers. So Emmanuel* was out later than usual. He had just picked up one last fare from his ...

For as long as he could remember, Sergio Sanchez had wanted to make a name for himself in business. In June 2013, the young livery-cab driver saw his chance: The Bloomberg administration was launching ...