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[WATCH] Jerry Seinfeld on the Illusion of Safety in a New York City Taxi

2024-12-29T12:00:00-05:00

Here is a great vintage clip of stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld from the mid-80s doing a hilarious routine on taxi drivers in the City.

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[VIDEO] Where Do NYC Cab Drivers Eat?

2024-10-23T12:00:00-04:00

Where do New York City’s cab drivers actually go to eat? To take breaks during long shifts driving up and down city streets, many taxi drivers stop at Haandi, a Pakistani restaurant in Rose Hill. Follow a day in the life of Ameen Khan, a taxi driver since 1989. The karahi chicken and Pakistani tea at Haandi, he says, instantly made him feel as though he was back home in Pakistan.

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[WATCH] Jerry Seinfeld Riffs on the Illusion of Safety in a New York City Taxi

2024-06-19T12:00:00-04:00

Here is a great vintage clip of stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld from the mid-80s doing a hilarious routine on taxi drivers in the City.

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[VIDEO] They Put A Celebrity In Every NYC Taxi And People Hated It

2024-04-24T12:00:00-04:00

If you got in a taxi in New York City between 1997 and 2003, you were greeted with the recorded voice of a celebrity reminding you to buckle up. When you left, the same celebrity reminded you to make sure you don’t forget anything, and get a receipt.

This video is the complete oral history of the Celebrity Talking Taxi program, complete with stories never before made public, and a new exclusive interview with Al Franken about the politically incorrect “cab driver” jokes he pitched back then and how he views them today.

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[VIDEO] Vintage Clip Shows Joe Montana & Cybill Shepherd Throwing Footballs Into NYC Taxis

2024-01-16T12:00:00-05:00

Game on. (From "Late Show," air date: 10/16/95)

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[WATCH] Can The NYC Yellow Taxi Survive Uber And Lyft?

2023-10-25T12:00:00-04:00

Yellow taxis are an iconic symbol synonymous with New York. But it’s a tough job with drivers on average working more than 9 hours a day, 6 days a week. Taxi’s have also had to contend with a host of other issues. Medallion prices were artificially inflated in the early 2010's due to predatory lending forcing many owner-operators into bankruptcy. The industry has also been overwhelmed by ride hailing services like Uber and Lyft which launched in New York in 2011 and 2014 respectively. Today roughly 13,000 yellow taxis compete with about 80,000 ride-share drivers.

Chapters:
00:00 — Introduction
01:57 — The legacy of yellow taxis
03:58 — The medallion crisis
08:55 — The rise of ride-hailing services
11:43 — The future

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[VIDEO] Vintage Colorized Film Shows Catching Passenger a Cab on 5th Avenue in the 1930s

2023-02-14T12:00:00-05:00

1930's Catching a Cab, New York, NY 5th Avenue (around 53rd Street) 1930's Enhanced with real sound. Music: Duke Ellington 1937 3 18 The Cotton Club NYC

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[WATCH] Jerry Seinfeld Riffs on the Illusion of Safety in a New York City Taxi

2023-01-08T12:00:00-05:00

Here is a great vintage clip of stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld from the mid-80s doing a hilarious routine on taxi drivers in the City.

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[VIDEO] Why New York City Taxi Drivers Are Drowning In Debt

2022-07-22T12:00:00-04:00

The yellow taxi cab is the quintessential New York City ride. What started as a small fleet of cars nearly 100 years ago, has turned into a bustling system of thousands of yellow taxi cabs. But now the threat of ride-share apps and city scandal has left cab drivers in thousands of dollars of debt.

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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022, Good Morning!

2022-04-23T10:00:00-04:00

Good morning! Wishing you a happy Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 from all of us at Viewing NYC!

Here's what the weather looks like in the City right now.

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