Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade v. New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stall-man, J.), entered January 8, 2013, which denied petitioners’ motion for incidental damages under CPLR 7806, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Since 1996, under the authority of section 2303 of the New York City Charter, respondent the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (the TLC) has promulgated rules setting limitations of lease rates that taxi owners can charge taxi drivers who lease the taxis. The maximum amount an owner may charge a driver is known as the “lease cap.” In 2009, the TLC enacted the “Driver Protection…