Spencer v. NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marylin G. Diamond, J.), entered on or about June 8, 2005, which denied the petitioner’s application to annul respondent’s determination denying petitioner’s application for a license to operate a taxi in New York City, and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner’s previous operation of a for-hire vehicle without a license and many recent traffic violations provide a rational basis for denying him a taxi license (see Matter of Howell v Benson, 90 AD2d 903 [1982], lv denied 58 NY2d 611 [1983]). Concur—Tom, J.P, Friedman,…