Mankarios v. New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission

*317In 1998 petitioner was issued a license by respondent New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to operate a taxicab. In December 2002 TLC preferred three charges against petitioner based on an incident that occurred in his cab while he was transporting two 14-year-old female passengers. Instead of challenging the charges at an administrative hearing, petitioner entered into a stipulation with TLC pursuant to which he pleaded guilty to a violation of rule 2-60 (a) of the Taxicab Drivers Rules, which prohibits verbal abuse and use of physical force by taxicab drivers against passengers…