Renovation not exactly a cash-cab for drivers
? Cabbies in Tarrytown say a stimulus-funded renovation to the Metro-North train station is drying up their cash flow. Drivers say due to the renovation, they must now park in a lot blocks away from
News 12 Staff
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Oct 26, 2009, 4:18 PM
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Updated 5,301 days ago
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? Cabbies in Tarrytown say a stimulus-funded renovation to the Metro-North train station is drying up their cash flow.
Drivers say due to the renovation, they must now park in a lot blocks away from the station.
?[It?s] not how we work,? says cabbie Fernando Sanmarti. ?We used to park in front of the station and get passengers quickly.?
The $39 million renovation includes a new platform, two pedestrian overpasses, heated shelters, a new public address system and closed-circuit cameras. It is expected to be completed by 2012.
One cab driver estimates that because of the renovation, he?s losing 30-40 percent of his business.
