Jessica Ramos: “I represent the largest number of TLC licensees in the city…”

“And that's very important because, you know, of course, we're trying to figure out how to get Mayor de Blasio on board with the plan that I've been carrying for now, a few years. So I represent the largest number of TLC licensees in the city of New York. And so I. I mean, knowing about this taxi medallion crisis even since when, when I was working at City Hall, I, of course, knew that my responsibility was to propose a solution, work with the taxi drivers.” (16:14–16:20)

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