Covid-19 pandemic threatens New York’s iconic yellow taxis


By AGENCY

Yellow cab drivers protesting during a rally in New York recently. — ANGELA WEISS/AFP

They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future.

On a February morning in a parking lot near La Guardia Airport, a few dozen of the yellow cabs patiently queue in the freezing cold to catch a fare from one of the terminals.

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