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‘I’m going to be enslaved’: NYC taxi drivers on hunger strike beg for rescue from heavy debts

By Kevin Duggan Posted on October 27, 2021
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Brooklyn taxi driver Augustine Tang has been sleeping out of his yellow cab outside City Hall for several nights without any food since Friday in protest of the city’s medallion relief program.

“The first three days was probably the hardest. You just constantly think of food. I’m constantly tired and have a headache constantly too, but it’s ok, I’ve been staying well hydrated,” the 37-year-old said. “I’m ok right now, but I know what’s at stake and understand that this has to happen and unfortunately it has to happen for the people and the city to do something about it.”

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‘I’m going to be enslaved’: NYC taxi drivers on hunger strike beg for rescue from heavy debts

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