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I always feel so cosmopolitan in a great pair of sunglasses hailing a taxicab in New York.  This weekend however, my shades hit the floor when I discovered the 50 cent surcharge hike, raising my evening cab surcharge a whopping $1.50!  This may not seem like too much, but when you read that this 50 cent increase is projected to piggybank $80-85 million  for the transit budget (barely 1% of the overall MTA budget), it makes you see how that increase really adds up.  How do you think this will effect the already suffering taxi business, let alone bite into tips for our hard working NYC drivers?

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