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The New York City Council yesterday acted to take some of the
punch out of Mayor Giuliani's iron-fisted taxi laws, a move that administration
officials blasted as "abysmal." The Council's Transportation
Committee approved a bill that would tone down regulations that make it
easier for the city to revoke hack privileges. The bill will go before
the full Council this month - where it's expected to win passage - but
will almost certainly face a mayoral veto and legal challenges. Committee
Chairman Noach Dear (D-Brooklyn), who drafted the bill, said the administration's
recently passed cab regulations are too tough on taxi and livery drivers.
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