TLC plates in 2022

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[0:02] ladies and gentlemen welcome to our

[0:05] popcorn's informative informative

[0:07] podcast for our professional

[0:09] taxi driver of the city of new york my

[0:12] name is Mario Sena president of agave

[0:14] transportation here in bronx new york

[0:17] and we welcome you to this the taxi

[0:19] driver uh podcast for the city of new

[0:22] york this is a podcast informa

[0:23] informative that's them imply we give

[0:26] you information about relevant

[0:28] information about what's going on in the

[0:30] industry so we have a couple of

[0:32] announcements to say but last week we

[0:35] talked about the

[0:37] our base at agape transportation we have

[0:40] some checks that

[0:41] have not been claimed we have some

[0:44] drivers that for some reason they they

[0:47] used to work at agape but they forgot

[0:49] they have some checks and we have one

[0:52] check for you for most of the not for

[0:54] most of the drive excuse me but we had

[0:56] hundreds of checks to give you back

[0:59] to reclaim

[1:01] if

[1:02] last week we published a a list a

[1:04] short-lived or some of the drivers and

[1:06] they they started to come into the base

[1:09] picking up their checks we were talking

[1:11] about 1700 checks uh thousand dollars

[1:13] 800 400 dollar checks

[1:15] that we got in this podcast we're going

[1:17] to see the list another another partial

[1:20] list of the delta drive there's so many

[1:21] we can listen in one podcast but the

[1:24] checks are there the check is yours is

[1:26] it's not our money is your money so we

[1:29] have to give you back the own claim

[1:31] check if you happen to work for agape

[1:34] you work for us uh maybe the 15 17 18s

[1:39] you know a couple of years ago

[1:41] we might have a check for you maybe not

[1:44] for everybody but it could be uh you can

[1:46] call us uh if your name is nahia you can

[1:48] call uh to our main number 718-585-2222

[1:54] and if your name is is is listed here if

[1:57] you don't see your name here

[1:59] no reason to call please you don't have

[2:02] to call

[2:03] on claim checks we have plenty of checks

[2:05] over there

[2:07] have we have to give you it's not our

[2:09] money is your money already uh we also

[2:12] announced that we're gonna giving we're

[2:13] gonna be giving out uh

[2:15] a yankees ticket we already did it we

[2:18] distribute over 400 tickets yankees

[2:21] tickets for to see what's to go to visit

[2:24] the yankee stadium here in in the bronx

[2:28] new york bronx new york

[2:30] yankees the number one

[2:32] tim

[2:33] well also matches from here from new

[2:35] york but you know you know what i mean

[2:37] yankee tickets we distribute over 400

[2:41] tickets within our drivers the top

[2:43] banana drivers the you know those

[2:45] drivers that make the difference

[2:46] so over 400 drivers only here in the

[2:49] arab i say talking off of appreciation

[2:52] for your service for your dedication to

[2:55] agape

[2:56] so we we we're getting back we're

[2:59] getting back the the drivers

[3:02] it's amazing the last month on all in

[3:04] july we have 64 new drivers 64 new

[3:07] drivers only in july august so far we

[3:10] had 28 new drivers

[3:12] remember remember we we with the lack of

[3:15] plates there was a lack of drivers in

[3:18] the city but thanks guys we we keep

[3:20] getting them

[3:21] uh you know the the the news is spread

[3:25] and that the people know how much a

[3:27] driver can make here

[3:29] uh so a

[3:31] two months we have average

[3:34] how many

[3:36] uh 64 in july 28 new drivers but though

[3:39] the drive is existing driving don't

[3:40] don't be scared we have plenty of work

[3:43] plenty of work out there in the fiber

[3:46] westchester and long island long island

[3:48] is hot hot hot and brooklyn a lot of

[3:52] jobs in brooklyn and long island ladies

[3:55] and gentlemen all over the place we have

[3:57] job the whole day the whole day minimum

[4:01] 15

[4:02] per job and there is no commission on

[4:04] that you only pay a base fee every week

[4:07] if you new drivers the first four weeks

[4:09] is free nobody's fee and after that

[4:12] after you complete 50 jobs or more

[4:15] during the seven day work day work work

[4:18] week you don't pay basic no base fee no

[4:21] commission 15 minimum average 26 dollar

[4:24] per trip

[4:25] average you can have an average you can

[4:27] have well lately we have we're getting

[4:30] out of town jobs for 200 300

[4:33] jobs so you can't have it yeah yeah

[4:35] absolutely non-emergency transportation

[4:38] people going coming from to the city to

[4:40] treatment and we pick them up and we we

[4:43] send them back they send us back with us

[4:46] so we have plenty of jobs you can be the

[4:49] one

[4:49] that made in 29 days new driver 21 days

[4:53] 76 thousand

[4:55] dollars

[4:56] seven thousand six hundred dollars in 29

[4:59] days we have another new driver in 23

[5:02] days 23 days he made

[5:04] 6

[5:06] 297

[5:09] to 97 in 23 here i have a transportation

[5:13] here whatever you want to wear you want

[5:14] the one starting island long island

[5:16] westchester brooklyn bronze

[5:19] manhattan plenty of jordan manhattan you

[5:21] name it the best time for a taxi driver

[5:25] even in working with us agape or

[5:27] whatever whatever issues working is the

[5:30] best time for a taxi driver for a for a

[5:33] professional of the

[5:36] the wheels what we call it a

[5:38] professional rental plate you can rent a

[5:41] plate you can rent the car with the

[5:42] plate but what you something that you

[5:44] cannot do

[5:46] uh listen listen to this

[5:47] you cannot buy out a an existing plate a

[5:51] tlc plate

[5:53] is not transferable it is illegal to buy

[5:57] out another a plate a

[5:59] for somebody else's plate from tlc so if

[6:03] you made that decision you paid your

[6:05] money to get a plate i mean the original

[6:08] owner can claim that plate whenever he

[6:11] wants and because it's illegal to

[6:13] transfer a tlc tlc plate so

[6:17] i'm talking about tlc i we understand we

[6:21] heard the rumors that this month

[6:23] september september the city is going to

[6:25] get together to analyze whether they

[6:28] consider to open the against the new

[6:32] place the new tlc this month september

[6:35] is going to be decided whether they open

[6:37] up again or they keep close but most

[6:40] likely most likely don't

[6:42] don't take it from 100 for me but i

[6:45] believe they they inclined to open up

[6:48] again because the

[6:50] the the the claim the the

[6:53] the meeting that the association of the

[6:55] bases here in new york the liberty bases

[6:57] the black card uh limited uh bases

[7:00] they've been talking with the with the

[7:02] major atoms they're talking with the tlc

[7:04] uh mr du from the tlc and they almost

[7:08] certain inclining too inclined to get

[7:11] more plates so we need more plates the

[7:13] more plate we have the more job we have

[7:16] more business we have and the more

[7:18] customer we have

[7:20] if the customer called three times

[7:22] on the regular basis and there is no car

[7:23] available maybe the customer goes to

[7:25] take the bus or public transportation

[7:28] but uh the more car we have the more job

[7:31] in in the case of agape transportation

[7:33] the more driver we have

[7:35] the more job we can get we have

[7:37] unlimited power limits to money but

[7:41] basically unlimited the number of calls

[7:43] we can get if we have enough drive

[7:45] enough drivers so if you have a friend

[7:48] that wants to work for us remember

[7:50] nobody's fee no commission on on the on

[7:52] the

[7:53] on the

[7:54] on on on the fair that you collect 15

[7:58] minimum is 15 for you three blocks 10

[8:01] block seven blocks is 15 for you

[8:05] no commission taken out

[8:07] now

[8:08] it's important that you working in this

[8:10] industry in order to see in this

[8:13] industry or whatever you're doing any

[8:15] profession a

[8:17] any uh any job that you any work that

[8:19] you do

[8:20] whatever it is that you dedicate your

[8:22] time and your talents you have to be

[8:25] organized especially here in the taxi

[8:27] industry you must have

[8:30] a a uh you call it

[8:32] a budget

[8:34] you must have a budget you have to know

[8:36] how many jobs you're gonna do that day

[8:39] how much money you're gonna make how

[8:40] many hours you're gonna you're gonna put

[8:42] on that on that on that

[8:45] day work

[8:46] you have to be organized you have to

[8:48] have you your budget how much is your

[8:50] monthly your weekly expense

[8:53] you have to know

[8:55] beforehand i mean before you start

[8:57] working you you have to know those

[8:59] numbers i mean if you were organized

[9:01] this is the best time for the taxi

[9:03] driver in the in the in the industry or

[9:05] taxi here in new york city whatever base

[9:08] you're working now

[9:10] this is the best time

[9:11] for for a taxi driver you have choices

[9:14] you have cash you have credit card you

[9:16] have vouchers you have non-emergent

[9:18] transportation you have

[9:20] different choices

[9:22] on those and 80s 90s there was no

[9:25] choices like that so you have to take

[9:27] advantage of that but you have to be

[9:29] clear what it is that you want out of

[9:31] this job out of this profession out of

[9:34] this

[9:34] industry whatever you decide to have to

[9:37] get you can get it but you have to be

[9:39] organized you have to put a limit how

[9:41] many years you're going to be working as

[9:43] a taxi drivers

[9:44] this is a a good uh

[9:47] a good

[9:48] uh uh you call it

[9:50] a good ways to get uh enough money to go

[9:54] to the next level to do another project

[9:56] that you might might have in mind that i

[9:59] don't know to buy lunch to buy a house

[10:01] uh to do your own business and all the

[10:03] business uh but this is the way to do it

[10:06] you can do it in this industry but you

[10:08] have to be organized so you have to put

[10:10] the time how many years you're gonna

[10:12] work as a taxi driver four seven ten you

[10:15] put the number whatever it is if you

[10:17] like the industry you keep doing what

[10:19] you're doing but be organized and you're

[10:21] going to see the fruit it's for it for

[10:23] for your family for you for your kids

[10:26] for yourself

[10:27] you have you're going to have enjoyed

[10:29] your life but being organized

[10:31] being you know disciplined

[10:33] in whatever you do

[10:35] you your food your health you have to be

[10:37] you have to take care of yourself make

[10:39] sure you have plenty of water when you

[10:41] start working in that car plenty of

[10:43] water that's crucial you have to have

[10:46] water the whole day you're gonna spend

[10:48] ten eight ten twelve hours in that car i

[10:52] mean especially don't don't wear your

[10:54] wallet you or you drive it don't wear in

[10:57] the back pocket it's very bad for you

[10:59] nervous

[11:00] the nerves in the back but depression

[11:02] you you by while sitting in your car

[11:06] with the wallet in your pocket the the

[11:07] gentleman in this case

[11:09] i know the lady has the you know the

[11:11] purse separate but the gentleman uh some

[11:14] of us suffer from from the back pain uh

[11:17] you know

[11:18] because we wear the the wallet in in our

[11:22] in the back pocket so don't use it don't

[11:25] use it it's not good for your health so

[11:28] every 30 40 minutes you stand up get out

[11:31] of the car get up the car you know

[11:33] stretch yourself you know take fresh air

[11:36] you need it you can be you know because

[11:39] it's busy because the the device is full

[11:42] of jobs it means you have to stop it's

[11:44] for you for your goodness for your

[11:45] goodness you want to keep going going

[11:47] going in this way you can do it you can

[11:49] make like these drivers

[11:52] make over two thousand dollars per week

[11:55] two thousand dollars i mean hundred and

[11:57] four thousand a year

[11:59] you can do whatever you want to plan you

[12:02] can plan your life

[12:03] have your house as i tell you this the

[12:06] school for your kids i mean a lot of

[12:08] things you can do but you have to budget

[12:10] you have to budget minimize your spend

[12:13] and know where you put your money

[12:15] knowing where you put your money is a

[12:16] lot of effort for you for every driver

[12:19] to take uh food to the to the house to

[12:22] the home and pay the rent it's not only

[12:24] that it's a lot of medicine so be

[12:27] thankful for whatever you have now

[12:30] be

[12:30] thankful

[12:32] but no do not be conformed with that

[12:34] there is much better thing that god has

[12:37] for you so

[12:38] thankful for everything that you have

[12:41] and and and knowing that god has

[12:44] something better for you so go for it

[12:46] thank you for your service we appreciate

[12:48] it we love you and uh

[12:51] thank you especially for those agape

[12:53] driving the youth in the industry thank

[12:55] you for your service to the citizens to

[12:57] the to the people of new york city and

[13:00] we we appreciate uh your work and your

[13:02] job we really appreciate it thank you

[13:04] anything that we can help you with you

[13:06] know our office our number you can pass

[13:09] by ask for me and we're here to serve

[13:11] you thank you very much thank you to all

[13:13] of you for your service thank you for

[13:15] all the employees and in the house 45

[13:18] employees that we have in-house thank

[13:20] you to them we can take you know 3 500 4

[13:24] 000

[13:25] a customer a day to the destination

[13:28] thank you to all of you we appreciate it

[13:30] my name is maria sena and i appreciate

[13:32] it thank you thank you very much god

[13:34] bless you