Driver benefits & support

[0:00] hello and welcome back to our podcast

[0:03] for the taxi drivers of New York City

[0:05] professional taxi drivers my name is

[0:08] Mario Selena for the grace of God I'm

[0:11] president of Agape Transportation Agape

[0:14] transportation is a taxi company here in

[0:17] New York City dedicated specialized in

[0:20] non-emergency non-emergency medical

[0:22] transportation we take patients to the

[0:26] doctor's appointment everything pay for

[0:28] the Medicaid Medicare or any insurance

[0:32] that they have Agape Transportation

[0:35] non-emergency medical transportation is

[0:38] our specialty and this is your podcast

[0:40] informative so we let you know what's

[0:43] going on on the industry at TLC in New

[0:47] York City what's going on what the

[0:48] benefit we have for the drivers out

[0:50] there and this is informative pure

[0:53] information if you have information you

[0:55] have the power so that's why it's so

[0:58] important one topic that we talk about

[1:01] the mask remember that was mandatory to

[1:03] wear a mask while you're driving and

[1:06] also was mandatory for our passenger so

[1:10] no longer for the last week already

[1:13] inspired that my mandate is not mandate

[1:16] is not required any longer you the

[1:20] driver has to drive a taxi driver in New

[1:22] York City you don't have to wear a mask

[1:24] as a customer as a passenger the

[1:27] passenger doesn't have to you wear the

[1:30] mask either but but very important in

[1:34] this industry especially taxi driver and

[1:36] especially in non-emergency

[1:38] transportation we are we don't require

[1:42] but we advise that the drivers should

[1:45] should wear a mask whenever he's

[1:49] occupied

[1:50] driving with a customer so it's

[1:53] important that you where you must still

[1:55] because there's a lot of things going on

[1:58] you don't know you know the Kobe is not

[2:01] is not finished yet so is is a good as a

[2:05] prevention to where I will mask you

[2:07] don't have to but you should it's good

[2:10] for you to have your mask remember if if

[2:13] the customer uh asks you to put on your

[2:17] mask you should put it on you don't have

[2:20] to but you should you shouldn't argue

[2:22] with the customer that require you to

[2:24] have your mask on so please ask the

[2:26] courtesy where you must and for your

[2:29] safety for you for your helps also thank

[2:32] you thank you for doing that so new

[2:35] place remember talking about new plates

[2:37] uh new place is still the city hasn't

[2:41] decided yet uh when they're gonna put oh

[2:45] if they put uh they're gonna open up or

[2:47] when they're gonna open up for new uh

[2:50] plate for new uh taxi here in New York

[2:54] City they are still deciding uh when to

[2:58] open how many uh and where how to direct

[3:01] those plates so they're still arguing

[3:05] those points within the city TLC and the

[3:09] public and the input they have from the

[3:11] public about the new plates there is

[3:14] this per the the industry need the new

[3:17] place a lot of new drivers a lot of

[3:20] people that is looking for a job they

[3:23] want to becomes independent contractor

[3:25] as a taxi driver in New York City so

[3:28] we're having a job so we we have a car

[3:30] people have a car they waiting for a

[3:34] plate to be able to work they already

[3:36] have most of them they already have the

[3:38] TLC license if you don't have you know

[3:40] please do do so the first thing you do

[3:43] is to get your TLC license if you're

[3:44] interested in this industry get your

[3:47] license

[3:48] get your car and then when the players

[3:50] are ready you're gonna be one of the

[3:52] first to hook it up to your car so play

[3:54] is not ready yet but desperately needed

[3:57] we we asked we're talking uh indirectly

[4:01] and directly all the people talking also

[4:03] the the association of Liberty Liberty

[4:07] Association is is begging uh with the

[4:10] TLC commissioner to open up new plates

[4:13] so please commission that we need new

[4:16] place people is looking for jobs we have

[4:19] jobs you have the key for those jobs so

[4:23] we need more plate so plate as soon as

[4:26] we got that information you're gonna be

[4:29] one of the first to know that new it's

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[4:57] when we have the TLC available

[5:00] we're still waiting we're cooking we we

[5:03] loving for this and the TLC knows the

[5:07] city knows so we need those play please

[5:11] Mr commission Mr do we need those new

[5:15] place in the Liberty industry and black

[5:18] car

[5:18] por favor as we said in Spanish please

[5:22] Mr commissioner another thing that

[5:26] um

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[5:29] always looking forward looking forward

[5:32] more jobs this week we break we broke

[5:35] all the records and new calls the amount

[5:38] of call we have new drivers we have many

[5:40] drivers waiting to be they fill up the

[5:43] application something from asking for

[5:45] information on our website

[5:47] transportation

[5:50] uhtransportation.com we have information

[5:52] there fill out your application if you

[5:54] need information how to become a driver

[5:56] for agape so we this this month also we

[6:00] have dozens of new drivers we have a

[6:03] list of drivers looking inquiring about

[6:05] our services so be patient somebody from

[6:09] the office we call you so we need more

[6:11] drivers so that we can have more jobs

[6:13] remember it's not it's not more drivers

[6:16] less work for the drivers no more

[6:18] drivers more job for everybody

[6:21] absolutely so we're getting new accounts

[6:24] we're saying in the starting Island

[6:26] we're gonna need a lot of drivers steady

[6:28] and working in Staten Island we're gonna

[6:30] get a new account coming soon people

[6:33] working exclusively or mainly in Staten

[6:37] Island Long Island as I said before is a

[6:40] a a a a mouse if you want to work in

[6:43] Long Island early late midday mid

[6:47] afternoon that's the blessing that we

[6:49] have the rush here in Agape

[6:51] transportation is the whole day remember

[6:53] we take people to pay patients to their

[6:56] appointment so they have to come back so

[6:58] they they we take it so if they go to

[7:00] nine o'clock they say two hours three

[7:03] hour four hours they have to go back

[7:04] home so those jobs we have to take them

[7:07] so we busy the whole the whole day is

[7:11] one of the few the fewer bases of car

[7:14] service that we have valued the whole

[7:16] day because this Market require

[7:19] uh Transportation the whole day seven

[7:22] days a week inclusive Saturday we also

[7:24] have jobs on Saturday uh maybe less less

[7:27] volume on Sunday but we do have some

[7:29] jobs on Sunday too so seven days a week

[7:31] uh we have job here with Agape

[7:33] Transportation but you don't have to

[7:35] work seven seven days please please

[7:37] don't work seven day if you work here we

[7:40] work someplace else don't worry you

[7:42] don't have to work seven days please

[7:44] organize yourself unless you have a a

[7:47] rush and you have a plan that is in

[7:50] short-term plan so do whatever you have

[7:53] to do but after that you please you have

[7:55] to relax take time for your family sixth

[7:58] day is enough we are driving that works

[8:01] six day five day they make two thousand

[8:03] fifteen hundred eighteen eighteen

[8:05] hundred dollars a year in New York City

[8:07] no rush

[8:09] new accounts as talking about new

[8:11] accounts we have now also we we have

[8:14] become Agape is a preferred provider for

[8:17] another account another sector a coin a

[8:21] coin a Children's Medical Center

[8:24] coin America Children Medical Centers

[8:27] and Children Hospital as the name imply

[8:30] so we're gonna be picking up children

[8:32] and their family from the coin Medical

[8:35] Center in Queens Queens

[8:40] 269-101 uh it's 76th Avenue 76th Avenue

[8:45] in Queens very close to Long Island so

[8:48] we're gonna have the volume there at the

[8:50] border border of Long Island and queens

[8:53] in Queens and we also have the value

[8:56] over there in on the other side

[8:58] Lakeville Road uh the New Hyde Park

[9:02] manhasse uh right there Marcus Avenue

[9:05] Community Drive in Manhattan we have

[9:07] plenty of jobs we even getting job in in

[9:10] Sofa county sofo county we're getting

[9:13] job coming back to Nassau staying in

[9:16] Suffolk we need drivers in Long Island

[9:18] this is insane insane people making

[9:22] money here in agape Transportation I

[9:25] don't know how much you make in there if

[9:27] you have been on your base just please

[9:28] stay there but if you need more money we

[9:32] are open for new drivers and new

[9:34] adventure but because this is Adventure

[9:36] when you serve especially uh this

[9:39] community this type of Passenger you

[9:42] feel good that you're doing something

[9:43] else you're making money and you you'll

[9:46] be blessed for somebody else not taking

[9:48] somebody from dialysis to analysis for a

[9:51] chemotherapy I mean it's a blessing for

[9:53] us to have the opportunity to serve that

[9:55] kind of people I mean and on top of that

[9:58] you get paid very well 50 minutes on a

[10:01] minimum 15 minimum is where you get no

[10:05] commission never commission over here in

[10:08] in Agape transportation

[10:10] so coin coin coin so we have plenty

[10:13] we're gonna have plenty more jobs in

[10:15] Queens in Long Island now we have to

[10:18] recognize all those drivers drivers that

[10:20] do the best the best drivers here in

[10:22] Agape Transportation we're gonna

[10:24] recognize five of those drivers Vibe or

[10:27] the Top Banana drivers here in aggravate

[10:29] Transportation we're gonna have number

[10:32] one and in special invitation for those

[10:35] five drivers we have to find out this

[10:37] month the top five drivers it's insane

[10:40] crazy making money the more money you

[10:43] have the more blessing you get the bible

[10:45] say that and so we're gonna recognize

[10:48] those five drivers that we're gonna

[10:49] invite them no more to a suite in a

[10:53] Yankee Stadium we we rent it we rented a

[10:57] a special private uh exclusively Suite

[11:01] in Yankee Stadium October 2nd October

[11:05] 2nd we're gonna have that we're gonna

[11:07] see the play so we're gonna honor those

[11:10] fight drivers and we're gonna by then

[11:13] you got the entrance for their plate uh

[11:16] for the for the for the stadium and also

[11:18] they have everything food drink

[11:20] everything over there on those and the

[11:24] private uh suite for the uh Agape

[11:26] Transportation tap banana drivers and of

[11:29] course those drivers gonna have the

[11:30] opportunity to share and know some of

[11:33] our top uh employer employees over there

[11:37] uh you know the manager the directors

[11:39] those uh type operators also that you

[11:42] talk with them on the phone you those

[11:44] drivers are going to have the

[11:45] opportunity to see them face to face

[11:48] also so the five top drivers the Five

[11:51] drivers we gonna have a special

[11:54] invitation

[11:56] and now uh yes yes let me tell you after

[12:01] that what is the what is the beef the

[12:03] beef is is worth 450 dollars

[12:07] we're gonna tell you how to make 150

[12:09] dollars

[12:10] we're doing nothing just to sit and I

[12:15] listen a course remember the the

[12:17] mandatory how they call every uh how you

[12:21] call it

[12:22] uh the the defensive drivers course the

[12:27] fancy driver culture with every DLC

[12:29] drivers have today must take every three

[12:33] years the defensive driving courses that

[12:36] cost like 60 dollars fifty dollars you

[12:38] have to pay to to get that uh you have

[12:41] to spend five hours uh in that course

[12:44] that you have to pay now the black car

[12:46] phone is the the blacker phone that

[12:49] directing the black card and Liberty uh

[12:52] for all drivers not Liberty but black

[12:54] iPhone is uh is giving those courses

[12:57] defense courses for free not just for

[13:01] free they're gonna give you three

[13:03] hundred dollars every drivers that take

[13:06] the defense course with the black

[13:08] Carphone here in Long Island City

[13:10] they're gonna give you three hundred

[13:12] dollars plus there is another courses

[13:14] that you're going to take in the short

[13:15] one it costs an extra 150 so that day

[13:20] you're gonna make 450 dollars without

[13:23] driving not even one customer

[13:26] remember it's something that you have to

[13:28] take you have to take those course over

[13:30] here is our engineer Danny Sena our

[13:33] director I put the name over there of

[13:36] the black card form for that courses you

[13:39] welcome is welcome for all the drivers

[13:41] so if you have the TLC a license that

[13:44] you you're not driving you can take the

[13:47] course also it's it's gonna give you 300

[13:50] plus 150 for the for the other courses

[13:53] too so you're gonna spend maybe half day

[13:56] over there then you're gonna pay you

[14:00] 450 dollars 450 for you is not a a a a

[14:04] game it's not a a a a raffle no they're

[14:08] gonna pay you for all the drivers so

[14:10] we're gonna have the numbers here you've

[14:12] already shared with them they you ask

[14:13] them you tell them when you can go and

[14:16] when they available and you're gonna

[14:18] make 450 I mean take that day that they

[14:21] had to take that a detail to the cars or

[14:24] do you take the the car to the shop and

[14:27] take that day to take that course

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[14:30] 450 I know the drivers have no time for

[14:34] that the child I mean the driver have no

[14:36] time not even for making money

[14:38] unbelievable you have to rest that think

[14:41] about it 450 dollars for something that

[14:44] any way you have to take and pay for

[14:46] they're gonna pay you for taking the

[14:48] course three hundred dollars and plus

[14:51] the 150 450 old drivers qualified PLC

[14:55] driver qualify for these courses you

[14:57] have to call yourself and register

[15:00] please take the course is good for you

[15:02] you have you're going to have knowledge

[15:04] also how to defend yourself driving you

[15:08] become a better drivers it's not just

[15:10] the 300 of the requirement

[15:13] you're gonna have also the the knowledge

[15:16] how to to uh to become a better drivers

[15:19] that's what's so important for the city

[15:22] that you take that the courses that they

[15:24] they they they made it they made it

[15:27] mandatory so it's mandatory but they're

[15:31] gonna pay you this is unbelievable

[15:33] insane where you have that information

[15:35] here at the podcast for the taxi driver

[15:38] or New York City Agape Transportation oh

[15:42] my goodness

[15:43] uh it's cool it's cool remember the

[15:46] other classes when you want to become a

[15:48] taxi driver in New York City you have to

[15:51] take a 24 hours classes uh there is

[15:54] specialty uh schooled for that so there

[15:58] is a center uh Academy that give those

[16:02] those those uh classes uh to become a

[16:06] taxi driver and also to refresh when you

[16:09] renew your license

[16:11] you have to take the the the the renewal

[16:14] classes so you take the prevention

[16:17] courses you get a 450 and then you can

[16:20] pay for this school for the classes that

[16:23] you have to take and pay for yourself

[16:25] so there's two uh two centers that we uh

[16:29] recommend that we know them which is no

[16:31] relation between agape and those and

[16:33] those uh schools but we highly recommend

[16:37] them and we know them for many many

[16:39] years Millennium drivers Academy

[16:42] Millennium drivers Academy our friend

[16:45] Pavel Lopez Pavel Lopez is directing

[16:48] this Academy and the phone number is

[16:52] going to be here it's here uh this guy

[16:55] has knowledge of everything in taxi

[16:57] being in the industry for for decades

[17:00] already Pavel Lopez at Millennium

[17:03] drivers Academy view starting to become

[17:06] a taxi driver in New York City or if you

[17:09] have to take the refreshment courses

[17:12] also required by TLC before you renew

[17:16] your license again so Millennium Drive

[17:18] is cool Pavel Lopez is your guide he has

[17:22] a location here in the bronze and in

[17:26] Queens I understand and also we have

[17:29] another Institute NYC drivers in situ

[17:32] the NYC driver Institute is directed

[17:35] given the classes Mr Jose giant El

[17:39] Prophet the teacher we call it Jose Jain

[17:43] is given the classes here at the NYC

[17:45] drivers Institute either or that you

[17:48] choose they both win we know both of

[17:51] them uh as I told you before there is no

[17:54] relation between us is you made the call

[17:57] you made the you take the information

[17:59] you had the numbers over here for

[18:01] millennium drivers Academy and NYC

[18:04] drivers Institute you have to take the

[18:07] classes Park attack Pack Attack

[18:10] if you have a relative a friend your

[18:13] wife your husband is not working and you

[18:17] need a part-time you you you you you you

[18:18] you you you your son it's over over 18

[18:23] and he want to work part-time as a

[18:25] delivery guy that's a any delivery guys

[18:29] so practice is a company is under the

[18:34] the Agape group

[18:36] pocket Tech is a company dedicated to a

[18:39] delivery from Pharmacy Pharmacy

[18:41] delivered it exclusively we pick up from

[18:44] the pharmacy we take it to the center

[18:46] and then the the the person that do the

[18:49] delivery picker one pickup and do the

[18:52] delivery you don't have to go the

[18:54] pharmacy to Pharmacy picking up and then

[18:56] deliver note the person the messenger in

[18:58] this case pick up the holdbacks at one

[19:01] place and you do the delivery we do the

[19:03] routing we give you the program to do

[19:05] that excellent we pay good you could be

[19:08] uh employer or it could be independent

[19:12] you can be on yourself it's a 10.99 as

[19:15] we say or W2 so do you prefer 1099

[19:19] Independence like those guys that work

[19:20] on ubereat door Dash I mean those guys

[19:24] can work on uh Pack Attack architect has

[19:27] plenty a job you're gonna you're gonna

[19:30] have plenty of job also we already have

[19:32] we have a network of about 14 a pharmacy

[19:35] throughout the day City that we're

[19:37] working for for them doing deliveries

[19:39] and of course we we're working on on

[19:42] more we already have one in in

[19:45] Connecticut Connecticut and Stamford

[19:47] Connecticut we also have a pharmacy over

[19:50] there so it's going to be interstate so

[19:53] we're going to have farmers in New

[19:54] Jersey in in Florida

[19:58] I just said it all over the places

[20:04] [Music]

[20:05] is another way to make money if you have

[20:08] you know somebody that won a part-time

[20:10] full-time also for Saturday we have part

[20:14] time for Saturday also uh it is amazing

[20:17] this is going to be a blessing for many

[20:19] many many people we already have

[20:22] finished complete close to 60 000

[20:26] delivery is amazing how the time passed

[20:30] and it's amazing what we're gonna do

[20:32] with pocket pocket deck is say when the

[20:35] sister of Agape transportations are

[20:38] under the same umbrella Pack Attack it

[20:41] works separate but

[20:43] under the same umbrella architect the

[20:46] telephone number here or you can you can

[20:48] go to Pack Attack uh that NYC pocketed

[20:52] NYC packet text spelled

[20:56] p-a-c-k-e-t-e-k there you go there you

[20:58] go on the screen there you go park

[21:01] attack that NYC

[21:04] for more information we need drivers

[21:06] we're going to need drivers if you if

[21:08] you if yourself you receive a medicine

[21:11] for your Farmers you have to pick them

[21:12] up and they don't deliver it for you we

[21:16] uh we can go to the pharmacy ask them

[21:18] they want to work with us or we can we

[21:21] can you can send that uh prescription to

[21:24] one of the the network already in our in

[21:26] in our group of Pharmacy so any of those

[21:29] pharmacists send you the prescription

[21:32] for free for you they pay they pay us to

[21:37] take it to you so it's good song

[21:39] restriction apply is up to the to the to

[21:42] the pharmacy of course but all this

[21:45] Pharmacy uh send you all the medicine at

[21:49] your house you don't have to go a packet

[21:51] Tech pocket Tech Jagger Pack Attack

[21:54] packet deck to make sure that you

[21:55] receive it pocket Tech pocket deck is

[21:59] the new in town now to be always here

[22:02] we're talking about this podcast that we

[22:03] always talking about new information how

[22:06] to make money how to to we ask you to be

[22:09] organized how to to have gold that

[22:12] dreams and all that but it's very

[22:14] important it's it's very important also

[22:17] for us to to take a pause and and let

[22:19] you know and and encourage you that

[22:22] everything is not just work work work

[22:25] work work you have a family you have you

[22:28] have friends you have a relative you

[22:32] have to spend time with your family I

[22:35] mean it doesn't matter what you're going

[22:37] through what is your goal that you have

[22:39] but sometimes you starting this

[22:42] profession as a taxi driver here and I

[22:45] stayed 35 years 35 year driving I would

[22:49] say a habit to doing you have to pay the

[22:51] rents to pay the insurance and change

[22:53] the car change the oil change the spark

[22:56] block and continue working but sometimes

[22:59] you forget to share with your people

[23:01] your family your children uh when when

[23:04] our kids uh

[23:08] claim that we we're not spending enough

[23:11] time with them

[23:13] uh we will tell them that we provide for

[23:15] them that we're working because we want

[23:17] to provide for them and that is true and

[23:20] that is good

[23:21] but the family the kids especially they

[23:23] need they need you more than that brand

[23:26] new stickers

[23:27] they need the sneakers and they need you

[23:29] to they need to be protected your family

[23:32] your wife your husband need to pass that

[23:35] with you so

[23:37] it's not everything everything is the

[23:40] money you have purpose in life that is a

[23:42] great book that I started to read again

[23:44] it's called purpose-driven life Purpose

[23:48] Driven Life by Rick Warren that is it is

[23:52] Grand question and if you have asked

[23:54] yourself what on Earth am I here for

[23:59] what is it that we're doing here in this

[24:01] earth what are you doing here what is

[24:03] your purpose you have your purpose you

[24:06] have done you you have qualification you

[24:09] have Grace you have uh uh things that

[24:14] you know how to do that you enjoy so

[24:17] once you find your purpose in this life

[24:19] you will enjoy you working even working

[24:22] with your family I mean you're gonna

[24:25] enjoy life only when you find your

[24:28] purpose what is it that you that you're

[24:30] here for and well sometimes we invest

[24:35] all the time all our life without me

[24:38] sharing with our family so

[24:41] step remember baffins our family and get

[24:45] get together because that's important

[24:48] once you get that

[24:51] unbelievable you're gonna work better

[24:53] you're gonna produce more because you

[24:56] have the peace of mind it doesn't matter

[24:58] any diagnostic that you have you have

[25:00] purpose in this life so excuse me if I

[25:03] introduce this kind of thing is this

[25:05] podcast information

[25:07] is important is more important than

[25:10] money your health your Mentor your

[25:13] physical spiritual health is more

[25:15] important in order to continue in this

[25:17] life so God has a big thing for you you

[25:21] have big thing for the society for the

[25:23] humanity and I'm glad to share the

[25:27] species of human with you thank you very

[25:30] much my name is Mario Sena from agape

[25:31] and we're here to serve you please uh if

[25:35] you need anything anything that you need

[25:37] you can call us here as for me at for

[25:39] Mario for my son Danny Senna and we're

[25:42] here to help you we're making money

[25:44] we're helping people we're serving the

[25:47] society but we have to share and pass

[25:49] time with our loved one so God bless you

[25:53] and I see you on the next podcast thank

[25:55] you bye bye