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TLC plates & scholarships for drivers

Mario discusses additional TLC plates and a scholarship offer that is no longer available.

Mario Sena

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From the Agape archive. Offers and regulations discussed reflect the original recording.

[0:00] the TLC of New York have just approved

[0:02] an extra

[0:04] 2500 new plates new play for DLC in New

[0:09] York let's start

[0:11] [Music]

[0:20] welcome to the podcast job for the taxi

[0:24] drivers of New York City my name is

[0:26] Mario Sena I'm the president of agave

[0:28] transportation is a non-emergency

[0:31] non-emergency medical transportation

[0:33] here in New York City we are very

[0:36] excited but the new regulation TLC have

[0:39] approved an extra 200 I mean 2500 new

[0:44] plates 25 new plates for the taxi

[0:47] drivers of New York City we have some

[0:49] restriction and we we're gonna explain

[0:52] shortly but before that before that

[0:55] before that a lot of a lot of things

[0:56] cooking here and Agave transportation we

[0:59] in need we have plenty of calls plenty

[1:02] of trips from six three o'clock in the

[1:05] morning to 11 o'clock at night the whole

[1:08] day we have some jobs also on the

[1:10] weekend Saturday and Sunday we also have

[1:13] jobs but but we have plenty of Jordan

[1:15] and five Borough was just a long island

[1:18] I mean every anywhere we have plenty of

[1:21] job for you try it out we have an

[1:23] average of 30 per trip average 30 dollar

[1:26] per trips and being the minimum 15

[1:28] dollar per chip no commission we don't

[1:31] charge commission the 15 the 30 average

[1:34] is the old for yourself here and we need

[1:38] more drivers because we have plenty of

[1:40] code thanks guys now let's go something

[1:43] for the driver we have a scholarship we

[1:45] have a scholarship for our drive for the

[1:47] kids with our driver you're driving for

[1:49] for uh with us for more than two years

[1:52] you might qualify your kids might

[1:54] qualify for a scholarship of two twenty

[1:57] five hundred dollars we're gonna and

[1:59] we're gonna give out two twenty five

[2:01] hundred dollars a scholarship for this

[2:03] uh August for this semester coming for

[2:06] the August semester and then we have two

[2:08] more uh for the spring semester so we're

[2:11] given two 2500 which is 5 000 for this

[2:15] year and five thousand for the Sprint

[2:17] ten thousand dollars a scholarship for

[2:20] our kids for for the hour drive you have

[2:23] to have two more years or more driving

[2:25] two more two two more two or more years

[2:28] driving for agape to be uh to qualify

[2:31] for this uh beautiful uh thing that we

[2:35] have

[2:36] uh we improved another another system we

[2:39] improve it we Improvement system here

[2:41] the ticket we can't take any request

[2:43] that you have uh the price is not okay

[2:45] uh the the toll was

[2:48] uh you submitting a a some paper that

[2:51] you're missing uh you either you call

[2:53] you email you go to the website without

[2:56] request you're gonna create a ticket so

[2:59] we have a ticket and then you will

[3:01] inform you will you'll be informed about

[3:04] the the process of that of that request

[3:07] that you submitted so everything is

[3:09] going to be documented it's not yet you

[3:12] don't know what's going on with that

[3:13] requirement when when the price was not

[3:16] correct or all the toll was missing uh

[3:18] because you maybe you drop off before

[3:21] you you cross the bridge uh of course

[3:24] that the ticket system we covered so

[3:26] you'll be aware of what's going on with

[3:29] that so we have a person just to answer

[3:32] those those requests from our drivers uh

[3:36] what else is going on yeah plenty of

[3:38] call ladies and gentlemen plenty of call

[3:40] we still have our Zoom more information

[3:43] Tuesday and and Thursday English and in

[3:46] Spanish so you can you know request and

[3:49] we send you the link for what we have

[3:52] for you especially in in this industry

[3:55] plenty of job so let's go to the point

[3:57] 2500

[3:59] a new add a plate 25

[4:04] those 25 new plates that they're not new

[4:08] but they they have different category

[4:11] now it's going to have the same

[4:14] regulation for the Green Card remember

[4:16] the Green Card the bottle car that they

[4:19] can pick up on the street the green card

[4:21] in Manhattan on the website you'll be

[4:24] 110 and upper or 96 on the east side and

[4:28] upper not in the center on the on the

[4:31] yellow uh Zone but those uh the the

[4:34] yellow now this place that the TLC is

[4:38] giving out uh it's sort of the yellow

[4:41] that the the the green car that the the

[4:45] people returned it was in stack and the

[4:48] TLC had now has it available for the

[4:51] public now out of those 24 2500 plates

[4:55] uh it's gonna be for three different

[4:58] cars now so they add one category do we

[5:01] have the for the electric car for the

[5:05] wheelchair accessible Wave car and now

[5:07] they are in for the hybrid cars any

[5:10] hybrid car is going to be eligible for

[5:13] one of those new plates the this May 5th

[5:18] May 16 May 16 this this month is when

[5:22] they started to ex expedite those new uh

[5:27] news uh plates so you can qualify if you

[5:30] have one of those vehicle electric

[5:32] vehicle a wave vehicle or a hybrid big I

[5:38] know a lot of drivers for a lot of our

[5:40] drivers are getting the new hybrid

[5:42] vehicle excellent so what is the catch

[5:45] what is the the new regulation for this

[5:47] so we have the green we have the yellow

[5:49] so this new category is going to be

[5:52] something in between the green and the

[5:55] yellow so there's no one it's gonna have

[5:58] part of the regulation of the yellow you

[6:01] can pick up anywhere you want this patch

[6:04] only

[6:04] dispatch this new category you cannot

[6:08] pick up on the street nowhere you cannot

[6:11] now you can be dispatched from any base

[6:15] you can be dispatched

[6:17] in in the zone that you designated as a

[6:21] green licensee so when in Manhattan 110

[6:25] 96 and above dispatch from any base now

[6:29] the Cachet the good the good catch it

[6:32] that we have there that now that car

[6:35] with the the new plate is going to be

[6:39] able to receive coal anywhere in the

[6:41] city uh as long as that is a

[6:45] non-emergency emergency medical

[6:47] transportation trips in other words if

[6:50] you work for agape Transportation you're

[6:52] going to be eligible to to answer any

[6:56] trip anywhere in the city including

[6:59] middle Manhattan Wall Street you can

[7:03] answer it as long as you'll be

[7:05] dispatched for a non-emergency emergency

[7:08] trips going to a hospital or returning

[7:12] to a hospital you can't receive the call

[7:14] all over the place now with them enter

[7:17] and with that I mean Agape now is even

[7:21] more perfect for you to work with those

[7:24] new plays or any any base that dispatch

[7:27] non-emergency transportation uh this is

[7:31] a blessing for us we were waiting for

[7:32] that because we need more drivers as I

[7:34] started telling you we we have plenty of

[7:37] gold plenty of trips all over the place

[7:39] so we need more driving guarantee

[7:42] guarantees average 30 per trip

[7:44] guaranteed 15 minimum I guarantee we

[7:48] have no surcharge no charge no

[7:51] percentage no commission the doctor from

[7:54] your check we have instant payment you

[7:56] can request once you have the money

[7:57] there you can request it send a text we

[8:00] have a special special number for that I

[8:03] mean whatever you need we have it here

[8:05] thank you always to the driver our our

[8:08] job is to get more trips your job is

[8:12] going to be uh giving good service to

[8:14] this uh our special clientele that we

[8:17] have we keep growing we need more

[8:20] drivers and thanks God for those 2500

[8:23] plates where you can use over here 100

[8:26] uh Transportation since that's all we do

[8:30] all what dispatch is non-emergency

[8:32] medical transportation in the city of

[8:34] New York and we have plenty of job if

[8:37] you want to work in Long Island only

[8:39] Long Island we have plenty of job you

[8:41] want to work in Westchester alone we

[8:43] have plenty of jobs starting Island

[8:45] Manhattan Brooklyn Queen brought you

[8:47] name it you have it you have to have

[8:49] your goal set your dream what is it that

[8:52] you want out of this industry and you

[8:55] can have it with us but you have to know

[8:57] what what are you working for take care

[8:59] of your health take care of your family

[9:02] this is the most important thing that

[9:04] you have so it doesn't matter how rich

[9:06] you get if you're not healthy and it

[9:09] doesn't matter how much money you you

[9:10] make if you're not getting along with

[9:13] your family so your family you you your

[9:15] health is the most important thing

[9:17] talking about that the next podcast is

[9:20] going to be an interview we have with

[9:22] the black iPhone is the the workers

[9:25] compensation

[9:26] uh known uh non-profit organization

[9:30] called the black car phone uh they have

[9:33] a lot of a lot of uh

[9:36] new new thing for the driver they have

[9:39] life insurance if some of you pass away

[9:43] and you subscribe with them your family

[9:47] will receive only one hundred thousand

[9:49] dollars

[9:51] for beloved belonging to to subscribe

[9:54] with the black iPhone but we have all

[9:56] the information on the next podcast uh

[10:00] you have visual you have dental you have

[10:02] a lot of the teledoctor that the driver

[10:05] can use is free for the drivers no

[10:09] non-payment we already the basis the

[10:12] blacker base we already paying for that

[10:14] services but you have to use it please

[10:16] so that's going to be on our Net podcast

[10:20] the blacker phone we have an interview

[10:22] exclusively with them so about that you

[10:25] have all the detail but in the meantime

[10:27] we have another an extra 2500 new plate

[10:30] for green card not green no yellow but

[10:33] for Loma Duro

[10:36] said you can do everything that a green

[10:39] card do plus you now can cover any any

[10:44] job anywhere in the city as long as you

[10:47] dispatch uh from the non-emergency see a

[10:52] base which is exactly what you need I

[10:55] have a transportation so I hope you're

[10:58] ready with that hybrid car or electric

[11:00] car a wave card for this new plate you

[11:04] want to work if you want to make money I

[11:07] mean you have it May 16 is the day to

[11:11] apply for those uh plates so I wish you

[11:14] luck with that wish you the best and any

[11:17] question please you call us at those our

[11:19] numbers our website uh we have answer

[11:22] for you if you're looking to make money

[11:24] to have peace of mind peace of mind

[11:27] working because it's safe uh we we

[11:30] salute of course our ladies working with

[11:33] us a lot of women ladies working with us

[11:35] because they feel safe okay especially

[11:39] the the woman right of course the main

[11:41] is looking for safety also but this is

[11:44] peace of mind no exchange passenger we

[11:47] know all our our customer we have social

[11:50] security number we have the address we

[11:52] we know where they live there is not

[11:55] dangerous I mean you're going to be of

[11:56] course out on the street but it's

[11:58] minimum risk to work for agape

[12:01] transportation

[12:03] pay attention to that and have your

[12:05] dream very clear what is it that you

[12:07] want but you can achieve it thank you

[12:10] God bless you and see you on the next

[12:12] podcast

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