How New York's Taxi Industry Destroyed Chicago's Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email In this June 26, 2017 photo, the medallion of taxi driver and taxi medallion owner Marcelino Hervias is affixed to the hood of his taxicab on New York's Upper West Side. ( AP Photo/Richard Drew / AP Images ) Produced by Priscilla Alabi Produced by WNYC