NEW YORK - New York City officials are investigating a gay couple's claim that a cab driver threw them out of his taxi for
hugging.
The Commission on Human Rights and the Taxi & Limousine Commission are looking into the complaint about an incident Monday in Manhattan.
Paul Bruno said the driver pulled over two blocks into the ride and told them to get out.
Bruno said the driver told them hugging wasn't allowed.
Driver Medhat Mohamed told the New York Post in Thursday's editions that things were heating up, and that was distracting him. He said he'd treat a heterosexual couple the same.
If it's determined Mohamed refused service on the basis of sexual orientation, he could face fines, suspension and or loss of his taxi license.
Joan Hamburg highlights today’s hot topic that women without unusual cancer risks should not begin yearly mammograms for breast cancer until age 50, rather than the previous recommendation of 40. Along with Dr. David Dershaw, Director of Break Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering, Joan examines the ramifications of this unsettling advice and questions, “Why the change?”
4-6pm Guest Free Friday
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Here is a list of wines all from Spain, and menus from restaurants in Brooklyn where a crew of us did a food / wine crawl through Carrol Gardens and Williamsburg recently
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