Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Chair and Commissioner of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission Midori Valdivia

According to Caribbean Life, PoliticsNY’s latest special edition, Inside Government: Transportation features the government officials shaping New York’s transportation landscape. Today’s Q&A is with Chair and Commissioner of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (NYC TLC) Midori Valdivia . The NYC TLC which is responsible for licensing and regulating New York City’s medallion taxi cabs, for-hire vehicles, commuter vans and paratransit vehicles, along with the businesses that operate them. How has your career up until your appointment prepared you for your role as NYC TLC commissioner? I have worked at the center of the New York region’s most significant transportation institutions, including the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. My work has focused on delivering transportation services and capi