Image courtesy of the offices of Mayor Michael BloombergThe hotly-debated plan [/lew-fidler-joins-fight-to-stop-livery-cab-street-hail-plan-named-as-plaintiff-in-lawsuit-against-city/] to sell 18,000 permits for cabs and 2,000 new medallions for wheelchair-accessible cabs to service the five boroughs has crashed. Last Friday, a judge rejected [http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/167060/judge-rejects-five-borough-taxi-plan?utm_source=

Source: Omnibus, Uris via Wikimedia CommonsNew York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron put the brakes on city’s plan to create a new class of taxis to serve neighborhoods in Brooklyn, northern Manhattan and other areas. [/livery-cabs-to-pick-up-street-hails-beginning-2012/] The judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking Mayor Bloomberg from implementing