Carjackers Target Cabbies in Bronx
Taxi Federation offers reward for info on taxi thieves The NY State Federation of Taxi Drivers is upping the reward to catch carjackers of cabbies. This comes after a slew of robberies and carjackings in the Bronx. -Photos by NYPD, File Photo By David Greene Bronx Voice May 6, 2024 BRONX - The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers (NYSFTD) is offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any individuals responsible for what they claim is an uptick in robberies of taxi drivers. At a press conference at the federation’s headquarters on Bruckner Boulevard in the South Bronx, members claimed there have been nine robberies of taxi drivers in the prior two weeks, some ending with the drivers’ vehicles being stolen. Driver Bamory Sanogo, 57, recalled his harrowing experience when he was recently robbed, assaulted, and carjacked by a male and female team—who Sanogo says crashed his taxi into two parked cars shortly after the robbery. Sanogo, a fa
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