Data Sources, New York City

    1986 through 1995

    New York City homicide totals between 1986 and 1995 are a composite of statistics provided by the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission during the 1990s.

    Year Livery Medallion Total
    1986 9 5 14
    1987 10 7 17
    1988 24 5 29
    1989 28 4 32
    1990 32 3 35
    1991 35 5 40
    1992 39 6 45
    1993 36 7 43
    1994 17 0 17
    1995 15 0 15
    Totals 245 42 287


    1996 and 1997

    The homicides identified for 1996 and 1997 are from the Taxi-L Memoriam list as follows. It is possible that there may have been others.

    Ju-Wei Chang, 01/14/97
    Elhadji Gaye, 01/01/97
    Jose Avecillas, 12/14/96
    Mbaye Toure, 11/06/96
    Amadou Diallo, 11/04/96
    Abdoul Salami, 10/29/96
    Abdoul Hamid, 10/06/96
    Amadou Mouctar, 10/05/96
    Mikhail Sharov, 02/26/96
    Masik Manzooe, 02/08/96
    Eroll Grann, 02/07/96

    1998 through 2001

    New York City homicide totals between 1998 and 2001 are based on press reports gathered from internet sources by Terry Smythe. See the Taxi-L Memoriam page. The 22 homicides identified by name were:

    Jose Gutierrez, 2001
    Gurdev Lal, 2001
    Anelivda Brown, 2001
    Mohammed Butt, 2000
    Cesar Lopez, 2000
    Jose Olivares, 2000
    Jimmy Chan, 2000
    Jean Robert Scutt, 2000
    Luis Francisco Perez, 2000
    Ali Mouden, 2000
    Norberto Noguera, 2000
    Daniel Carrion, 2000
    Jose Torres, 2000
    Kuldip Singh, 2000
    Rafael Steven Pichardo, 1999
    Roder Minchala, 1999
    Naveed Isobel, 1999
    Mohammed Hanif, 1999
    Yusef Mohammed, 1999
    Jose del Carmen Felix, 1999
    Thierno (Wally) Barry, 1999
    Estimated 2-4 additional in 1999, see below
    Ediphene Joseph, 1998
    Estimated 7 additional in 1998, see below

    Based on a review of about twenty news items documenting the homicides listed above, as many as eleven additional New York City livery driver homicides may have occured between 1998-2001.

    Specifically, a news item on the funeral of Jose del Carmen Felix quoted a TLC official as saying that there were 8 livery homicides in 1998. One was identified in the list above, thus 7 additional deaths presumably occured in that year.

    Two of the articles in the sample state that there were 9 homicides in 1999, while two other articles give the total as 11. Seven are identified above, and so it is likely that there were from 2 to 4 others in that year.

    The total for 2000 is believed to be correct based on similar internal evidence within the sample of articles reviewed, including a February 2001 item stating that it had been nearly a year since the previous homicide.

    A number of press accounts appeared in March 2002 regarding the deaths of two reportedly off-duty livery drivers. One quotes an industry spokesperson as saying that it had been "almost a year" since the previous livery driver homicide, presumably that of Anelivda Brown in May 2001.



    2002 through 2004

    The homicides from 2002 through 2004 are from the Taxi-L Memoriam list as follows.

    Alpha Balde, 01/27/03
    Fausto Arias, 01/26/03
    Luis Quizhpi, 11/10/02
    Kleber Valencia, 10/20/02
    Joe Robles, 10/19/02
    Ousmane Diallo, 03/31/02
    Raphael Aquino, 03/14/02



    2005

    One homicide of a NYC livery driver has been reported as of mid-November.

    Modou Diop, 08/05/05



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