His hack license also earned him a brief moment in the spotlight a few years ago.

To get a hack license, he said, "All you need is a face."

Penalties range from $200 fines to loss of hack licenses.

The commission presumes that most of the 1,582 are currently working, because hack licenses must be renewed every year.

Then one day in 1979, he hailed a cab and the Greek man behind the wheel told him how to get a hack license.

Usually they do not carry proper hack licenses, since the taxis have been stolen.

The new rules are unfair, and keeping our hack license is what's important.

A third offense calls for mandatory revocation of a hack license.

The up-front costs for anyone seeking a hack license is $234.

How do guys like this keep their hack license?