Taxi driver Richard Chow has been a regular presence during Zohran Mamdani’s campaign and now mayoralty. In 2018, a spate of suicides by desperate taxi owners and for-hire drivers shook the taxi industry and the city. Richard Chow said that his brother grew increasingly distraught, and in 2018, his body was found in the East River. We have to fight back.”Zohran Mamdani and Richard Chow during a campaign event in Queens in October 2025. The interior of taxi driver Richard Chow’s cab, who became friends with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Source: The Irish Times February 03, 2026 20:03 UTC