--- description: A New York City taxi driver has been fined $25,000 for refusing to pick up a black family. title: Cab Driver Fined $25,000 for Refusing to Drive Black Family image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Taxi Driver Fined For Refusing To Drive a Black Family  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 3:41 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 3:41 PM CUT A New York City taxi driver has been fined $25,000 for refusing to pick up a black family. The cab driver Baqir Raza told Cynthia Jordan and her two daughters that he was off duty and locked his doors so they wouldn’t enter the cab, [DNAinfo reports](http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150806/midtown/taxi-driver-fined-25k-for-refusing-pick-up-black-executive-her-kids "undefined"). But then he drove a short distance and picked up two white passengers. A city administrative judged ruled that Raza had to pay $10,000 to Jordan and a $15,000 civil fine. Jordan, a vice president at a stock transfer firm, told DNAinfo, “I’m happy for the judgment. Hopefully, someone will hear about this, and it will affect the way taxi drivers pick up fares in New York.” \[[DNAinfo](http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150806/midtown/taxi-driver-fined-25k-for-refusing-pick-up-black-executive-her-kids "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3987411/taxi-drive-fined-black-family/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3987411/taxi-drive-fined-black-family/"},"headline":"Taxi Driver Fined For Refusing To Drive a Black Family","datePublished":"2015-08-06T15:41:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:58:04.762Z","description":"The driver must pay $10,000 to the passengers and a $15,000 civil fine","url":"https://time.com/3987411/taxi-drive-fined-black-family/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3987411/taxi-drive-fined-black-family/","name":"Taxi Driver Fined For Refusing To Drive a Black Family"}}]}] ```