{"id":615,"date":"2012-08-11T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/?p=615"},"modified":"2024-08-30T13:49:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:49:27","slug":"mike-rips-pedi-scam-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/news\/mike-rips-pedi-scam-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike rips pedi-scam &#8211; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mayor Bloomberg advised New York City tourists to firmly reject exorbitant pedicab charges, such as a recent $442.54 bill for a short ride, by telling the driver to &#8220;stick it&#8221; and calling the police if necessary. While offering this advice, Bloomberg also defended the pedicab industry, noting that despite past controversies and high costs, it hasn&#8217;t negatively impacted the city and continues to be used by those willing to pay. He highlighted that some pedicab services, like a one-hour Central Park tour for nearly $98, cater to those with extra money to spend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/08\/11\/mike-rips-pedi-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/08\/11\/mike-rips-pedi-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Bloomberg advised New York City tourists to firmly reject exorbitant pedicab charges, such as a recent $442.54 bill for a short ride, by telling the driver to &#8220;stick it&#8221; and calling the police if necessary. While offering this advice, Bloomberg also defended the pedicab industry, noting that despite past controversies and high costs, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}