Mayor Mamdani Nominates Midori Valdivia as Chair of Taxi and Limousine Commission
January 14, 2026
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22:45Now PlayingMayor Mamdani Nominates Midori Valdivia as Chair of Taxi and Limousine Commission
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as posted by the channelValdivia brings experience from TLC, Port Authority, and the MTA
Nomination centers Mayor Mamdani’s fight for taxi drivers in City Hall
NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the nomination of transportation policy leader Midori Valdivia to lead the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) as Chair and Commissioner. Valdivia is a widely-recognized practitioner in transportation and operations, working nationwide to reduce urban congestion and decarbonize transportation through her own transportation and policy practice. She has delivered worker-centered policies throughout her career, including supporting the implementation of the first wage standards for service workers at JFK and LaGuardia Airports and working on the TLC’s first-in-the-nation driver pay study. She is a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board member and previously served as Deputy Commissioner for Finance and Administration at the TLC, as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and as Chief of Staff to the Chair and CEO of the MTA.
The nomination builds on Mayor Mamdani’s historic leadership on behalf of taxi drivers and working people. As an Assemblymember, Mayor Mamdani led a 15-day hunger strike in solidarity with the Taxi Workers Alliance, securing a debt relief program for drivers targeted by predatory lending practices tied to taxi medallions. He has continued to center the taxi drivers and their struggles in his work; the Mayor rode with taxi driver Richard Chow – who participated in the hunger strike alongside Mayor Mamdani in 2021 – to his inauguration earlier this month.
Valdivia is on the Board of the Regional Plan Association, a Trustee with the Transit Center, and a Board Member of the Shared-Use Mobility Center. She holds a Master's in Public Affairs and Urban and Regional Planning from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Penn State University. Valdivia lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.
Created in 1971, TLC licenses and regulates more than 200,000 drivers who complete approximately 1,000,000 trips each day. The chair and commissioner is both the head of the City agency, and chair of the TLC’s nine-member board. TLC commissioners are subject to the City Council’s advice and consent powers.
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