Cabbie: New York City 1971,1972 True Tales by N.G. Haiduck - Paperbackby N. G. Haiduck (Author) "I was a young woman, 20 something, and new to New York City, a small town girl from Ohio, living in a two room apartment on the Lower East Side (the rent was $100 a month) and attending Brooklyn College, which was tuition free in those days. A classmate always had money in his pocket because he was driving a yellow taxi cab. A lot of college guys were driving cabs in those days, but very few women. He persuaded me to try it.