Investment Firm Forgives $70 Million in New York City Taxi-Cab Debt (WSJ)
Largest holder of taxi-medallion loans is throwing lifelines to thousands of drivers
(Wall Street Journal, reporting by Paul Berger) The largest holder of New York City taxi-medallion loans is throwing lifelines to thousands of drivers struggling to survive a collapse in ridership caused by the new coronavirus pandemic.
Marblegate Asset Management LLC, a Greenwich, Conn., investment firm, has given about 2,000 medallion-owner drivers a loan payment holiday every month since mid-March. It has also continued a process that began last year of writing down medallion loans, in some cases deducting hundreds of thousands of dollars from struggling drivers’ debts to a ceiling of about $300,000.
Andrew Milgram, managing partner and chief investment officer of Marblegate said in an interview that Marblegate has so far forgiven $70 million of $215 million in debt attached to 483 medallions. About half of that debt, Mr. Milgram said, was restructured after New York City shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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