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Saleem Osman (left) was a CAAAV organizer for the Lease Drivers Coalition. CAAAV formed the LDC to organize lease drivers to demand safer working conditions, medical benefits, fair hearings with the Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), and better pay.…

Black and white photo of N.Y.C Taxi cabs. Cab in the foreground has a sign on the windshield reading, "WE ARE DRIVERS UNITED WE STAND!"

Image shows Saleem Osman (center) with CAAAV organizers Steve Mitra (left) and Gloria Lum (right) outside the Manhattan Criminal Court after Osman's trial. Pink and purple striped ribbons are pinned to Osman and Lum's shirts.

Saleem Osman, who…

Image shows Saleem Osman (left) with his lawyer Michael Deutsch (right), the Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, standing in front of the Manhattan Criminal Court.

Saleem Osman, who coordinated CAAAV's Lease Drivers Coalition,…

Image shows supporters gathered outside the Manhattan Criminal Court on Saleem Osman's court day. The group is listening to someone speaking out of frame. Yuri Kochiyama stands at center right. Kochiyama and others in the photo wear a pink and purple…

This photograph from May 1994 shows participants in a demonstration for Saleem Osman. The main focus is on three men at the center of the image with some people visible in front and many people following behind. The participants are on the sidewalk…

The photograph captures a sea of taxicab vehicles surrounding a New York Police Department van. While the photograph does not have a recorded date, the scene depicted was a very common one throughout the 1990s. Throughout the decade, the city saw a…

Youth volunteers standing around in a circle. Signs on the wall read "Affordable Housing Now!" and "No Stadium Chinatown."

Image showing a street demonstration. People in the front hold a large yellow banner that reads "Whose Streets? OUR Streets!" in red and "Chinatown Street Vendors Assoc." in blue. Other demonstrators hold signs that read "Arrest Giuliani" and "Mr.…

Main focus is on a white man on the sidewalk holding a sign stating, "Drivers Want Justice" as part of a Lease Drivers Coalition (LDC) initiative. Other non-white people are involved as well, but are partially blocked by the man in front.