New York City taxi drivers end hunger strike after reaching deal on debt relief

Taxi and Limousine Commission agrees to city-backed guarantee to lower monthly payments of taxi medallion owners

After weeks of camping outside City Hall in New York, taxi drivers can finally head home after striking a deal with officials to rescue thousands of workers from crushing loans that had caused misery for their families.

The news arrived on the fifteenth day of a hunger strike led by the drivers and their advocates.