Because they want out before the outer borough taxis come and they will go and get an outer borough green cab and work out of the borough and above 96 street, the livery cabs will be moved out by these new green outer borough taxis within 2years and the new Green outer borough medallion taxi will rise.If you do not buy a permit for a green taxi for $3,000  by May 29, 2012 you can lose. In ten years these outer  borough medallion will cost $75,000 to $90,000. The City wins all the time so go get one if you have $3,000 bucks.