{"id":880306,"date":"2026-06-20T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/880306\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:33:37","slug":"nyc-taxi-driver-gets-75000-a-helping-hand-after-knicks-fans-destroyed-his-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/880306\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Taxi Driver Gets $75,000\u2013A Helping Hand After Knicks Fans Destroyed his Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-237694 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cab-driver-French-Montana-GoFundMe-page-by-New-York-Taxi-Workers-Alliance-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"372\"  \/>Cab driver Bitat Noureddine after Knicks win \u2013 New York Taxi Workers Alliance \/ GoFundMe<\/p>\n<p>While many in New York City expended every breath in celebration of the Knicks NBA championship win, many others will have held theirs\u2014knowing what happens when passionate American sports fans win titles.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, the championship for the New York Knickerbockers in 53 years resulted in arson to many vehicles in the city including the yellow cab of Mr. Bitat Noureddine.<\/p>\n<p>As videos of the frenetic celebrations on the street hit social media, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/french-montana-new-york-cab-driver-knicks-b2996747.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">went viral<\/a> of Mr. Noureddine being dragged from his taxi, briefly assaulted, and watching in disbelief as a mob of people proceeded to climb atop the car and smash the windows.<\/p>\n<p>The deplorable behavior reached 6 million people on X, including rapper French Montana, who left a comment that if someone could find the man, he\u2019d like to help him overcome the financial hit.<\/p>\n<p>French got in contact with his friend Zachery Dereniowski at the New York Taxi Worker\u2019s Alliance, a labor union to which Noureddine is a member, and the 2 planned to raise money with a GoFundMe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, during celebrations following a New York Knicks finals win, Noureddine\u2019s life was turned upside down,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/lets-change-noureddines-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fundraiser description reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis cab was vandalized, and he was reportedly assaulted and dragged from his vehicle by a crowd. In a matter of moments, the vehicle he was driving was severely damaged, leaving him facing an incredibly difficult situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE GOFUNDME SUCCESSES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend, French Montana, sent me Noureddine Bitat\u2019s story and we partnered with Noureddine\u2019s union, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance to help restore his business and change his life!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At publishing time the GoFundMe has reached $76,000 from over 2,000 donors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARE This Helping Hand Reaching Out To An Innocent Cab Driver\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cab driver Bitat Noureddine after Knicks win \u2013 New York Taxi Workers Alliance \/ GoFundMe While many in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":880307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1339,4219,10180,124033,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,1558,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,22171],"class_list":["post-880306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-basketball","tag-crime","tag-donations","tag-generosity","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-recovery","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-workers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116781988311652038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}