The names of the truck driver and the cab passengers were not released.
The two drivers and the three cab passengers were taken to Kings County Hospital Center.
Christopher T. Dunn, the group's associate legal director, said the department's cab-stopping program, begun in 1994, "has morphed into a 'stop, question and frisk' operation for livery cab passengers".
A civil rights lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of flouting the constitutional rights of livery cab passengers has been allowed to move forward by a federal judge, who denied the city's attempt to have the suit dismissed.
Michael O'Loughlin, campaign director of Cab Riders United, a body set up to represent New York City's 1.2 million daily cab passengers, said: "Innovation and competition can be good for customers, but we welcome [new competitors] only if they prioritise the safety of New Yorkers inside and out side the vehicles".
New York cab-passengers often hang around on street corners for hours after they have been dropped off, marvelling at the efficiency with which they were initially picked up.
Livery-cab passengers will be charged $1 more for a city ride and $5 more for transportation to an airport, in a fare increase that takes effect on Monday, a taxi federation announced yesterday.
Almost 95% of Ola Cabs' passengers pay cash.
A member of the Gaisford team shot him in the chest through the cab's passenger-side window as he pulled up to the school.
"It was mind-boggling that the cab driver, passengers on the flight and strangers recognised me in the airport and knew the details of my story.
