Hundreds of cabbies ticketed while praying in mosque

The NYPD went on a taxi ticketing blitz outside a mosque on the Upper West Side while drivers were inside reciting Ramadan prayers Friday, The Post learned. At least one officer handed out nearly 100 tickets on the streets surrounding the Islamic Cultural Center on Riverside Drive near West 72nd Street, said cabby ­Mohammad Zaman. “This is a special prayer time, a time for religion. We double-park here every Friday and they [allow it], but today they gave us all tickets...
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