Matthew W. Daus is an American politician who served as the tenth Commissioner and Chairman of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC).
[5] Daus completed his undergraduate studies at Brooklyn College before receiving a Juris Doctor degree from the Touro Law Center in 1992.
[6] Daus entered into civil service in 1994 when Mayor Rudy Giuliani appointed him a prosecutor for the New York City Commission on Human Rights.
In 2001 during Giuliani's final year as Mayor, Daus was appointed Commissioner and Chairman of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.
[8] He encouraged the use of hybrid taxicabs, which comprised over 23% of the fleet in 2010, and the establishment of an Accessible Taxi Dispatch System to serve passengers with disabilities.