This veteran cabbie is performing to help a struggling East Village theater

NEW YORK — Veteran yellow cab driver John McDonagh remembers the checker cab he drove when he first became a cabbie back in 1977.

“At that time the checkered cab had no radio, no power door locks, no power door locks, no power windows and no air conditioning,” said the Middle Village, Queens native, who talks about how driving a cab has changed over more than 40 years on the streets of the city in his one-man show called “Off The Meter.”

McDonagh, who is also a WBAI Radio Host, is performing the show over the weekend at Theatre 80 St. Mark’s in the East Village, which is

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