Oct. 8, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Rideshare drivers are hoping this year’s crisis of “lockouts” from Uber and Lyft will gain the attention of regulators at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Drivers organized by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) on Monday presented chilling testimony to Alvaro Bedoya, one of the FTC’s five…
Aug. 16, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld All of the city’s Ubers, and Lyfts must be running on clean energy and be wheelchair-accessible by 2030, according to new rules unveiled Wednesday by the Adams administration. The Taxi & Limousine Commission’s new “Green Rides Initiative” stipulates that 5% of “high-volume” for-hire vehicles — a designation applying…
Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Drivers for Uber and Lyft joined together to engage in a 12-hour strike at LaGuardia Airport Sunday, Feb. 26, in response to the rideshare companies allegedly being reluctant to grant pay raises, with Uber filing a lawsuit last December to block a pay hike. This strike marks the third…
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