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Uber, Lyft spent nearly $1M on NYS lobbying so far in 2016

Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft spent nearly $1 million combined during the first six months of 2016 to lobby for a bill that would have allowed them to expand to upstate.

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Brad Gerstman addresses Uber issues at TLC Hearing

Check out the TLC Hearing livestream coverage of NYETA spokesperson Brad Gerstman discussing Uber issues regarding rider safety.

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Two Women to Sue Uber Over Nightmare Rides

Two women plan to file lawsuits this week against Uber, claiming their drivers terrorized them — and that the company tried to cover it up.

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Change.org Petition Letter on the MTA

We have set up a petition on Change.org that calls on Governor Cuomo and the MTA to cease their collaboration with Uber in the agency’s otherwise laudable effort to make the para-transit system more cost efficient and effective for people with disabilities.

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Uber Needs to Get on Board to Ensure Passenger Safety

One of the major objections to the proposal to allow ride-hailing services like Uber to expand to upstate New York is that it does not include fingerprinting of drivers, although it's already required of all taxi operators in New York City — including Uber. Outside the city, ride-hailing firms conduct private driver screenings — underscoring how these app-based services, even though acting as public conveyances, believe their business should be shielded from regulators.

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NYETA Press Conference to discuss MTA Uber Partnership for Access-A-Ride

The MTA is planning to partner with ride-sharing services like Uber to fix Access-A-Ride. Here was our response.

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Group: 3rd Uber driver deemed employee, not contractor

A New York City advocacy group says a third former Uber driver has been deemed to have been an employee of the company, not a contractor.

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Uber and Lyft Are Threatening to Expose Poor and Elderly to Predatory Practices

Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft have grown increasingly popular in the last few years. During this time, both companies have faced numerous challenges to their business models, including lawsuits involving passenger safety and the misclassification of their drivers as independent contractors, as well as accusations that both drivers and passengers discriminate based on race and other factors.

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Rogue Uber driver takes prominent SoHo gallery operator to the Bronx instead of home

AFA Gallery manager Frances Stern has worked with the world’s top artists, but she’s never seen anything like the Uber driver who took her for a wild ride into the Bronx, where she was forced to make a frightening escape, she says.

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Disability Activists Slam MTA for Considering Uber as an Alternative to Existing Access-a-Ride Service

Advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities have long battled with car services whose vehicles are not accessible. Now they are calling on the MTA to drop plans to do business with them.

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Disability Advocates Demand that the MTA Cease and Desist

The MTA is considering including Uber in its Access-a-Ride program. Uber operates over 44,000 vehicles in NYC and, until the company hatched a scheme to poach 40 accessible green taxis from the boroughs, not a single one was accessible to wheelchair users.

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NYETA Questions NYC’s Commitment to All Immigrants

NYETA represents over 6,000 immigrant taxi medallion owners whose investments and future have been put a great risk because the city’s immigrant supporting rhetoric doesn’t seem to apply to them.

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