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New York regulators this summer capped the number of app-based cars allowed on city streets, and limited the time their drivers can cruise without a passenger in the busiest parts of Manhattan.
New York City on Friday announced new minimum-pay rules for rideshare drivers, settling on a smaller-than-proposed 5% ...
On Friday, New York City plans to implement some of the country’s most progressive worker protections for ride-hail company drivers. According to new rules approved by the city’s Taxi and ...
The New York City Council passed legislation Wednesday to temporarily halt new licenses of for-hire vehicles like those of Uber and Lyft, in the first action by a major U.S. city to cap the growth ...
Lyft is launching in New York City with more than 500 drivers and a focus on Brooklyn and Queens. The company says more than 75,000 people have already opened its app in the region.
The companies, which have been randomly locking out drivers to manage costs, must now give at least 72 hours’ notice before ...
Uber and Lyft will be required to pay drivers outside of New York City a minimum of $26 per hour which will be adjusted for inflation each year—New York City drivers have had guaranteed minimum ...
NEW YORK – Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps could soon become more expensive and harder to find in New York City. The New York City Council on Wednesday afternoon agreed to impose a one ...
The on-again, off-again ride-sharing service Lyft is on again in New York City. On the evening of July 25, the company says it will once more attempt to launch in New York. This time, the launch ...
New York City Lyft says it is investigating New York City rider's viral claim of 'attempted kidnapping' The NYPD said officers do not need a license plate number to take a report for an attempted ...
New York City customers took 10,000 Lyft rides a day on average in August, according to data provided by the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, more than double the amount taken a year earlier.
Lyft is suing New York City -- the ride-sharing app demanding a new "unreasonable and irrational" rule against app-based vehicles cruising while empty be tossed out, according to a new report.