“We welcome any new ride-share apps to take on the duopoly of Uber and Lyft… but the newcomers have to follow all the laws and rules as laid down by the Taxi & Limousine Commission or there will be chaos on the streets,” stated The New York Daily News Editorial Board in a recent op-ed. “Canceling some hack licenses and seizing some vehicles would get the message out that everyone has to play by the same rules, be they new-fangled apps, traditional livery cars, or community cars, black cars serving businesses or limos for fancy events.”
The op-ed also pointed out that the city is losing millions of dollars every year by not sufficiently cracking down on companies that are operating illegally: “New York State loses sales tax income, the MTA loses congestion pricing money and the Port Authority loses the $5 pickup and drop-off fees at the airports. Where are the state attorney general and the MTA and the PA?”
Source: The New York Daily News
