“[High-Volume For-Hire Vehicles] were not charged the same as the yellows. They were only charged $250 a year, whereas the medallions were up to $1 million apiece,” “The people who are advocates for congestion pricing did not speak up at all when 100,000 for-hire vehicles – Uber, Lyft, etc. – were allowed for almost nothing, no charge, to fill up our streets.”

Lucius  Riccio, former DOT commissioner

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