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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday November 19 2015, @11:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the call-the-wah-mbulance dept.

Owners of New York City's taxi "medallions" filed a lawsuit (PDF) against city regulators today, saying their business has been devastated by the decision to allow companies like Uber to compete using "E-hail" services.

A medallion is required to operate a New York City yellow taxicab, the only type of vehicle allowed to accept passengers who hail cabs on the street. Until recently, those medallions could sell for over $1 million. Companies like White & Blue Group, one of the plaintiffs in the case, managed fleets of licensed taxicabs by leasing out the medallions.

According to the suit, White & Blue Group, which manages the largest fleet of leased taxicabs in New York, "has seen its monthly leasing income drop as much as 50% in the past year," and has been forced to idle as much as 20 percent of its fleet each day. The complaint was filed today and reported earlier by Reuters.

Extortionists crying about losing money is about the saddest sight in the world.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Friday November 20 2015, @01:03AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday November 20 2015, @01:03AM (#265590)

    They've invested 10s of millions of dollars in this particular ponzi scheme - of course they're going to whip out the lawyers when it all goes south, their investors expect nothing less.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @02:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @02:49AM (#265625)

    It's funny that when the story is about TPP or H1-B, then it seems that the government should recognize that people have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars and many years to get where they are, only to be threatened by newcomers who don't play by the rules.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday November 20 2015, @04:47AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 20 2015, @04:47AM (#265655) Journal

      It's funny that when the story is about TPP or H1-B, then it seems that the government should recognize that people have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars and many years to get where they are, only to be threatened by newcomers who don't play by the rules.

      No. TPP and H1-B are about "newcomers" using the power to set the rules in their favor - like medallion owners did here. Uber is helping to undo a past injustice.