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.
(Score: 3, Disagree) by frojack on Friday November 20 2015, @02:19AM
There are a LOT of modding violations happening lately.
Disagree is the least of them.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday November 20 2015, @11:21AM
Yeah, I noticed a few of them. Aside from Spam abuse and mod-bombs though, that's up to the people who have integrity to correct with their own mod points. That's why so many of them get given out every day. Beats the hell out of us staff types deciding whose opinions carry more weight.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday November 20 2015, @11:23AM
Oh and Disagree doesn't adjust the score. It's a +0 mod. Just makes it more likely that Disagree will show up as the reason for the score.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.