Lawmakers in New York state passed a $168.3 billion state budget in the early hours Saturday that includes surcharges on taxi, Uber and Lyft rides in Manhattan and a new state sexual harassment policy written following the #MeToo movement.
Uber has released a Lost and Found Index of what's been left behind in Uber vehicles in Upstate New York since the service launched on June 29th of last year
One promise of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was fewer cars clogging city streets. But studies suggest the opposite: that ride-hailing companies are pulling riders off buses, subways, bicycles and their own feet and putting them in cars instead.
Ride-hailing service Lyft is accelerating its growth while rival Uber tries to climb out of a public relations sinkhole created by management upheaval, allegations of corporate espionage, and revelations of sexual harassment.
The law firm of Brindisi, Murad, Brindisi and Pearlman is teaming up with the Utica Zoo to provide fee rides home to those attending the Utica's Zoo's Brewfest on Saturday night.