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Uber Fights to Repeoll New York City Restrictions

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Uber Sues NYC to Kill Its Ride$-$Hail Car Cap

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Six months after New York City lawmakers enacted a first$-$of$-$its$-$kind cap on the number of cars driving for ride$-$hail companies in the city, Uber has sued to make it disappear.

In its lawsuit, filed in a New York state court Friday afternoon, Uber argues that the one$-$year freeze on ride$-$hail vehicle licenses is anticompetitive and exceeds the city's authority. It also argues that there are better policies for fighting traffic, tools that don't specifically target ride$-$hail companies.

$(10)$ This latest battle caps off a rollicking few months of ride$-$hail regulation drama in the city, which has seen the "disruptive" transportation tech upstarts buck against some of the first powerful ride$-$hailing rules implemented by US city leaders. In January, the city started charging a $$2\mathrm{.}75$

$"$We agree that fighting congestion is a priority, which is why we support the state's vision for congestion pricing, the only evidence$-$based plan to reduce traffic and fund mass transit," he said in a statement.

Congestion pricing, a policy implemented in cities like London, Milan, and Singapore, charges dri ars fees to enter certain trafficky roads, sometimes at busier times of day. New York governor Andrew Cuomo is now pushing for a plan that would raise tolls on all drivers entering midtown and downtown Manhattan.

New York City officials seem raring for the fight. $"$No legal challenge changes the fact that Uber made congestion on our roads worse and paid their drivers less than a living wage," Seth Stein, a spokesperson for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, said in a statement. "The city's new laws aim to change that."

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