Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
by theamk on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @02:01PM
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Did you read the linked article? The law enforcement thing (at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/technology/uber-federal-i... ) was started by Portland, Oregon. What does it have to do with NYC?
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
by davidf18 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @06:27PM
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It doesn't. That is the point. Uber follows the law.
Read this part of the article:
"Uber made a particular effort to deploy the tool in cities where it faced opposition from local regulators or rival taxi and transportation companies. One of those cities was Portland."
NYC did not bow to pressure from rival taxi companies and they did follow the law cooperating with NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (again, unlike AirBnB which directly broke NY City and NY State laws and was sued by the NY State Attorney General). Uber was never in trouble with the law in NYC nor NYS and the only time it has trouble are with entities that try to block competition from the regulated monopoly.