New York City’s new law capping the number of ride-hailing vehicles and setting a minimum wage for drivers could mark the beginning of a new wave of governmental attempts to regulate ride-hailing services.
The measure was passed amid growing concerns about traffic congestion, fair pay for taxi and ride-hailing drivers, and the impact of ride-hailing on the city’s financially distressed public transit system — all issues familiar to other U.S. cities.
But New York’s law also returns the spotlight to