Category: FHV Drivers News & TLC Rules

‘City Council to confirm Midori Valdivia as TLC chair this month end’ 

The City Council Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards, and Ethics will hold a hearing end of this month to confirm the appointment of transit enthusiast Midori Valdivia as Commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). “New Commissioner has to be confirmed by the City Council, and the hearing has not been confirmed yet…likely […]

Law to require companies to compensate drivers for illegal account deactivation: NYTWA

New York City’s For-hire Vehicle (FHV) drivers would be able to file a claim for ‘lost wages’ and get paid during the period they lost money because of illegal deactivations by technology networking companies – Uber and Lyft. “You will be entitled to backpay for the money you lost, for the time that you were illegally deactivated,” Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director of New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), told ‘TLC Drivers Voice’ correspondent Kamal Ahmed. At the NYTWA rally on Jan […]

City Council Passes Intro 276, overriding Former Mayor’s Vetoes

The New York City Council on Thursday voted to override 17 vetoes issued by former Mayor Eric Adams, approving Intro 276 and strengthening protections for Uber and Lyft drivers against ‘unfair’ account deactivations. The vetoes were issued on December 31, 2025, the former mayor’s final day in office—more than the total number of vetoes issued […]

New York City Council to override veto for ‘Intro 276′ tomorrow

The New York City Council will vote to override the veto and implement ‘intro 276’ tomorrow (Thursday) to end the abuse of “unfair” Uber/Lyft account deactivations. New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), a 28,000-member-strong union of the city’s taxicab drivers and FHV drivers, will rally to support the bill at 12 noon tomorrow at City […]

Taxi, FHV Drivers See Mamdani’s Tenure As A Golden Era

By Kamal Ahmed  Brighter days are ahead for New York City’s struggling Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle (FHV) drivers as Zohran Mamdani officially took his midnight (in the New Year) oath of office, raising hope for them and future generations. Approximately 180,000 to 200,000 TLC-licensed drivers are in the city, and they operate one million rides […]

New York City Council to vote to override veto for ‘Intro 276′ on Jan 29

The New York City Council will vote to override the veto and implement ‘intro 276’ to end the abuse of unfair Uber/Lyft Deactivations on January 29th, according to the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA).  “Let’s kick off our 2026 together – with a definitive victory! Please attend the Zoom meeting at 8 PM as […]

‘New York Taxi Workers Alliance joins striking nurses’

New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), a 28,000-member-strong union of the city’s taxicab drivers, FHV drivers (Uber & Lyft drivers), today joined the nurses’ strike in the city. A good number of taxi and app-based drivers, led by NYTWA Executive Director Bhairavi Desai and alliance organizer Mohammad Tipu Sultan, joined the nurses’ picket to show […]

~Mamdani names Transit veteran Midori Valdivia as TLC commissioner~

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday nominated Midori Valdivia as the next commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), the agency that regulates the tens of thousands of cabs and for-hire vehicles on New York City’s streets. Valdivia previously worked as an analyst and adviser for the Port Authority for six years before becoming a […]

City Council passes bill for FHV parking

New York City’s For-Hire Vehicles (FHVs) drivers would be able to park their vehicles for short breaks in existing commercial vehicle metered parking areas. Council’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has passed a bill that requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to undertake a one-year pilot program in this regard. The legislation, passed on Dec […]

Golden time for taxi drivers as Mamdani sworn in as NYC’s Mayor

Brighter days are ahead for the city’s struggling taxi drivers as Zohran Mamdani officially took his midnight oath of office in the city. Zohran Mamdani and his wife arrived at the historic inauguration in a yellow cab driven by a man whom he went on a 15-day hunger strike outside of City Hall in 2021 […]