Sentences with phrase «hailing services»

Cahill said the compromise will allow the ride - hailing services to regulate themselves, including devising specific rules for background checks, provided they allow the state Department of Motor Vehicles to monitor the regulations.

State lawmakers are due back at the Capitol Monday, following a two week break after they passed a budget that contained numerous other items, like free public college tuition for some middle class students and an expansion of ride hailing services.

Trips with Uber, Lyft or other ride - hailing services in the same zone would be assessed a $ 2.75 surcharge.

The Student Association assembly approves sending a letter to the New York State Assembly arguing for the legalization of ride - hailing services in the state.

New York state lawmakers have authorized ride - hailing services such as Uber to operate in the state as part of the 2018 fiscal year budget, which was approved on Friday.

A bill to legalize ride - hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, in Syracuse and elsewhere in New York state is expected to pass.

State legislation approved in April will permit ride - hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to operate statewide, although municipalities can opt out.

The state Assembly and Senate fail to agree on a bill that would have allowed ride - hailing services to operate.

A New York state Senate committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would legalize ride - hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, in Syracuse and elsewhere in New York.

Upstate residents will be able to order a ride on their smartphone through ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft as soon as early July.

A consensus across the aisle appears to have been reached on increased funding for aging water systems, boosting tuition assistance, and allowing the spread of ride hailing services into upstate cities.

Here is what Cuomo had to say about tuition - free college, ride - hailing services, I - 81 and manufacturing:

State lawmakers have agreed in principle on the bill that could legalize ride - hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, in Syracuse and elsewhere in New York state.

Then - Student Association President Aysha Seedat tells The Daily Orange she planned to push for the legislation of ride - hailing services in New York state.

Ride - hailing services will be authorized to operate throughout New York state in about three months.

WAMC's Jim Levulis speaks with Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News about the end of a special legislative session in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo declaring a state of emergency in regards to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the expansion of ride - hailing services in upstate New York and Long Island.

While mobile ride - hailing services such as Uber and Lyft could legally expand their coverage areas across New York state by early summer, it will ultimately fall on Westchester County lawmakers to accept the state's regulations, or to push for even tighter restrictions.

McDonald said under the bill, local governments would have jurisdiction in managing background checks for ride - hailing services.

Cuomo said it is «unfair» that ride - hailing services such as Uber and Lyft are legal in New York City but not the rest of the state.

In the governor's State of the State address held inside the Carrier Theater in Syracuse's Civic Center, Cuomo also touted his proposal to make college tuition - free, emphasized his desire to legalize ride - hailing services in the state, addressed the future of Interstate 81 in the Syracuse area and said manufacturing in the state will be prioritized.

The Republican - led Senate will advance its own legislation on Monday to expand ride hailing services like Uber and Lyft outside of New York City.

«Allowing ride - hailing services to operate in Upstate communities is long overdue and we thank the members of the Senate who voted in support of this proposal,» said Greg Biryla, the executive director of Unshackle Upstate, a business - backed advocacy group.

An administration source on Friday also said Cuomo would like to see legislation allowing car - hailing services like Uber to operate outside of New York City, a measure that has been popular among Senate Republicans, particularly those who represent upstate areas.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers missed the midnight budget deadline after they failed to solidify deals on state spending and taxation, as well as some unrelated items like permitting ride hailing services outside of New York City.

That's how much lawmakers estimate they'll see if they insert language to legalize ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft into one of the nine remaining budget bills.

The volunteer board has four members with ties to the taxi industry, including Blessinger, but no one from ride - hailing services.

He blamed the leaders, who come from Suffolk County and the Bronx, for blocking ride - hailing services upstate.

This afternoon's address in Buffalo will include remarks about expanding ride - hailing services like Uber.

Differing legislation is moving through the state Senate and Assembly that would legalize ride - hailing services upstate by addressing concerns — voiced by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, among others — about insuring the vehicles.

It's been just over two weeks since ride hailing services have been permitted outside New York City, and Governor Cuomo says he's pleased, so far.

An upstate business group is pleased with some portions of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2017 agenda, especially a plan to expand ride hailing services.

: Ride - hailing services and their would - be passengers.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York's Assembly minority leader is urging the body to accelerate authorization of ride - hailing services in upstate communities.

Local officials cheered the renderings of Cuomo's plan, as well as his latest call to allow ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City.

Yet for all wonkish provisions that lawmakers dumped into the final legislative language, expansion of ride - hailing services outside of New York is what the public overwhelmingly asked them to accomplish during the legislative session this year.

The budget included a deal to raise the age of criminal responsibility («a legacy accomplishment,» the governor said), allow the expansion of ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft into upstate and Long Island, and create a college affordability plan for public university students.

ALBANY — As expected, Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed support for extending ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to areas outside of New York City during the second stop on his State of the State tour in Buffalo.

The Uber and Lyft ride - hailing services are up and running in upstate New York, including the Kingston area, and on Long Island.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D - New York, is on the record in support of ride - hailing services for upstate New York, but he made clear Tuesday that companies like Uber and Lyft need more than just his endorsement.

Buffalo is the biggest city in the country without ride - hailing services.

Six months after Uber and Lyft hit city streets, Buffalo cab companies are renewing calls for the city to treat the taxi industry and new ride - hailing services the same.

With the legislative session over in Albany, the debate over expanding ride hailing services is now in the state's suburban counties.

Capitalizing on an online protest that began over the weekend, opponents of a statewide expansion of ride - hailing services in New York are trying to tie Uber to Trump.

The companies making a push for expanding ride hailing services outside of New York City as the budget negotiations are expected to enter a new phase once lawmakers return Feb. 28.

As Uber and Lyft make a last - minute push to legalize upstate ride - hailing services as the state legislative session winds down, upstate taxi companies have formed a new coalition opposing them: The Upstate Transportation Association says it represents thousands of vehicles in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Ithaca and Binghamton.

As state lawmakers wrestle in the final days of the legislative session over legalizing ride - hailing services such as Uber in upstate New York, a new disability rights group has emerged as a harsh critic of the company.

«We thank Governor Cuomo and members of the Legislature for speeding up the start date for ride - hailing services across Upstate New York.

Ride - hailing company Uber has sent 100,000 mailers to New Yorkers thanking state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo for last month's budget agreement that allows ride hailing services to operate outside of New York City.

Ride - hailing services became legal in upstate New York at 12:01 a.m. and both companies are planning to extend service to Western New York.

Amid the ongoing debate over whether to allow ride hailing services outside of New York City, the Black Car Fund has launched a statewide advertising campaign that is aimed at building awareness of what it does for for - hire drivers and passengers.