Uber, Lyft Win Court Block on NYC Law Requiring Notice Before Firing Drivers
The ruling pauses a first-of-its-kind city rule that would have required 14 days’ notice before driver deactivations.
- On Tuesday, United States District Court Judge Gregory Woods issued a preliminary injunction blocking New York City's Local Law 52, which would have required rideshare companies to provide drivers 14 days' notice before deactivation.
- The City Council passed the measure to protect over 80,000 drivers, yet Uber and Lyft argued the requirement interferes with their ability to police platform safety, citing that safety and fraud account for more than 92% of deactivations.
- Woods wrote that the law protects a "narrow group" of drivers while violating the U.S. Constitution by impeding the companies' ability to manage their contracts; the city failed to calculate the law's adverse impacts on broader citizenry.
- New York Taxi Workers Alliance President Bhairavi Desai called the ruling "misguided" and marked by "extreme pro-corporation bias," while Councilmember Shekar Krishnan pledged to continue fighting for due process.
- The city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection said it "respectfully disagrees" with the decision and is reviewing options to defend the law, which was scheduled to take effect July 28.
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Uber, Lyft Win Injunction Against NYC Driver Law That ‘Strips’ Ride-Share Companies of Authority
Judge Gregory H. Woods granted Uber and Lyft a preliminary injunction blocking a New York City law that would have required just cause, progressive discipline and outside review before many driver deactivations.
Judge Blocks NYC Law Requiring Uber, Lyft to Give Drivers Deactivation Notice
Both Uber and Lyft ride-sharing firms were the victors in a lawsuit to halt a New York City law that would have required them to provide at least two weeks’ notice and “just cause” before deactivating their drivers. On July 21, U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods granted both plaintiffs’ motions for a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of Local Law 52. The legislation, enacted by the New York City Council on Jan. 29, was expected to be…
Judge Blocks Law Made to Protect App Drivers From Abrupt, Unexplained Firings
A Manhattan judge has blocked a city law that is designed to shield Uber and Lyft drivers from being abruptly deactivated from the ride-hailing apps just days before it was set to take effect. The preliminary injunction issued Tuesday by United States District Court Judge Gregory Woods pumps the brakes on Local Law 52, which was set to take effect July 28 as a way to shield more than 80,000 for-hire vehicle drivers from getting booted off the ap…
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