NYC Taxi Operators Say Mayor De Blasio Has Capitulated to Uber
- Medallion owners protest rules for wheelchair-accessible cabs
- Uber says the protestors want to stifle competition for rides
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The last time New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tangled with Uber Technologies Inc. and other mobile-device ride-hailing companies, a campaign against his policies to limit their growth forced him to back down.
Now, taxi medallion owners, who in 2013 were part of an industry that gave him hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations, say de Blasio is betraying them. At issue is a requirement that at least half of the city’s traditional yellow cabs be wheelchair-accessible by 2020. Those models are more expensive.