Can’t get a ‘brake’: NYC taxi drivers fume over plan to lift ride-share cap adding more Uber and Lyft vehicles to city streets

New York City’s taxi drivers have had a bumpy ride the last several weeks.

After the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) abruptly lifted a cap last month on the number of electric Uber and Lyft vehicles on its streets, drivers with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) gathered Wednesday to protest a policy that the union drivers say will drive down their bottom line.