are you in Good Hands?
ADAM: IN NEW YORK CITY THE
COUNCIL VOTED TO PLACE A
ONE-YEAR FREEZE ON RIDESHARE
VEHICLES LIKE IESH AND
VEHICLES LOOE IESH AND
VEHICLES LOOKSIESH AND
VEHICLES LOOKS LSH AND
VEHICLES LOOKS LIK AND
VEHICLES LOOKS LIKEAND
VEHICLES LOOKS LIKE UD
VEHICLES LOOKS LIKE UBER AND
LYFT.
THEY SAY IT WILL HELP COMBAT
CONGESTION.
THE TRAFFIC OUTSIDE IS AWFUL.
JOINING TO DISCUSS THIS IS THE
IS LIZ PEEK.
DOES THIS PROTECT DRIVERS?
THEY WILL CONSIDER RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE FOR DRIVERS.
WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO LET THE
DRIVERS ORGANIZE?
YOU CAN STRIKE OR PUT PRESSURE
ON UBER OR LYFT TO PAY YOU MORE.
BUT NOW WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL
PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS.
REGULATIONS TO MAKE A MINIMUM
WAGE.
MINIMUM WAGE.
I THINK A TEMPORARY CAP WOULD
HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY AS WELL.
ADAM: IF YOU CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY DRIVING, FIND SOMETHING
ELSE TO DO.
>> WE HAVE THE BIGGEST JOB
MARKET IN HISTORY FOR PEOPLE.
IT IS W FOR A GREAT MANY PEOPLE
WHO DO NOT RELY ON THIS FOR
THEIR ENTIRE INCOME.
WHAT MAKES ME CRAZY ABOUT THIS
THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO EARN SOME
MONEY DURING THE DAY.
I THINK POLITICALLY THIS IS A
BIZARRE THING FOR DEMOCRATS TO
DO.
YORK DID NOT GO AFTER NETFLIX TO
SAVE BLOCKBUSTER.
BUT PART OF THE RATIONALE IS WE
HAVE SEEN THE PRICE OF
MEDALLIONS FOR A TAXI.
THE PRICE HAS DROPPED FROM A
MILLION TO $200,000.
IN SOME CASES THE DRIVERS AND
SIX REPORTED SUICIDES OF TAXI
CAB DRIVERS.
A WISH AND PERHAPS PICKING
LOSERS.
PEOPLE IN THE OUTER BOROUGHS WHO
>> THERE ARE 100,000 DRIVERS IN
NEW YORK CITY.
99% OF THEM ARE IMMIGRANTS.
40% OF THEM WHILE WORKING FULL
TIME QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID AND
25% QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS.
WE HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE JOBS
WE ARE CREATING.
THOSE 100,000 DRIVERS ARE NOT
LIVING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT.
THEY ARE LIVING IN THE BOROUGHS.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE ABOUT THE
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF
PEOPLE ADAM RRP WHY SHOULD WE
MONEY.
THEY ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
BUT THEY ARE WORK FOR UBER OR
LYFT.
>> YOU COULD ARGUE WE SHOULD NOT
PROVIDE FOR THEM.
THERE WERE NO JOBS TO BE HAD.
THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL AND GET
INTO A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.
THE TAXI DRIVERS UNIONS HAVE
ADAM: WHOEVER SPONSORED THE
LEGISLATION.
HE WAS ASKED AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, YOU GOT $15,000 FROM
THE TAXI FLEET DRIVERS.
>> AND DEBLAST VOICE SAID TO
HAVE GOTTEN HALF A MILLION --
AND DEBLASIO IS SAID TO HAVE
GOTTEN HALF A MILLION.
THE GUYS WHO HAVE THE MEDAL
AND THAT'S TRAGIC.
INTERNET ECONOMY AND CHANGES
COMING FROM THAT.
JIM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LAST
WORD.
WHAT IS IT PEOPLE SHOULD
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS?
>> THIS INDUSTRY GREW FROM
10,000 DRIVERS TO 80,000 BLACK
CAR DRIVERS IN NEW YORK CITY.