PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Mohammed Mohammed, Uber and Lyft Driver and Member of NY Taxi Workers Alliance (TWA)
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Mohammed Mohammed, an Uber and Lyft driver for 10 years and a member of NY Taxi Workers Alliance, testified in support of Intro 276, which aims to regulate driver deactivations. He emphasized the importance of the bill for driver safety, job security, and fairness in the industry.
- Mohammed shared personal experiences and concerns about unfair deactivations and temporary lockouts (which he referred to as temporary deactivations).
- He highlighted the financial investment drivers make in obtaining TLC licenses and vehicles, which can be jeopardized by sudden deactivations.
- The testimony underscored the widespread nature of the issue, mentioning thousands of drivers being affected by deactivations.
Mohammed Mohammed
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Hi.
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My name is Mohammed Mohammed.
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I am an Uber and Lyft driver for 10 years.
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And also I am a member in NYTE, the accounts a member by basing bill number 276, justice will be achieved for the wrong driver as a result of Militers or false report passing net entry 276 will achieve psychological and mental safety for the driver, making his performance on the road more safer It is not fair to the driver to spend money to obtain TLLC TLLC license and go to school and be a professional driver for many years.
5:15:43
And when he think to have a TLLC cards for more than 50 or 60,000, and make the payment on 5 years and Uber exit to affiliated it.
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Then Uber deactivated him without notification by a false report from one of those passenger.
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I have heard many Many many sad stories from many drivers at LaGuardia Airport.
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They've been deactivated.
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Thousands of drivers been deactivated.
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I have I've also I came today to explain the importance of belt 276 for the driver, even though I am not deactivated.
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I want to update my car and I worried about to update my car because of the unfilled deactivation or the lockout.
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We have temporarily locked out.
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I can I can say it's It's not lockout?
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It's a temporary temporary deactivation.
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The lockout now, it's temporary deactivation.
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So if we open now, like, I'm working for Lyft of in the driver work for Lyft, And you can see he's he cannot go online because he got a he got a temporary temporary deactivation, which is luck out.
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So, please, I am coming here to confer and support 276.
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Thanks so much.