PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Raul Rivera, Founder of NYC Drivers Unite
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Raul Rivera, founder of NYC Drivers Unite, testified in support of commuter vans and lower insurance rates for drivers. He also called for the removal of Uber from New York City, citing exploitation of workers and people of color.
- Rivera asked the TLC commissioner to revoke Uber's license in New York City
- He suggested that Apple could remove Uber from the App Store to address the issues
- Rivera appealed to Donald Trump to stop Uber's abuse and remove them from New York City
Raul Rivera
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Raul Rivera.
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I'm a TLC driver, and a TLC driver advocate.
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I'm the founder of NYC Drivers unite.
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I have over 23,000 trips with Uber and Lyft.
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We do support the commuter vans.
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We wanna see them on the road.
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I support Leroy Morrison and his efforts to get them on the road.
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We want lower insurance.
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I just spoke with the the commissioner before he left.
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Excuse me.
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I have I have trouble with my voice today.
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I spoke with the commissioner today before he left, David Dahl, and there is a solution.
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We support the bill.
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I think anything that helps the drivers from being deactivated is excellent, but there's there's something bigger.
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You heard the expression go hard and go home.
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There is something bigger.
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We spoke to the commissioner, and just for the record, my my Uber account is not deactivated.
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I have over 11,000 trips with Uber, and I personally ask the commissioner to revoke Uber's license deactivate Uber from New York City.
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That's what we asked for.
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We want Uber removed.
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They're exploiting people of color.
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They're exploiting worker rights and many other things that they're doing.
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We also ask and we want this message to get to Apple.
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Apple can do something.
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Apple could step in and remove Uber from the app store.
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That'll work.
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Remove Uber from the app store.
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And finally, Finally, we want this message to get to our new president that's gonna come in 40 days.
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Donald J Trump, we asked you, Mister Trump, to stop the abuse of Uber.
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Remove Uber from New York City.
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We know you care about the New York taxi driver.
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We are not Uber drivers.
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We are not Lyft drivers.
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We are New York City taxi and cuisine, commission drivers, and we're being exploited and we ask you, Mister Trump, remove Uber.