Lyft's New York Launch Halted By Restraining Order

Forbes reports that Lyft's planned expansion into the New York market has been delayed by a restraining order. The article explains that State officials had asked Lyft to delay its launch. When Lyft refused, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office filed a temporary restraining order against the startup Friday morning to prevent its launch. Other statements said that the restraining order had been granted, though Simpson said that was untrue. Lyft and officials will reconvene in court Monday for a hearing. Lyft will not launch until it has reached an agreement with the city, Simpson said. Since Monday, when Lyft announced it was planning to launch in the two boroughs [of Queens and Brooklyn], the app has faced criticism from city officials. The taxi and limousine commission declared the app 'unauthorized' and said its riders were at risk and its drivers could be cited and fined if they were caught using it. Lyft seems to have left riders mostly unscathed in Boston, where it's been operating since early last year, and in numerous other cities. Also at Ars Technica.

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Disrupted!

[Aineko]

It's all fun disrupting until dad loses his job. But seriously, I really don't understand why ppl like the new monopolies soo much. Uber, Lynch, ... whatever,all the same. They take the business of companies that do the work while they just play the new middleman and take a ridiculously big cut. For now, they use the suckers that want to work for them, until they can replace them with google cars or something like that. I don't have any problem with the future or anything but don't act like they are the best thing since sliced bread! They don't bring anything to the table. Only a bigger monopoly. And they even f*ck their workers. Look at Uber. Did they refund the ppl that got their car impounded in Brussels or their car beaten in Paris?