"Uber and Lyft drivers are set to receive just cause protections against being suddenly kicked off the apps that employ them, a practice known as unfair deactivations, after the City Council voted on Thursday to override ex-Mayor Eric Adams' 11th-hour veto of the legislation. An overwhelming 46 members of the 51-lawmaker body voiced support for resurrecting the bill, Intro. 276 six more votes than it originally passed by in December."
"At the same news conference, New York Taxi Workers Alliance Executive Director Bhairavi Desai said the bill is about affording Uber and Lyft drivers due process. We need due process, not only in our courts against government, but we also need due process in our economy, in the battle between workers and capital, Desai said. That's fundamentally what this bill is about. It's about democracy, it's about dignity, and it's about economic stability."
The City Council voted 46-5 to override the mayoral veto and reinstate Intro. 276, establishing just-cause protections for Uber and Lyft drivers against sudden app deactivations. The measure aims to require platforms to state reasons for removing drivers, place the burden of proof on companies, and create safeguards and appeals processes to prevent abrupt, unexplained removals. Proponents argue the protections address disproportionate impacts on immigrants and people of color and restore due process in the gig economy. Supporters framed the policy as advancing democracy, dignity, and economic stability for app-based drivers.
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