The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has ruled that rideshare company Empower is running an illegal taxi service. It must be driven off the city’s roads. Immediately.

This happened before, in 2014, when Lyft started here without TLC approval. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Superintendent of Financial Services Ben Lawsky sued and stopped Lyft, which later had to pay a $300,000 fine for breaking laws. Lyft then agreed to abide by the rules.

In 2026, AG Tish James and Kaitlin Asrow, acting superintendent of DFS, must bring legal action. And Gov. Hochul should give Asrow a strong push to get moving.

Empower has a choice: Shut down or follow the rules. Until then the TLC needs to start revoking the hack licenses of any driver caught driving........

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