Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Kevin Cahill

Albany’s Three Men in a Room Squash Transparency Measures in Statewide Uber Bill

By David Meyer | Apr 11, 2017 | 1 Comment

The budget deal Albany reached over the weekend includes the legalization of "transportation network companies" like Uber outside of New York City, but not the transparency measures advocates had called for.

The Assembly’s Uber Bill Is Better Than Cuomo’s

By David Meyer | Mar 14, 2017 | 8 Comments

On Friday, Assembly Democrats came out with their version of legislation to legalize Uber outside of New York City, and it includes some critical data transparency measures absent from similar bills put forward by Governor Cuomo and the State Senate.

Ubers and yellows appear to be banished under the NYPD order. Photo: Max Pixel

Advocates Call on Carl Heastie to Fix Statewide Uber Bill

By David Meyer | Mar 2, 2017 | No Comments

In letters to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Insurance Committee chair Kevin Cahill, leaders of Transportation Alternatives and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign warn that Governor Cuomo's Uber bill could lead to illegal ride-hail traffic in the five boroughs with no way to assess the problem and rein it in, if necessary.