2026年6月11日 下午2:43 UTC / 路透社
作者：乔纳森·斯坦普尔
2026年6月11日 下午2:43 UTC 更新于1小时前
- 内容摘要
- 企业动态
- 来福车、优步称新法案将迫使他们保留不安全司机
- 该法案将于7月28日生效，此前市议会推翻了前市长亚当斯的否决
- 纽约市官员为该法案辩护，强调为应用平台司机提供正当程序
纽约，6月11日（路透社）—— 来福车（Lyft LYFT.O）与优步科技（Uber.N）一同起诉纽约市，试图阻止一项新法案生效。两家公司称，该法案将迫使他们在平台上保留那些威胁公众和乘客安全的不合格司机。
来福车于周三晚间在曼哈顿联邦法院提起诉讼，比优步提起诉讼的时间晚了24小时。
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两家公司均对2026年第52号地方法案提出质疑，该法案总体上禁止大型网约车公司在没有“真正经济理由”或“正当理由”的情况下快速解雇司机。
两家公司表示，这项针对“不正当停用司机账号”的法案违反了美国宪法规定的正当程序权和言论自由权。
他们还称，该法案将使包括被指控性不当行为司机在内的不安全人员继续上路运营，损害公司声誉和商誉，对公司造成不可弥补的损害。
来福车称该法案“危险”，优步则称其“鲁莽”。该法案将于7月28日生效，今年1月纽约市议会以压倒性票数推翻了前市长埃里克·亚当斯的否决。
纽约市法律部门的一名发言人周四表示，正在审阅这两起诉讼。
总部位于旧金山的优步和来福车此前一直因未能有效制止虐待乘客或实施欺诈的司机而饱受批评。
截至6月1日，在旧金山联邦法院的全国性诉讼中，优步涉及3571起司机性不当行为相关诉讼，来福车涉及54起。
在挑战纽约市这项法案时，优步和来福车反对两项要求：一是在解雇司机前必须提前14天通知；二是可能重新雇用2019年以来仅因未收到此类通知而被停用账号的司机。
他们还以隐私为由反对要求乘客向被指控的司机详细说明所谓的不当行为，并反对在法庭或仲裁中回应司机对停用账号提出的质疑时，需承担更高的举证责任。
市议会议长朱莉·梅宁和该法案的主要提案人、市议员谢卡尔·克里希南表示，他们期待该法案在法庭上得到支持，并表示市议会将“全力确保所有应用平台司机获得基本的正当程序保护”。
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Lyft, Uber sue New York City to block driver retention law
2026-06-11 2:43 PM UTC / Reuters
By Jonathan Stempel
June 11, 2026 2:43 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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- Summary
- Companies
- Lyft, Uber say new law forces them to keep unsafe drivers
- Law would take effect July 28, following override of ex-Mayor Adams’ veto
- NYC officials defend law, emphasizing due process for app-based drivers
NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) – Lyft LYFT.O joined Uber Technologies UBER.N in suing New York City to block a new law they said would force them to keep bad drivers who threaten public and passenger safety on their platforms.
The Lyft lawsuit was filed late Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, 24 hours after Uber sued.
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Both companies are challenging Local Law 52 of 2026, which generally prevents large ride-sharing companies from swiftly dismissing drivers absent a “bona fide economic reason” or “just cause.”
The companies said the law targeting “wrongful deactivations” violated their due process and free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution.
They also said the law threatened irreparable harm by undermining their reputation and goodwill while keeping unsafe drivers, including those accused of sexual misconduct, on the road.
Lyft called the law “hazardous” and Uber called it “reckless.” The law would take effect on July 28, after the City Council in January overwhelmingly overrode former Mayor Eric Adams’ veto.
A spokesman for New York City’s law department said on Thursday it is reviewing both cases.
Uber and Lyft, both based in San Francisco, have faced criticism that they don’t do enough to stop drivers who abuse passengers or commit fraud.
As of June 1, Uber faced 3,571 lawsuits and Lyft faced 54 lawsuits in nationwide litigation in San Francisco federal court accusing drivers of sexual misconduct.
In challenging the New York City law, Lyft and Uber objected to requirements that they give drivers 14 days’ notice before letting them go, and potentially rehire drivers deactivated since 2019 solely because they did not receive such notice.
They also objected on privacy grounds to requiring passengers to detail alleged misconduct to accused drivers, and objected to a heightened burden of proof when defending against drivers who challenge their deactivations in court or arbitration.
City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Shekar Krishnan, the law’s main sponsor, said they looked forward to the law being upheld in court, and that the council will “fight to ensure all app-based drivers have basic due process protections.”
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Mark Porter
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