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Taxi Federation Threatens to Shut Down New York City Over Waymo Robotaxis - teleSUR English

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200,000 drivers’ jobs are at risk if self-driving cabs operate in Manhattan and Brooklyn. On Monday, Fernando Mateo, spokesman for the New York Taxi Federation, warned Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams and lawmakers that drivers will shut down the city if they do not “immediately” stop self-driving taxis. RELATED: Elon Musk’s AI Grok Sparks Global Outrage After Praising Hitler: The Risks of Unregulated Artificial Intelligence “Today Waymo begi…

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The New York Taxi Federation warned Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, and legislators that the city will be paralyzed if they do not stop "immediately" the operation of robotaxis, operated by Waymo, which began today to test the first five robotized vehicles in the city. (Continue reading...) The entry Taxisters threaten to paralyze New York was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.

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Fernando Mateo, a spokesman for the organization, compared autonomous vehicles to "a cancer that needs to be eradicated" and said that if that does not happen, 200 thousand women and men working as taxi drivers will lose their jobs, with direct impact on thousands of families. Mateo estimated that at least one million people depend on this work. The poll warned that, if the authorities do not stop Waymo, taxi drivers "will close the city" while …

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The New York Taxi Federation warned Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, and legislators that the city will be paralyzed if they do not "immediately" stop the operation of robotaxis, operated by Waymo, which began today to test the first five robotized vehicles in the city. Taxis threaten to paralyze New York if they enter autonomous robotaxis operation was first published in Digital Process.

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