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Access A Ride Strands Neighbor in Manhattan

Mathylde Frontus (left) with Charlene Davis. (Photo via Frontus)CONEY ISLAND – A 59-year-old Coney Island resident in a wheelchair waited for hours on a Manhattan street corner for her scheduled Access-A-Ride (AAR) to pick her up and bring her home. It never did. On August 6 at around 11:50

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As City Looks To Legalize Certain E-Bikes, Uber Buys Brooklyn Bike-Share Company

Throttle-style e-bikes will remain banned in New York, while expensive pedal assist bikes may be legalized by the DOT (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last year, Mayor De Blasio announced a crackdown on e-bikes, stating that NYPD would begin issuing tickets to riders and confiscating electrically powered bikes, which have been illegal

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Man Who Murdered His Mother And Hid Her In Rego Park Went To Abraham Lincoln High School In Brighton Beach

Source: mikey k/flickrLyubov Gorbunova, 58, was murdered by her son, Roman, 21, on September 27. Two days later, he used Uber to transport his mother’s body, packed in a body bag and garbage can, to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Ten days later, on Saturday, October 8, her body was

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UberEATS Delivery Expansion Limited To Addresses North Of Union Street

Map of current UberEATS “cutoff” which currently does not deliver south of Union Street. (Screenshot of Google Maps)“We’re not there just yet.” That’s the message which came up on my phone after I downloaded the UberEATS app while walking down 7th Avenue. I want to give the

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Free Slice Alert! Two Boots Park Slope Offering #UberPizzaParty

Photo via chrisalanjonesIt has been said that there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. Today, however, there is such a thing as a free slice. On Thursday, May 5 (that’s today!), Uber is celebrating five years in New York with an #UberPizzaParty as well as providing

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Deal Of The Day: Ride Free With Uber!

We teamed up with Uber to offer all of you who haven’t given Uber a try yet to get a great first time rider deal. You’ll get $20 off your first ride, which if you’re stuck with this kind of crazy on the Q train, or ever

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Ride With uberPOOL To The BITE: Sheepshead!

Wondering how to get to The BITE: Sheepshead without having to take the subway, bus, or driving? We’ve partnered with Uber to give you $20 off your first uberPOOL ride to or from The BITE: Sheepshead. What is uberPOOL? uberPOOL is the innovative carpool option from Uber, the smartphone

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Two Men Hold Up Uber Driver In Coney Island

Source: NYPDPolice are asking the public for help in locating two men wanted for robbing an Uber driver in Coney Island. The men entered an Uber taxi on March 17, at 8:55pm, on the corner of Neptune Avenue and West 33rd Street, displayed a unknown metal object to the

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City Council Weighs Cap On Price-Gouging For Cabs

Source: tsonny/FlickrWere you forced to take an Uber home from the city on New Year’s Eve? Then you know the pain caused by price-surging, the practice of more than quadrupling cab fares when rides are in high-demand. A new bill, proposed by Councilman David Greenfield, aims to prevent