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OneLegUpAlex News: LIRR STRIKE DERAILED; DOJ SUES UBER IN NAME OF ADA COMPLIANCE 9-17-25 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. All right, well once again
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  Speaker 1: here on one look up with Alex Garrett. I have
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  Speaker 1: to give credit to President Trump for stepping into something
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  Speaker 1: I did not expect them to step into. Headlines are
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  Speaker 1: that he has stepped into the lr labor dispute, which,
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  Speaker 1: as you might be following, has been an issue. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they were about to go on strike as of last week,
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  Speaker 1: and yet he stepped in and stopped it and created
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  Speaker 1: what they call an emergency board to investigate disputes between
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  Speaker 1: the larr and the unions. Now, I know my colleague
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  Speaker 1: Heer Ryan and friend here has been looking at this
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  Speaker 1: more than I have. What was the issue with the
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  Speaker 1: dispute to begin with?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so a lot of it. It boiled down to
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  Speaker 2: five unions representing Long Island Railroad workers, so it's not
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  Speaker 2: everybody that works for the railroad, but a good chunk
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  Speaker 2: of the staff. They wanted new contracts. They wanted raises
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  Speaker 2: to keep up with the economy and the inflated cost
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  Speaker 2: of living these days that you're bound to get with
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  Speaker 2: the changing of the times. Now, to my understanding, the
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  Speaker 2: MTA was proposing a six percent wage increase. But to
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  Speaker 2: my understanding the unions wanted nine percent, and that's kind
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  Speaker 2: of where the talks really stalled, where the threats of
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  Speaker 2: a strike, which would be the first in decades, or
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  Speaker 2: would have been the first two decades, had that actually.
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  Speaker 1: Gone tomorrow right Thursday, which would have been impacting more
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  Speaker 1: than two and seventy thousand customers. We are two of them.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's now put off for now four months
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  Speaker 1: or so. And I hear Governor Hokel was actually on
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  Speaker 1: board with this. Is that what happened there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's kind of crazy to think about, because
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  Speaker 2: I mean, she tacnically somebody that's overseeing the MTA, being
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  Speaker 2: that it's an entity representing the state of New York here.
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  Speaker 2: And I'll be honest, I was a little bit surprised
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  Speaker 2: that she was perfectly okay with this because at this point,
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  Speaker 2: and this is something that I talked about on my
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  Speaker 2: own podcast, Pag's Perspective, she just seemed more or less
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  Speaker 2: resigned to throwing her hands in the air and saying, well,
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  Speaker 2: we tried. Any strike that happens, it's all President Trump's fault.
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  Speaker 2: I want everybody to know, if this strike happens, it's
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  Speaker 2: on the President and nobody else. She seemed more or
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  Speaker 2: less resigned to doing that and going to the playbook
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  Speaker 2: of just blaming Trump for everything. But yet that hasn't happened.
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  Speaker 2: She's acting in the best interests of New Yorkers, the MTA,
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  Speaker 2: as well as the union workers by allowing these talks
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  Speaker 2: to continue through mid May twenty twenty six, where if
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  Speaker 2: they can't get a deal done by that point, that
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  Speaker 2: is what a strike would happen. So I gotta give
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  Speaker 2: her credit for that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we'll see what happens. That's the latest for that
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  Speaker 1: no strike on the LR. It was cool to see
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  Speaker 1: that design, but I was stay in transportation because the
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  Speaker 1: DOJ you know call screening here for Mike Gallagher in
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  Speaker 1: the national hours of sale made in New York. It's
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  Speaker 1: opened my eyes to all the news and apparently Pam
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  Speaker 1: Bondy was under fire about targeting a hate speech and
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  Speaker 1: all that, and whether she was actually gonna lock people up.
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  Speaker 1: Well after last Wednesday, I can't believe it was in
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  Speaker 1: a week since Charlie Kirk was assassinated. A week ago
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  Speaker 1: that horrific tragedy happened. It feels like twenty years ago
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  Speaker 1: at this point. The way things have been moving. There's
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  Speaker 1: been charges against the shooter himself, seven of them, and
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  Speaker 1: I hope that maybe he does get the chair or
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  Speaker 1: the firing squad. I don't know yet, but all to say,
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  Speaker 1: Bondi's also been keeping a rye on something else which
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  Speaker 1: impacts the disabled community. I got this letter the other day.
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  Speaker 1: This is funny because I didn't think we get this
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  Speaker 1: note that Uber is unfairly impacting the disabled community, according
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  Speaker 1: to the DOJ. I don't know if you heard about this, Ryan,
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  Speaker 1: but Uber denies rides to passengers with disabilities, the Justice
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  Speaker 1: Department claims in new lawsuit CBS News Rights the Justice
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  Speaker 1: Department has filled one hundred and twenty five million dollar
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  Speaker 1: lawsuits against Uber, a legend that the ride sharing company
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  Speaker 1: discriminates against passengers with disabilities. Here at one look up, Alex,
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  Speaker 1: we talk about this, and I want to shout out
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  Speaker 1: my colleague, my friend, and the guy behind Tripper, Eric Ryan.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, this is an example of why Tripper is
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  Speaker 1: so important in this time. Not only does Uber not
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  Speaker 1: help about people disabilities on Long Island, now they say
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  Speaker 1: Uber is viling the ADA by routinely.
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  Speaker 3: Refusing to serve individuals with disabilities charging cleaning fees because
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  Speaker 3: of service animals shedding and charging cancelation fees to writers
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  Speaker 3: who are unlawfully denied service.
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  Speaker 1: Uber of course denies this, but you know what Uber's pattern.
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  Speaker 1: I could see this happening. Them and Lift don't even
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  Speaker 1: provide a service in Long Island, so this does not
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  Speaker 1: surprise me. I wish the DJ would actually include that
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  Speaker 1: in this letter. The ADA requires ride sharing companies to
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  Speaker 1: allow service animals and adaptability right, the ADA will always
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  Speaker 1: be adapting to these different needs of people in the
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  Speaker 1: technological age. ADA requires ride sharing companies to allow service
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  Speaker 1: animals accompanying people with disabilities on rides, providing rides and
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  Speaker 1: assistance to people with sable wheelchairs and mobility devices. By
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  Speaker 1: lawsuit reviewed by CBS News highlighted Uber saying that many
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  Speaker 1: individuals disabilities increasingly rely on Uber services to meet their
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  Speaker 1: and transportation needs, including travel, work, medical appointments, for religious services,
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  Speaker 1: and other important places. The company has refused to reasonably
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  Speaker 1: modify its policies to avoid discriminating against riders disabilities, or
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  Speaker 1: train or train drivers in ADA compliance, meaning individuals with
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  Speaker 1: disabilities have experienced of the infinite delays misdippointments have been
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  Speaker 1: left stranded and inclement weather. This is what I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't see Biden DOJ do this. I didn't see
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  Speaker 1: them go after Uber like this, And so I applaud
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  Speaker 1: Pambondi for why now she's dealing with this horrific tragedy
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  Speaker 1: also going ahead and standing up for people disabilities. And
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  Speaker 1: you might think, well, why are you giving the Trump
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  Speaker 1: credit for doing that? Well here it is here, it
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  Speaker 1: is right here staying up for people disabilities. I don't
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  Speaker 1: always agree with the Trump administration, but I can applaud
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  Speaker 1: them for something like this where the holding one of
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  Speaker 1: the biggest ride share, the biggest ride share companies accountable
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  Speaker 1: accountable for this. In a response to the lawsuit, Uber
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  Speaker 1: has said every driver must acknowledge and agree to the
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  Speaker 1: Service Animal policy and appreciate and applicable accessibility to laws.
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  Speaker 1: Drivers who violate Uber policies face the size of action,
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  Speaker 1: including permanent account the activation. They've also said they're investing
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  Speaker 1: in technology training and dedicating report in general. But look,
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  Speaker 1: I don't care what Hooper says. This is a massive lawsuit,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty five million dollars. Tell people with disabilities.
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  Speaker 1: I would love for the DJ and Eric Ryan to
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  Speaker 1: connect right now about this and promote Tripper even more.
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  Speaker 1: If DJ's gonna really stake a claim in making this
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  Speaker 1: right Sharing Services ADA complaint, Eric Ryan, here's your chance.
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  Speaker 1: Let's connect with the DJ right now, right Ryan.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And it sounds like, you know, Eric Ryan would
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  Speaker 2: have a ton to say about that, because it's just
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  Speaker 2: crazy that it's taken until now to acknowledge that Uber
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  Speaker 2: has been doing wrong by so many non able bodied folks.
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  Speaker 2: And and credit to the Trump administration for finally being
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  Speaker 2: the ones to deal with that, because I mean, he's
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  Speaker 2: able bodied folks. They should be treated like any regular
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  Speaker 2: human as well. So let's not forget that.
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  Speaker 1: And do you know it's not just a baseless lawsuit.
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  Speaker 1: Over a dozen people with disabilities have been involved in this.
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  Speaker 1: Also talked about Ryan Honick, for example, as cited by
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  Speaker 1: CBS News, who has CP and use the service dog
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  Speaker 1: for some test including opening doors, is named in the lawsuit.
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  Speaker 1: Honig said that this is evidence of widespread civil rights
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  Speaker 1: failure when companies like Uber consistently failed to comply with
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  Speaker 1: the law. It's disabled riders who are disabled writers who
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  Speaker 1: are felt behind this lawsuit. Underscore is a long standing pattern.
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  Speaker 1: Puple disabilities have been have called out for years and now,
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  Speaker 1: and I want to stay corrected. The Biden DJ did
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  Speaker 1: deal with this as far as passenger fees in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two, but this takes it a step further.
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  Speaker 2: I think, yeah, because also with the passenger fees as well,
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  Speaker 2: if I recall correctly, that's more so dealing with something
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  Speaker 2: that everybody has had to deal with, and not just
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  Speaker 2: the disabled communities that are being directly impacted by this lawsuit.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, and assistant ad Harmey Dyllon, who we've you know,
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  Speaker 1: we've heard a lot about and has gotten praise from
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  Speaker 1: the conservative world, said this, for far too long, blind
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  Speaker 1: writers have suffered repeated ride denials by Uber because they're
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  Speaker 1: traveling with a service dog. This lawsuit seeks to end
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  Speaker 1: the persistent discrimination and allow riders with disabilities to use Uber.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes we gotta be frank here, we got an Uber
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  Speaker 1: with with someone with a driver, and sometimes you wonder
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  Speaker 1: how they got even there because the driving's bumpy, The
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  Speaker 1: ride for gave's une always comfortable. I mean, there are
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  Speaker 1: changes that could be made to the vehicles themselves.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly, and it's just one of it's just those times too,
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  Speaker 2: where you just want to ask the driver and you
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  Speaker 2: know what your badge number, because you know, that's what
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people used to do with New York
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  Speaker 2: City taxis back in the day. If they felt wrong
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  Speaker 2: by taxi driver, for example, it be like, eh, you
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  Speaker 2: know what's your badge number? To report them and hold
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  Speaker 2: the drivers accountable for this behavior. And you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily sure if something like this exists with these
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  Speaker 2: ride sharing apps like Uber and Lyft to this day.
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  Speaker 2: But even in New York City, you're seeing a lot
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  Speaker 2: of taxi drivers now doubling as Uber and Lyft drivers.
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  Speaker 2: So you'd think there would be a simil or system
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  Speaker 2: in place, especially here in New York to be able
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  Speaker 2: to report said behavior, especially if somebody feels like they're
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  Speaker 2: being heavily wronged by a driver based off of their condition.
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  Speaker 1: And I think this has to go with member the
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  Speaker 1: service dog. That the guy got punched out by an
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  Speaker 1: Uber driver not too long ago for having the service
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  Speaker 1: dog and it was like he knocked him out cold.
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  Speaker 1: That video was horrific. I think that's what spread the son,
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  Speaker 1: to be honest with you, But here's what Dylan go
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  Speaker 1: on goes on to say, we will enforce the ada's
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  Speaker 1: guarantee that people with disabilities have equal opportunity and full
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  Speaker 1: participation in all aspects of American society, including transportation. Now, Ryan, yes,
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  Speaker 1: this is a mainstream but I have not heard a
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  Speaker 1: lot of podcasts talk about this. I feel like this
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  Speaker 1: is breaking news to some people.
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  Speaker 2: This definitely is. I mean, I can say I'm one
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  Speaker 2: of them, honestly, And it's just kind of crazy that
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  Speaker 2: this isn't being talked about more. Now. I get it,
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  Speaker 2: the tragic death of Charlie Kirk exactly a week ago
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  Speaker 2: on the day recording this, it's still dominating the headlines
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  Speaker 2: left and right. I get that. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: you think more outlets would be picking up on this,
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  Speaker 2: especially because this is something that isn't just gonna affect
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  Speaker 2: the disabled community, really affects everybody if you want to
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  Speaker 2: go to that whole trickle down effect.
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  Speaker 1: And this also demands when we're paid monetary damages to
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  Speaker 1: writers who have been affected and a civil penalty to
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  Speaker 1: vindicate the public's interest in eliminating disability and discrimination. So
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  Speaker 1: when I hear boat crap and look, I've shaken Trump's
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  Speaker 1: hand Okay, twenty years ago, I shook his hand at
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  Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium. And I'm not here to defend Trump on everything.
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  Speaker 1: But when I hear bulk crap about how we hate
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  Speaker 1: to disabled community, look to this lawsuit as an example.
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  Speaker 1: That's his DOJ right there, stepping in like he just
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  Speaker 1: stepped into the LR, like he's stepping in on federal
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  Speaker 1: cases with Charlotte. I mean, this guy is on it,
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  Speaker 1: and I can respect him for that. I can really
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  Speaker 1: respect him.
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  Speaker 2: For that, especially when the prior administration wasn't going leaps
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  Speaker 2: and bounds above everybody else to take care of this stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And so and I know Pambondi is behind this as well,
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  Speaker 1: so I gotta give her a lot of credit as well.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, we gotta have Eric on this. I said
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  Speaker 1: him the article and say, hey, here's your time to shine, dude.
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  Speaker 1: This is where Tripper can really shine because he can
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  Speaker 1: make the point, Hey, Uber is doing a disservice. That's
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  Speaker 1: where Tripper comes in. Uber is not serving you after
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  Speaker 1: ten pm in Long Island or whatever, or even not
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  Speaker 1: at all. That's where Tripper comes in. And now you've
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  Speaker 1: got a lawsuit that really can I would say leverage
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  Speaker 1: trippers standing in the space.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and just make it more well known to folks
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  Speaker 2: who may have only heard of Uber or lyft, really
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  Speaker 2: everybody that has only heard of the mainstream options per se.
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  Speaker 1: So that's the breaking news. I couldn't stay silent much longer.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, I might just throw this on
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  Speaker 2: Platform exactly twenty four to seven. Alex.
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  Speaker 1: There, there you go. Well, I'm Alex Garrett, breaking news
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  Speaker 1: and it amazingly has to do a Trump on both
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