Uber sues New York City over cruising and licensing caps

Uber sued New York City on Friday, seeking to void a new rule limiting how much time its drivers can spend cruising streets in busy areas of Manhattan without passengers, saying it threatens to undermine the company's ride-sharing model. In a filing in New York state court in Manhattan, Uber also sought to void a rule banning the issuance of new licenses to for-hire vehicles through August 2020. Seth Stein, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio, defended the rulemaking by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission, saying it would protect New Yorkers "against a company that seeks to put profit first."