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News & Industry Watch

Regulation changes, industry analysis, and original research — written in plain language for the people behind the wheel.

Regulation Watch

Plain-language explainers of the rules that decide what you earn and what you pay. Rules change — every guide tells you where to verify the current numbers.

Explainer

How the TLC Minimum Pay Standard Works

NYC is the only major U.S. city with a pay floor for app drivers. How the per-trip formula works, what "utilization rate" means, and why your pay statement looks the way it does.

Last reviewed July 2026 Read the explainer → Explainer

Congestion Pricing: What Drivers Actually Pay

The Manhattan congestion relief zone charges taxis and FHVs differently than private cars. What's charged per trip, who pays it, and how it changes demand below 60th Street.

Last reviewed July 2026 Read the explainer → Analysis

The Retirement Gap No One Solved

Why 180,000+ licensed NYC drivers have no employer retirement plan, what other industries did about it, and the case for a portable, per-trip solution.

Opinion & analysis Read the analysis →

Official sources we monitor

NYC Taxi & Limousine CommissionRules, proposed rule changes, commission meetings, and industry notices Official↗ MTA — Tolls & Congestion Relief ZoneCurrent congestion pricing rates for taxis, FHVs, and personal vehicles Official↗ New York DMVLicense status, points, traffic violations and Traffic Violations Bureau hearings Official↗

Analysis & Opinion

The NY-DIGNITY blog: where the initiative thinks out loud about the future of driver work — and makes the public case for retirement dignity.

Featured

Drivers built New York. What is New York building for drivers?

Our founding argument: the industry's retirement gap is not a personal failure of savings discipline — it is an infrastructure gap. Infrastructure can be built.

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Research & Studies

Original documents produced by the NY-DIGNITY initiative. Public materials are free to download; the full structural framework is a working draft available to collaborators and experts by request.

Executive Blueprint (PDF)The concise strategic overview of the NY-DIGNITY portable retirement framework ↓ Visual Summary Deck (PDF)The initiative explained in slides — made for sharing with colleagues and partners ↓
NY-DIGNITY is an independent project in development. These materials are for research and public dialogue — they do not describe an active retirement plan or financial product.

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