de Blasio supporting anti-Uber movement

Potential Uber cap has all the makings of a major scam.

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In the news business, a big heist pulled off “in broad daylight” commands attention. The extra nerve required of thieves brazen enough to do their dirty work without waiting for darkness makes their caper all the more sensational.

That’s why a certain select group of New Yorkers should be paying special attention to City Hall’s sudden and strange plan to cap Uber and other growing e-hail car services. Consumers, including tourists, love the convenience, and thousands of jobs are at stake, all of which lends a fishy smell to government efforts to stop progress.

Doubly strange are the details of the pols’ effort and the explanation for it.

First, some City Council members said they wanted to study the congestion impact of the rapid growth of livery cars. That sounded ominous, given that so much congestion is a result of city policies, from bike lanes to delayed green lights to pedestrian plazas, and the council never cared before.

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