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Why You Should Start Planning Now For New Years Eve in The City

New Year's Eve in New York City New York City has become the focal point of New Year’s Eve parties across the nation. The event has become so large in Time’s Square that millions of people take to the streets every year, sometimes traveling all the way across the US to participate. There’s music and food and plenty of other entertainment going on as well.

If you want to make the most of the holiday, you need to start planning sooner rather than later.  Read More

Uber, Lyft Now Legal In Connecticut

“Effective October 1st, 2017, the State of Connecticut, with the passing of Public Act 17-140, will now recognize car services known as transportation network companies, or TNCs, which feature a ride-hailing app and independently owned private cars offering for-hire service. Car license plates

Before this, the approximately 5,000 Connecticut Uber and Lyft drivers were operating outside of vehicle-for-hire safety regulations. Their 2014 blitz overwhelmed enforcement agents. But the new law now allows the TNCs to operate without workers comp insurance, without the continuous $1.5 million livery fleet insurance and without finger-print-based background checks that are 43 times better at finding criminality*.  Of the roughly 71,000 Massachusetts drivers pre-approved, by Uber and Lyft’s third-party background checks, about 11,000 failed the new state background check! Read More