The law would equally apply to them. Remember the original & current taxi model is to rent a medallion car for $3000/month as an independent contractor. Excep

The law would equally apply to them. Remember the original & current taxi model is to rent a medallion car for $3000/month as an independent contractor. Except in this model, you are $3k in debt at the start of the month and have to work an undefined amount of hours to make up that debt + have enough to live on at the end of it. In that world, Uber is an improvement.