Iiteksi zihamba phantsi kweTimes Square ngoMatshi 26, 2020 kwisiXeko saseNew York.U-Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Izithombe Zimbalwa iisimboli ezimele isiXeko saseNew York njengeteksi eluhlaza. Yonke indawo kwiifilimu nakwindawo ekufutshane kuyo yonke into ebomini (ubuncinci eManhattan), ikhabhathi etyheli yinkqubo yokwenyani yeendwendwe kunye neNew Yorkers (nam ndibandakanyiwe). Kodwa ngoku umqondiso othandekayo waseNew York usesichengeni ngenxa ye-COVID-19.
Sele zikwiintambo kakuhle phambi kobhubhane we-coronavirus, enkosi kukhuphiswano oluvela e-Uber naseLyft, ishishini leeteksi laseNew York City lingabetha ukuphela kungekudala ngenxa yempembelelo ye-COVID-19-ukuba ishiywe ngaphandle kwephakheji enkulu yokuhlangula urhulumente.
Njengoko INew York Times uxeliwe ngolwesiThathu odlulileyo, ukukhwela iteksi kwisiXeko saseNew York kwehle ngeepesenti ezimangalisayo ezingama-91 kwimpelaveki yokuqala yokuvalelwa kwilizwe lonke. Abaqhubi beekhareji ezimthubi bangena kwi-20,596 yokukhwela ngoLwesihlanu nangoMgqibelo. Phantse yonke into eNew York ivaliwe kwaye amagosa ezempilo oluntu ecebisa ngokuchasene noko intlalontle yomntu omnye (ukubona umhlobo omnye okanye ilungu losapho), i-ridership iya kuba mbi kwikamva elibonakalayo.
Abaqhubi abashiye indlela banethamsanqa lokuthabatha abakhweli ababini ngosuku kwaye bafumane i-60 yeedola ngomsebenzi weeyure ezilishumi. Njengoko u-Bhairavi Desai, umlawuli olawulayo weNew York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) exelele Amaxesha , umqhubi ophakathi ugoduka malunga ne- $ 368 ngeveki phantsi kweemeko ezikhoyo. Kule mivuzo, kufuneka bacingisise ngo-a isigqibo sokuphila okanye ukufa : bazibeke emngciphekweni wokufumana intsholongwane, okanye bangabinakho ukuthenga ukutya, izindlu kunye nokuqhuba ikhumbi ngokwayo?
Njengoko i-NYTWA isitsho, ngaphandle kwenaliti ekhawulezileyo, ishishini kunye nabantu abasebenza kuyo baya kuba sengxakini enkulu.
Ukuzibulala, ityala elihlala ixesha elide, ngoku kukho ingozi kwaye akukho kutya. Abaqhubi babeka ubomi babo esichengeni ngokutya. Abaqhubi bokuqeshisa abalinde i-UI yeNtlekele. Abaqhubi-abanini kunye nabanini be-ind abanayo imali kwangoko. I-NYS kufuneka ibuyise imali yokugqibela ye-6 mos. Intlawuliso + yeebhanki zoku-odola zirhoxisa iinyanga ezi-6 ezizayo zeepeyinti https://t.co/T44dJX6Xfk
-Abasebenzi beeteksi ze-NY (@NYTWA) Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu ku-Matshi 2020
Isicwangciso sokuhlangula i-NYTWA sicebisa ukuba silula: bonelela abaqhubi ngemali-mboleko engeyiyo; urhoxise umrhumo wokusebenza kwiinkampani zekhabhathi ubuncinci iinyanga ezimbalwa; kwaye, nangcono, buyisela iintlawulo zamva nje.
Amagosa anyuliweyo esiXeko saseNew York nakwilizwe laseNew York aya esiya ebuqonda ubunzulu bale ngxaki kwaye afuna ukugcina iikhabhathi ezimthubi-nokuba zezobugcisa bezenkcubeko okanye njengento ebalulekileyo kubomi baseNew York.
Urhuluneli u-Andrew Cuomo unyanzelisa ukuba iphakheji yoncedo yentlekele yenziwe ukuba ifumaneke kwiikontraki ezizimeleyo, kubandakanya abaqhubi beeteksi. USomlomo weBhunga lesiXeko uCory Johnson, umgqatswa kasodolophu, usebenza kwisicwangciso esahlukileyo esinokubonelela ngezibonelelo zokungaqeshwa kunye neenkxaso mali zangoko ($ 550 ngomqhubi ngamnye kunye ne- $ 275 eyongezelelweyo ngomntwana ngamnye).
Kusenokubakho nethuba lolunye uhlobo lwenkqubo yokuqeshisa nge-coronavirus, apho abaqhubi beekhabhi banokunika iinkonzo ezinxulumene neenzame zokulwa ne-coronavirus, ezinje ngokugunyazisa abongikazi kunye noogqirha ezibhedlele kunye nokuhambisa izinto zonyango. IKhomishini yeTeksi kunye neLimousine yeKhomishini yaseNew York (TLC), elawula eli shishini, sele inika u-Uber kunye noLyft abangaphandle umsebenzi wokuhanjiswa kwabaqhubi .
Imibono emininzi isetafileni. Kusekuqaleni kakhulu ukuba yeyiphi eyona ikufutshane kwiziqhamo. Isithethi se-TLC sixelele Amaxesha Kuphela ngamalungu oshishino, abalawuli kunye namagosa anyuliweyo axoxa ngamanyathelo amaninzi enkxaso.
Ngeentlekele ezinje nge-9/11 kunye neNkanyamba iSandy, iikhabhathi ezimthubi zaqhubeka zibaleka, zibonelela ngokwamkela imeko yesiqhelo kwilizwe elingenacala. Kodwa, ngaphandle kokucinga, iNew York ngaphandle kweekhabhu ezimthubi ngoku ikufutshane nekona.
