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Stop Driverless Cars from Taking Over New York Streets

Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, New York City Council, NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn, and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

Add your name to demand an immediate halt to Waymo’s self-driving car testing in NYC and all autonomous vehicle testing in NYC, and a full ban on autonomous vehicles doing business in New York State.

We demand:

A full ban on autonomous vehicle testing on New York City streets.
A ban on autonomous vehicles from being allowed to do business in New York State. Our app workers deserve jobs, not automation.
Investments in public transit, infrastructure, and app worker protections—not reckless tech experiments.

Sign the petition now. Tell our leaders: Protect our streets. Protect our jobs. Say NO to autonomous vehicles.

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New York, NY

To: Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, New York City Council, NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn, and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
From: [Your Name]

We, the undersigned, call for an immediate halt to Waymo’s autonomous vehicle testing on the streets of New York City.

Our city is one of the most complex and densely populated urban environments in the world. With unpredictable traffic patterns, constant pedestrian activity, cyclists, delivery workers, children, seniors, and people with disabilities navigating the streets every day, New York is no place for experimental self-driving cars.

Waymo’s track record in other cities has already raised serious safety and accountability concerns. From abrupt stops and traffic disruptions to documented cases of autonomous vehicles endangering emergency responders and blocking intersections, we cannot afford to allow these experiments to risk lives in our communities.

We demand:

1. A full ban on autonomous vehicle testing on New York City streets. Our streets are not test labs for billion-dollar tech corporations.

2. A ban on autonomous vehicles from being allowed to do business in New York State. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers make their living as professional for-hire vehicle and delivery drivers. These workers are essential to New York State and should have the ability to work and keep their jobs. We refuse to create a pathway for companies to take away their income and hurt our communities.

Instead of fast-tracking a rollout that puts corporate interests ahead of public safety, we urge our city and state leaders to prioritize investments in public transit, infrastructure, and worker protections, not driverless cars.

New York City should lead with safety, transparency, and accountability, not reckless tech experimentation.

Please listen to your constituents and protect our streets, our families, and our future.

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