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Time Out
a day ago
- Business
- Time Out
New York Has Second-Most Rideshare Complaints in U.S.
Turns out, the rides may be smooth—but the support lines? Not so much Whether it's a missing phone, a mystery charge or a vanishing driver, New Yorkers are venting their rideshare rage the modern way: by frantically Googling how to get a human on the line. A new study by Florida-based personal injury law firm Blakeley Law Firm reveals that New York ranks second in the nation for customer support searches related to Uber and Lyft, racking up a whopping 89,900 monthly queries, or 450 searches per 100,000 residents. That's more than double the national average of 187. RECOMMENDED: A new ride-share app will launch with discounted drives in NYC this summer Georgia tops the list, with 452 support-related searches per 100,000 people. (We see you, Atlanta traffic.) Rounding out the top five are Maryland, Nevada and Illinois. The data, pulled from Google Keyword Planner, analyzed more than 10 common help-seeking phrases, from 'Uber lost item' to 'Lyft refund request.' And New Yorkers are clearly fed up. 'Behind each search is a rider facing an unresolved issue—whether it's a billing error, a safety concern or a lost item,' a spokesperson from Blakeley Law Firm noted in the report. 'The high concentration of support-related searches in this state suggests deeper systemic concerns with how quickly and effectively these services respond to user needs.' In a summary: The ride might be instant, but the help sure isn't. New York's notorious pace and reliance on app-based transport could be fueling the discontent, as millions depend on Uber and Lyft to zigzag across boroughs. But when something goes wrong—say, your driver ditches you on the BQE or your fare spikes mid-ride—getting actual help often feels like chasing a ghost car icon on the app. The law firm argues it's time for these companies to step up. Recommendations include more accessible support channels, better transparency and faster resolution times to rebuild rider trust. Until then, if you're feeling ghosted by customer service, you're far from alone. Just ask the other 89,899 people searching for answers.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Lifestyle
- New York Post
Survive NYC summer nights with sheets that actually breathe
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Cision Canada
27-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
BQE Water Reports 2025 AGM Results
VANCOUVER, BC, June 27, 2025 /CNW/ - BQE Water Inc. (TSXV: BQE), a leader in the treatment and management of mine impacted waters, reports the results of its Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders held on June 26, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada. A total of 521,645 common shares were voted at the Meeting, representing 40.35% of the total BQE Water shares issued and outstanding as at the record date of the meeting. All director nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated May 20, 2025 were elected to hold office as directors of the Company until the next Annual General Meeting or until their successors are elected or appointed. The shareholders approved all matters as proposed by the Board of Directors and Management in the Information Circular, a copy of which is available on SEDAR+ at About BQE Water BQE Water is a service provider specializing in water treatment and management for metals mining, smelting and refining. We are helping to transform the way the industry thinks about water in the context of natural resource projects by offering services and expertise which enables more sustainable water management practices and improved overall project performance at reduced risks. BQE Water invests in innovation and has developed unique intellectual property through the commercialization of several new technologies at mine sites around the world for organizations including Glencore, Jiangxi Copper, Freeport-McMoRan and the US EPA. BQE Water is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol BQE. Visit for more information. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION Certain information contained herein may not be based on historical fact and therefore constitutes "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian securities legislation. This includes without limitation statements containing the words "plan", "expect", "project", "estimate", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "may", "will" and other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made, and are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company's dependence on key personnel and contracts, uncertainty with respect to the profitability of the Company's technologies, competition, technology risk, the Company's ability to protect its intellectual property and proprietary information, fluctuations in commodity prices, currency risk, environmental regulation and the Company's ability to manage growth and other factors described in the Company's filings with the Canadian securities regulators at (including without limitation the factors described in the section entitled "Risks and Uncertainties" in the Company's MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2024). Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All forward-looking information contained herein is based on management's current expectations and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update such forward-looking information to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law. SOURCE BQE Water Inc.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Eric Adams requested White House meeting with Trump as his reelection chances hang by a thread
He went to kiss the ring. Mayor Eric Adams trekked to Washington, DC Friday to butter up President Trump during a rare White House meeting in the hopes of scoring a win for the Big Apple. Hizzoner posted a video on X after the 20-minute confab — one of several clips chronicling his journey to the nation's capital — telling New Yorkers he talked about the wind farm project and developing microchips in the city. The pair also discussed the impending Amtrak East River tunnel closure and the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, a source told The Post. 'At the heart of this, was to establish a real communication – that's our goal,' he said. 'As a city that's the largest city in America, we must have a dialogue with the White House.' In a written statement, Adams also alluded to discussing the 'preservation of essential social services.' Trump has sought to freeze federal funds for food stamps, housing payments and more. The president was more tight-lipped about his brief, first White House sit-down with the mayor of America's largest city. 'He just came in to say hello,' Trump told reporters in the Oval Office afterward. When asked what the meeting covered, Trump said, 'Almost nothing, he came in to say hello, he was very nice.' 'I think he came in to thank me, frankly, I would say the primary reason. But he was very nice, he's a nice man. But I think he actually came in to thank me.' The mayor's campaign spokesman later said that he thanked Trump for his 'words of support' during the presidential race, calling out federal authorities for treating Adams 'unfairly.' 'That gesture was meaningful, and the Mayor appreciates the President's willingness to speak out when many remained silent,' he added. Adams publicly juiced up expectations for his meeting with Trump in two X videos documenting his flight to Washington, DC, and arrival at the White House – teasing talks on 'major projects.' The mayor hoped to bend the president's ear on the now-paused Empire Wind One project, Medicaid funding and state and local tax (SALT) deductions, a source briefed on the meeting told The Post. The source said the embattled Adams, who faces a steep uphill reelection battle, is not only looking for a win, but also for his budding ally Trump to give him some credit. The mayor wants to show that his strategy of cozying up to Trump and not joining most fellow city and state Democrats — and his opponents in the November mayoral race — in criticizing the president will bring about wins for the Big Apple, according to the source. 'It's a real substantive thing, he has to show he's getting something out of him for being nice,' the source said. 'The fact he can go sit down with the president is an amazing thing that no other mayor can do right now.' Ultimately, however, Adams only managed to snag 20 minutes of facetime with Trump, as the meeting started late and he had to skedaddle to catch a flight back to the city, officials said. His sit-down also nearly overlapped with the DOJ finally unsealing a cache of documents from his criminal case. Adams dropped out of the Democratic mayoral primary and is running for reelection as an independent after his popularity cratered, in part because of his corruption case that the Trump administration successfully moved to scuttle. The mayor's wooing of the New York City real estate mogul-turned-president started during the federal criminal case — a pivot that many critics, including his electoral challengers, cast as Adams putting himself in Trump's pocket. Those close to the president have noticed Adams' overtures. 'Adams has been on a mission to make MAGA connections,' said a source close to White House. The source speculated Adams could be trying to drum up favor with Trump, pointing out that the president loves Democrats-turned-Republicans, and that they could potentially be eyeing strategies on how to flip New York red. The Empire Wind One project is one of the few issues that Adams has recently broken with Trump. Adams put out a plea for the president to revive the wind farm off Long Island's coast after the Trump administration halted it. The project would feed power into the underused South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, juice up to 500,000 homes and create 1,000 good-paying jobs, the mayor argued. But convincing Trump, who is famously no fan of wind power, may be an uphill battle. The president's nemesis state Attorney General Letitia James, along with 17 other attorney generals from Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia, filed a federal lawsuit this week to stop Trump from killing the project and other wind energy developments. Adams' mention of discussing developing microchips in New York City with Trump could be a nod to turning the Bronx's Kingsbridge Armory into a semiconductor manufacturing plant, as first reported by the New York Daily News. The mayor previously crossed paths with Trump at a UFC event in Madison Square Garden after the election and near Mar-a-Lago days before the inauguration. Adams also attended Trump's inauguration, bolting to DC in the middle of the night and bailing on Martin Luther King Jr. Day events. He ended up being consigned to an overflow room and getting no facetime with the president. Though now loath to publicly criticize Trump, Adams hasn't always been so shy. He had called Trump an 'idiot' in 2018, likening the president to a 'crackhead' spouting nonsense on the street, The City reported. But Adams has considerably changed his tune in recent months, though he bristled Thursday at British journalist and Post columnist Piers Morgan questioning why he doesn't just 'become a Republican.' Adams said he's only aligned with protecting New Yorkers. 'I was aligned with what President [Joe] Biden did that was correct. I'm aligned with whatever President Trump do[es] that's correct,' an irritated Adams told Morgan. Adams has been noticeably absent from the campaign trail as he has all-but-admitted he's relying on the profile of his office to garner attention. Trump and his second White House administration have largely spared Adams from the fire they've thrown toward Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA amid an ongoing fight over congestion pricing. White House sit-downs between New York City mayors and presidents are relatively rare. Adams had met with former President Joe Biden at the White House in 2021 with a group of local officials, including mayors, though he was not yet elected into office. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio met with Barack Obama in 2015, as did his predecessor Michael Bloomberg three years earlier. — Additional reporting by Steven Nelson
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump admin rips blue city crime in vow to clean up dangers for commuters: 'This is not humane'
NEW YORK – Days after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on New York City's leadership to clean up the city's subway system, Mayor Eric Adams extended an invitation asking Duffy to experience firsthand the issues plaguing the crime-ridden transit hub. On Friday, Adams and Duffy went underground, boarding the BQE line in Brooklyn and riding the subway into Manhattan alongside NYPD Chief of Transit Joseph Gulotta as the federal government vows to aid the city with its crime prevention. "The mayor has been working on a bipartisan effort to get more law enforcement officers into the system to make people feel safe," Duffy told reporters inside lower Manhattan's Broadway-Lafayette station. Transporation Sec Sean Duffy Slams Blue State Governor, Says Criminals 'Continue To Terrorize' City Residents The high-profile visit comes two weeks after Duffy penned a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), saying the Trump administration is here to "restore order" and requesting the department hand over data on rider assaults, police patrols and fare evasion. "I appreciate your prompt attention to this matter to avoid further consequences, up to and including redirecting or withholding funding," Duffy wrote. Read On The Fox News App But standing in a busy subway station, Duffy vowed to continue providing the city with federal support and confirmed the administration has not withheld funding. Guardian Angels Resume New York City Patrols After Subway Burning Death: 'Never Seen It This Bad' "You'll find the Trump administration and the Department of Transportation are great partners with New York," Duffy said. "Let's make it beautiful for the riders of the subway system." During his trip uptown, Duffy witnessed firsthand the woes plaguing the city's subway system. "We just saw someone who was laying at the top of the stairs," Duffy told reporters. "I don't know if [the man] urinated on himself or defecated, but the mayor needs the tools with law enforcement to take care of people – this is not humane." Nyc Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Allegedly Shoving Commuter In Path Of Subway While New York City's subway system has seen a statistical drop in crime throughout the first few months of 2025, stories of random violence continue to rattle commuters. In January, surveillance footage captured the horrifying moment a man was shoved in front of an oncoming train while standing on the platform in Manhattan's 18th Street station. While the victim survived, authorities later charged Kamel Hawkins, 23, with attempted murder. One month earlier, a woman was killed after an illegal immigrant allegedly set her on fire while riding the subway in Brooklyn. Some commuters have been left to defend themselves in the subways. WATCH: Daniel Penny reveals why he chose to step in on the subway In December, Daniel Penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2023 subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man with schizophrenia who barged onto the train shouting death threats while high on a type of synthetic marijuana known as K2. In January, a 69-year-old man fought off migrants who tried to rob him on the subway, and in another attack a 71-year-old woman fended off four would-be teen muggers. WATCH: NYC subway riders express fears, say some are 'scared to go home' Adams praised the federal government for its help in cracking down on subway crime, but condemned Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration's apparent hesitation to roll out new initiatives aimed at the MTA. Family Of Nyc Subway Burning Victim Says Democrats Need To Answer For How Migrant Suspect Allowed Back Into Us "I was sharing with the Secretary [that] the cause we're having in Albany [is] involuntary movement," said Adams, a Democrat who announced his intention this week to seek re-election as an independent. "Homeless individuals who need care, or the support we need from our state lawmakers to see [police] carry out on the ground." The Hochul administration and the MTA did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Duffy and Adams signaled their administrations would continue to work together to combat crime within the city, essentially removing the governor as the middleman between the city and federal government. "I think Albany has to think deeply about how far we have to go in order to stop [crime]," Duffy said. "That's more resources, that's more tools that Albany has to give [the NYPD] to arrest people. [The federal government] gives a lot of money, and for us, we're partners in the process."Original article source: Trump admin rips blue city crime in vow to clean up dangers for commuters: 'This is not humane'
