Exhibit,Appendix: Uber Technologies, Inc. v. New York City Department Of Consumer And Worker Protection, Vilda Vera Mayuga in her official capacity as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, The City Of New York

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                                FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 07/24/2023 10:22 PM         INDEX NO. 155943/2023
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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 07/24/2023 10:22 PM                                                      INDEX NO. 155943/2023
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       NYC’s minimum wage for delivery riders should copy
       what is done for Uber and Lyft drivers
          nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-deliver-fairness-common-sense-20230710-py4qakby65flnl53a54js32dey-story.html

       Daily News Editorial Board | Published: Jul 10, 2023 at 4:10 am


       Despite a law enacted two years ago by the City Council (without the signature of then-
       Mayor Bill de Blasio) requiring delivery workers using cars or scooters or bikes — electric or
       human-powered — must receive a minimum pay level and the complicated rules set to start
       this coming Wednesday, it’s been frozen by a judge and will be decided in court.

       The hardworking delivery folks need a better deal, so please get this right.




        App-based delivery workers wait outside of a restaurant that uses app deliveries on July 07, 2023 in New
                                       York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

       Back in 2021, we were supportive of the concept, but warned it would be tricky, writing, “the
       proof will really be in the eating of the pudding. A proposal to establish a minimum per-
       delivery payment, while noble, will depend heavily on the formula the city develops. As
       written, the bill directs the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to study
       conditions and pay for workers, including a dizzying array of variables.”



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       We also compared it to being a more complex version of how a wage floor was set for Uber
       and Lyft drivers, noting, “and while the Taxi & Limousine Commission had plenty experience
       regulating drivers, the DCWP has very little overseeing a workforce.”


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       It seems we predicted correctly that DCWP would have problems. The long-delayed
       regulations from DCWP, finally promulgated last month and set to start in two days, drew
       lawsuits from delivery companies Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub and Relay, who sued in
       three separate complaints. On Friday, Acting Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice
       Nicholas Moyne stopped the clock and set a hearing for the end of the month.

       Our suggestion: Moyne and the DCWP should look to the TLC on how to do this. In both
       instances, the workers are not traditional employees, but contractors. The TLC had to play
       around to get a proper minimum wage in place, but they found the answer and Uber and Lyft
       are cooperating.

       Since Uber already has experience in paying a fair minimum for those workers who deliver
       passengers, lean on them for finding a sensible formula for the delivery of dinner.




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