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Ald. Beale backs off on fingerprinting Uber and Lyft drivers

After a false start last month and a threatened do-over, the City Council's champion for the taxicab industry on Wednesday backed off from his threat to require ride-hailing drivers to be fingerprinted and stop surge-pricing by Uber and Lyft.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) held both measures in the Transportation Committee he chairs pending behind-the-scenes negotiations on a comprehensive package that could level a regulatory playing field that, he claims, is still tilted in favor of Uber and Lyft.

Beale said there is "new technology" he can't discuss that could make fingerprinting unnecessary.

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