New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

Andrew J. Hawkins

Crain's New York Taxis finally try to beat Uber at its own game: with an app by Andrew J. Hawkins

Taxis finally try to beat Uber at its own game: with an app

Ben Kallos, a city councilman and software developer, introduced a bill last year that would require the city to create a free universal e-hail app. He praised the new apps as "exactly what the city needed," but lamented their late arrival.