This is the first strike on the service in more than 30 years. It comes after three years of failed contract negotiations, two federal interventions and a volley of last-minute bargaining.
A Suffolk County man says Uber charged him and two others a whopping $200 Saturday for a one-way trip to Madison Square Garden in Midtown to see a relative graduate from medical school - a trip that would normally cost $13.50 on the Long Island Rail Road.
