Livery drivers with the State Federation of Taxi Drivers rallied outside Gov. Hochul’s midtown office on Monday, calling for an end to the city’s testing of driverless taxi cars by tech giant Waymo. “Taxi and livery drivers risk their lives every day to transport New Yorkers safely,

The move is part of a broader trend of U.S. cities and states gradually opening their roads to autonomous vehicles.

New York has granted Waymo a driverless permit to test its robotaxis in the city, but there is a catch to this permission.