这家网约车巨头正在支持纽约州州长，因为立法者正在考虑可能影响其与无人驾驶竞争对手较量的规则。
The ride-hailing giant is backing New York’s governor as lawmakers consider rules that could shape its competition with driverless rivals.
纽约州奥尔巴尼——优步花费数年时间力争在纽约扩张。如今，在立法者权衡针对新一代竞争对手的规则之际，它正帮助资助州长连任竞选。
ALBANY, New York — Uber spent years fighting to expand in New York. Now it is helping bankroll the governor’s reelection as lawmakers weigh rules for a new generation of competitors.
一个由优步支持的超级政治行动委员会预计将花费250万美元，以支持民主党州长凯西·霍楚尔对抗共和党提名候选人布鲁斯·布莱克曼的连任竞选——这笔支出在纽约州今年秋季的民主党竞选支出中名列前茅。这笔现金是在该公司支持的一个团体今年在广告上花费创纪录的1090万美元之外的额外投入，这些广告宣传推动了霍楚尔成功修改该州汽车保险法——这些修改对优步有利。
An Uber-backed super PAC is expected to spend $2.5 million to bolster Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reelection bid against Republican nominee Bruce Blakeman — an outlay that ranks as one of the biggest on the Democratic side this fall in New York state races. That cash is coming on top of the record $10.9 million a group backed by the company spent this year on advertising promoting Hochul’s successful push to change the state’s car insurance laws — changes that stand to benefit Uber.
优步的政治支出正值其自身业务面临来自Waymo的竞争之际。Waymo是Alphabet旗下的公司，通过自己的应用程序直接向客户提供无人驾驶乘车服务。纽约州立法者可能帮助决定这种竞争的条款。
Uber’s political spending comes as its own business faces competition from Waymo, the Alphabet-owned company that offers driverless rides directly to customers through its own app. New York lawmakers could help determine the terms of that competition.
州参议员杰里米·库尼是州参议院交通委员会主席，他希望明年推进自动驾驶汽车立法，并对要求一定比例的网约车行程由人类驾驶的方案持开放态度。他说，优步没有直接向他提供他正在考虑的法案那样的示范立法。
State Sen. Jeremy Cooney, who chairs the chamber’s Transportation Committee, wants to pursue autonomous vehicle legislation next year and is open to an approach that would require a share of ride-hailing trips to be driven by humans. He said Uber has not directly provided him with model legislation like the bill he is considering.