Blaz to put kibosh on new e-hail vehicles Tuesday

New York City will stop issuing new for-hire vehicle licenses Tuesday, when Mayor de Blasio plans to sign into law a yearlong pause on new cars driving for e-hail apps like Uber and Lyft.

The pause comes amid a crisis in the city’s taxi industry — with drivers saying they can’t make ends meet due to an oversaturated market — and three years after de Blasio first tried to cap the cabs in the name of congestion only to be shot down after fierce backlash from Uber.

“Three years ago we took a stand against corporate greed. But corporate greed won the day then,” de Blasio said.

“Well, this time, the people won. This time, the drivers won. It didn’t matter, up against a huge multinational corporation it proved once again, power resides in the people.”

De Blasio’s 2015 Uber battle was among the biggest defeats of his first term — the company painted the mayor as catering to wealthy taxi medallion owners who had donated to his campaign, held rallies and spent big on television and direct mail ads ripping Council members until the deal fell apart.

But this year, the plight of struggling drivers rose to the fore. Six drivers have killed themselves since the year began as they struggled to find enough work to pay their bills in a market now crowded with for-hire livery, yellow and ehail cars. At the same time, the value of taxi medallions has plummeted, leaving some owner-operators who spent fortunes on them underwater.

Uber, Lyft and other e-hail companies this year ran a campaign in response, focusing on the argument that not allowing new cars on the road would mean poor service in the outerboroughs.