This Disabled Veteran Got Rejected by Uber and Yellow Taxi Cabs Because of his Service Dog

As management and cultural problems continue to plague Uber, a disabled veteran visiting Manhattan reports he was turned down by an Uber driver and multiple taxi cabs because of his service dog. Jeff De Young, Jr., a military ambassador for the American Humane Association, served as a Marine in Afghanistan with an explosive-detection dog named Cena N641, a black Labrador. De Young said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and that Cena is his retired explosives dog who helps him cope with the condition.   Based in Michigan but traveling from meetings in Washington, D.C., De Young visited New York to attend a dinner honoring Winston Churchill hosted last Wednesday by The Anglosphere Society. De Young said Cena has arthritis and a hip displacement from an explosion serving overseas and suffered two bleeding paws after walking for miles on the hot Mattan pavement after being rejected by Uber and the iconic, city-regulated yellow cabs alike.   “So as I arrived at Penn Station, as most visitors do when they come to New York, I hired an Uber, and when the Uber driver came to me after calling me on the phone and said he was here, as I approach…
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