--- title: Kate Upton and Neil Patrick Harris Slam New York Mayor Over Uber Vote description: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking on Uber, and celebrities are taking on de Blasio. canonical: https://time.com/3968422/kate-upton-neil-patrick-harris-uber/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-22T19:46:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T22:33:00.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kate Upton and Neil Patrick Harris Slam NYCk Mayor Over Uber Vote og:description: The stars are not happy with Bill de Blasio og:url: https://time.com/3968422/kate-upton-neil-patrick-harris-uber/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcc1366c1b3e83f8/69885c11428a9e9f89cce4c2/gettyimages-459615284-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Uber At $40 Billion Valuation Would Eclipse Twitter And Hertz og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kate Upton and Neil Patrick Harris Slam NYCk Mayor Over Uber Vote twitter:description: The stars are not happy with Bill de Blasio twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcc1366c1b3e83f8/69885c11428a9e9f89cce4c2/gettyimages-459615284-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Upton and Neil Patrick Harris Slam New York Mayor Over Upcoming Uber Vote by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) and [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/) Updated: Dec 14, 2023 10:33 PM UTCPublished: Jul 22, 2015 7:46 PM UTC  The Uber Technologies Inc. logo is seen on the ground at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014\. Uber Technologies Inc. investors are betting the five-year-old car-booking app is more valuable than Twitter Inc. and Hertz Global Holdings Inc. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Uber Technologies Inc. logo is seen on the ground at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014\. Uber Technologies Inc. investors are betting the five-year-old car-booking app is more valuable than Twitter Inc. and Hertz Global Holdings Inc. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesGetty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) and [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/) Updated: Dec 14, 2023 10:33 PM UTCPublished: Jul 22, 2015 7:46 PM UTC New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking on Uber—and celebrities are taking on de Blasio. On Thursday, the City Council is expected to vote on a proposal from the mayor that would put a cap on Uber and similar companies’ growth for up to a year while the city determines how to best regulate such companies. Mayor de Blasio has cited concern about [congestion as one issue](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/07/8572464/uber-blowup-continues-de-blasio-evolution-taxis). Uber executives [have taken to Twitter](http://www.wired.com/2015/07/uber-ceo-takes-nyc-mayor-de-blasio-retweet-storm/) to argue against the vote, and on Wednesday, some celebrities did too. Actors Neil Patrick Harris and Ashton Kutcher, and model Kate Upton have all tweeted in support of Uber. > [](https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/status/623897793694965760) > [](https://twitter.com/KateUpton/status/623909706726125568) > [](https://twitter.com/aplusk/status/623890539146973184) What will happen at the City Council vote remains to be seen, but if Uber loses, there’s going to be some unhappy NYC starlets. UPDATE: Mayor de Blasio’s administration announced around 4 pm on Wednesday that they are dropping plans to cap the number of Uber vehicles in New York City, [according to ](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/nyregion/de-blasio-administration-dropping-plan-for-uber-cap-for-now.html?%5Fr=0)[_The New York Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/nyregion/de-blasio-administration-dropping-plan-for-uber-cap-for-now.html?%5Fr=0)_._ The city will instead survey “the effect of Uber and other for-hire vehicle operators on the city’s traffic and environment” over the course of the next four months. The temporary agreement doesn’t preclude the de Blasio administration from capping Uber’s operational capacity after the four months are up; it also demands Uber provide data for the survey. 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