Uber is back in city taxis.
New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission approved its first electronic hailing app Friday, tapping Uber for a 12-month pilot program.
Riders can start using the app immediately.
“We will be able to see e-hail services made available to the riding public through a one-year pilot program that officially begins today,” said taxi commissioner David Yassky.
“The first provider to be approved is Uber Technologies,” he said.
This marks a return for Uber, which stopped operating in the city in October because the TLC said it was not allowed to provide its service while e-hail technologies were still outside the rules.
There are several other apps in various stages of the approval process, Yassky said in a statement Friday.
Companies like Uber and Hailo are testing their apps, which allow users to flag taxis and pay for their rides using smartphones.
The pilot program was not without controversy — and had been held up by lawsuits from private car services, which feared the competition.
The car services had maintained the apps were against the rules.
A judge this week tossed the complaint.