Not true. An Uber with a NYC TLC plate can pick up drivers in Jersey, but Jersey drivers can no longer pick up in NYC without a TLC. I've gotten NYC TLC drivers MANY times. I once got picked up in Jersey by a TLC going to JFK and the driver explained the rules to me during the hour car ride. I used to live in Jersey right outside the Lincoln Tunnel and have had many TLC Ubers out in that area. I sometimes get them now out in the suburbs about 45 minutes from Manhattan, 30 minutes from Brooklyn, and 8 minutes from Staten Island.