NEW YORK — Uber riders will soon be able to use the company’s app to hail New York City taxis.

The company plans to list all of the five boroughs’ taxis on its app, it confirmed Thursday. 

Uber will merge its software with that of taxi-hailing apps run by Creative Mobile Technologies and Curb Mobility — the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission’s two licensed technology partners — to bring the city’s taxis on board, the Wall Street Journal reported. 

“Uber has a long history of partnering with the taxi industry to provide drivers with more ways to earn and riders with another transportation option,” Andrew Macdonald, Uber’s senior vice president of mobility and business operations, said in a statement. 

“Our partnerships with taxis look different around the world, and we’re excited to team up with taxi software companies CMT and Curb, which will benefit taxi drivers and all New Yorkers,” Macdonald added. 

The deal will help Uber mitigate its ongoing driver shortage, as well as the surge in fare prices that has accompanied the shortage, the Journal reported. The fare for taxi rides will be comparable to the fare for Uber X rides, according to the outlet. 

Taxi drivers who were hit hard by competition from Uber and other car-sharing apps, meanwhile, will “gain access to Uber’s massive customer base, yielding a higher volume of trips and expanded revenue opportunities,” CMT said in a press release. 

Riders can expect to see taxis listed on the Uber app starting “later this spring,” the Journal reported.

“This is a real win for drivers — no longer do they have to worry about finding a fare during off peak times or getting a street hail back to Manhattan when in the outer boroughs,” Guy Peterson, Uber’s director of business development, said in a statement. 

“And this is a real win for riders who will now have access to thousands of yellow taxis in the Uber app,” Peterson added. 

No approval or regulatory action is required by the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, which took a favorable view in a statement Thursday, saying, “We are always interested in innovative tools that can expand economic opportunities for taxi drivers. We are excited about any proposal to more easily connect passengers with taxis and look forward to learning more about this agreement between Uber and the taxi apps and ensuring it complies with TLC rules."

But in a statement, the head of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents thousands of taxi drivers, maintained the deal would end up short-changing yellow cab drivers by 15%, on average. 

“The companies that tore up this industry need this more than the drivers do,” NYTWA Executive Director Bhairavi Desai said. “Drivers can hold out on 1-2 more fares but cannot settle for a biz model that underpays drivers, fires them at will and guts full-time work. So it’s time to negotiate.” 

“If Uber and Curb think they can slide in with a payment structure that’s broken for Uber drivers and piece it together on the backs of yellow cab drivers, they’re in for a sobering surprise,” Desai added. “Neither company will grow ridership without working out terms that work for drivers. We know who’s in the driver’s seat. And spoiler alert, it’s not a venture capitalist.”