The city is slamming the brakes on Uber and Lyft.

The Taxi and Limousine Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to permanently extend the freeze on new for-hire vehicles in the Big Apple.

The city temporarily stopped issuing new ride-hail vehicle licenses last August, but the cap was set to expire on Aug. 14.

As of Wednesday’s vote, it will issue no new car permits except for fully-electric or wheelchair accessible vehicles indefinitely — although the TLC will reevaluate the cap every six months.

“Transporting passengers in New York City is a privilege,” acting TLC Chair Bill Heinzen said ahead of the vote.

“The app companies do not have an inalienable right to operate without intelligent regulation.”

The commission also green lit a reduction on the amount of time drivers can cruise without passengers in Manhattan below 96th Street to 31 percent of total driver time by 2020.

The cap is aimed at easing congestion on city streets and boosting existing drivers’ wages.

But it has come under heavy criticism from ride-hail companies and many of their workers, who argue it has created an unregulated secondary “medallion” market that is forcing new drivers to pay hefty fees to lease vehicles.

“We worry that the mayor’s rules will hurt drivers’ ability to earn a living and hope that we can work with stakeholders to limit the consequences for riders and drivers,” said Uber spokesperson Harry Hartfield.

The TLC promised to investigate and address that issue — but Heinzen noted a fifth of licensees have already opted not to renew their licenses since the cap went into effect, suggesting the fears are overblown.

“Drivers are not behaving as though this is an incredibly scarce asset,” Heinzen told reporters after the meeting. “They’re not treating this like, you know, bitcoins at the height of a bubble.”

Additional reporting by Natalie Musumeci