While nail-salon workers and car-wash attendants seem to welcome the proposed boost in the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers, some restaurant servers worry they will lose money in the deal.
Income is up and poverty is down in Central Harlem, West Harlem and Washington Heights. But those neighborhood-wide numbers don’t capture what different segments of each community are experiencing.
Residents want to ensure the development around Broadway Junction results in good jobs and amenities for local residents without exacerbating displacement.
Age discrimination complaints are hard to litigate. So older workers in New York City and elsewhere are turning from the court of law to that of public opinion to press…
Industry and neighborhood advocates have concerns about the continuing conversion of industrial land to residential land, but the administration says it is carefully striking balance of ranging city priorities.
Even when ‘controlling for income, loan size and other factors,’ Black were twice as likely as Whites and Latinos 1.5 times as likely as Whites to be denied for home…
The law will give the city the ability to aware higher-value contracts through the kind of discretionary process that gives minority- and woman-led firms a leg up.
Chain stores, online shopping, landlords holding out for more profit — the causes for the reported surge in retail vacancies across the city are many. One thing that’s lacking is…
