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Published September 22DoorDash to pay $131.5 million to delivery workers, admitting it ‘screwed up’
Rosendo Tacam, of Los Deliveristas Unidos, pictured left, joined Mayor Zohran Mamdani to announce the settlement. The settlement is the largest labor enforcement action in NYC history. [ more › ]
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Published September 22Woman at center of Grand Central commuter chaos arraigned on felony charges
A Metro-North train at a platform in Grand Central Terminal on Dec. 14, 2022 in New York City Prosecutors say Hannah Santero’s behavior on a Metro-North Railroad train last week led multiple passengers to believe she had a firearm or an explosive, according to the criminal…
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Published September 22NYPD searches for Rockaway teen's alleged killer
Malakai Adams, 14, was shot and killed on Monday at the Ocean Bay Apartments in the Rockaways, according to police. Police are looking for the hooded suspect they say gunned down Malakai Adams, 14, on Monday afternoon. [ more › ]
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Published September 22NY, NJ sue Trump admin over deals to scrap offshore wind projects
The Thorntonbank wind farm, an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Hochul called the settlements with two offshore wind companies illegal “pay-not-to-play” schemes. [ more › ]
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Published September 22‘We’re Going To Act’: NYC Health Officials Pledge Response to Federal Medicaid Cuts
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. A major tax and spending package President Donald Trump signed into law last year will slash federal Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion over the next…
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Published September 22‘We Screwed Up’: DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million to Stiffed NYC Delivery Workers
Delivery giant DoorDash agreed to pay a $131.5 million settlement after New York’s worker and consumer protection agency found the company had unlawfully withheld wages from thousands of delivery workers who were paid late or not at all. A majority of the settlement funds will go…
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Published September 22NYC’s creative workers are increasingly self-employed, report says
While the number of arts industry jobs are growing nationally, they’re shrinking in the city. [ more › ]
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Published September 22Times Travel Turns One Times Square Into an Immersive Trip Through the History of the NYE Ball Drop
Whether or not you're brave enough for the real thing on December 31, Times Travel and the Ball Experience upgrade for those who want to get even closer might be the closest you'll get to the center of it all, any day of the year. [ more › ]
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Published September 22Nearly 200K NY home care workers to decide whether to unionize with 1199SEIU
It would be the largest unionization of workers through a single election in U.S. history. [ more › ]
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Published September 22Flight fiasco lingers as delays at JFK, LaGuardia and EWR persist after cable cutting incident
Travelers watch the flights screen at JFK Airport. New Jersey Transit, and US Transportation secretary Sean Duffy have weighed in on the cause. [ more › ]
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Published September 22Early Addition: Imagine if the Yankees win and we get another explosive diarrhea-type illness
The Yankees won the first championship of this decade and they won the last one . In between, years of frustration and failure led to titanic changes, but on a November night in the Bronx, all of that was forgotten. The 2009 postseason cemented the clutch reputation of Derek…
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Published September 22What To Know About COVID-19, Flu and RSV Vaccines for Sick Season in New York
With summer in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to begin that fall-to-winter arc — and you may want to put getting your vaccine shots at the top of your to-do list. The season for flu and RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, typically runs from October through May, peaking between…