Instacart sues city to block minimum wage for grocery delivery workers

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/2 6:24A Nick Garber

Instacart is asking a federal judge to strike down New York City's minimum wage for grocery delivery workers and four other new protections governing the industry, escalating a legal fight that could shape pay standards for 20,000 workers....

NYC faces soggy Tuesday as heavy snow pushes Northeast

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/2 5:46A Brian K. Sullivan and Lauren Ros

New York City will be soggy Tuesday as a fast-moving winter storm brings heavy snow north and east of the city, raising the risk of airline delays and snarling ground traffic across the interior Northeast.  Rains are likely to arrive in New York...

Op-ed: The best way for Mamdani to lift workers' incomes

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/2 5:03A Kenneth Adams

During his campaign, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a compelling case for the need to address New York City’s affordability crisis. Now it’s time to turn campaign promises into policy solutions.  Proposals to make things cheaper, or free, like...

Comptroller’s audit finds interpreter failures at Health and Hospitals

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/1 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The state comptroller's office called for reforms to Health + Hospitals' interpretation services after an audit found widespread failures in the system. An audit of the hospital’s language access program found gaps across the service: faulty call...

HIV diagnoses rise in NYC as Trump administration pushes to cut federal prevention aid

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/1 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

HIV diagnoses in the city continued to rise in 2024, predominantly among Black and Latino residents, after decades of steady improvement before the pandemic. The latest figures come as the Trump administration pushes plans to cut federal funding...

All 3 New York City casinos win board’s approval after yearslong battle

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 12/1 4:22A Nick Garber

The state should give casino licenses to all three of the remaining New York City proposals, officials recommended Monday — ending a yearslong saga and paving the way for multibillion-dollar gambling facilities to be built next to Citi Field, in...

Montefiore opens new $16M child psychiatric center

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 11/30 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Montefiore Medical Center opened a new state-funded psychiatric center for children, part of a long-term effort to add psychiatric beds after hospitals closed wards during the height of the pandemic. The 21-bed, 18,300 square-foot facility on the...

Casino race nears end as state board meets to pick winners

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 11/28 4:33A Nick Garber

After a years-long run-up, millions of dollars in lobbying and a series of dramatic political battles, New York City’s casino sweepstakes will come to an end on Monday. And while signs point to an anticlimax, there’s still some room for surprise....

Lander recommends dropping city's $42B BlackRock mandate

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 11/26 3:24A Olivia Raimonde, Bloomberg

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing to tackle global warming. The guidance to...

City Council rejects Mayor Adams’ Board of Health picks

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 11/25 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The New York City Council rejected two of Mayor Eric Adams’ appointees to the city Board of Health after three others withdrew their applications in the final weeks of his term. The Council on Tuesday voted against the appointment of former...

NYCHA resists pressure from elected officials to halt relocation of Chelsea seniors

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 11/25 11:33P Aaron Elstein

The New York City Housing Authority said it won’t yield to pressure after Attorney General Letitia James and other elected officials asked it to stop relocating senior citizens in Chelsea who don’t want to leave their homes.  About 20 elderly...

‘Gay’ sheep wool used to create couture fashion — because homosexuality ‘is part of nature’,...

NYPost.com (Fashion) 11/24 6:30A Brooke Steinberg

Wool from rams that "prefer same-sex partners" debuted at a New York fashion show earlier this month.

Health + Hospitals invests $31M in high-tech beds to reduce costly falls

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 11/23 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

New York City Health + Hospitals is investing in bed upgrades to reduce the risk of falls, a novel solution to a costly but preventable problem for health systems. The public hospital system spent $30.5 million on 2,000 high-tech units from the...

Street vending overhaul nears as business opposition softens

CrainsNewYork.com (Retail & Apparel) 11/23 11:33P Nick Garber

After a two-year push, a major bill that would reshape the city’s street-vending regulations may be weeks away from passing the City Council, as brick-and-mortar business groups that long opposed the reforms are now negotiating with lawmakers on...

Come in clutch with these car-tuned gifts for the men on your 2025 holiday list

NYPost.com (Fashion) 11/19 7:16A Ashley Pruitt, Meghan Powers

From gloves and ties to even model Jaguars, drive him wild this holiday season with racing-inspired gifts from brands like Versace, Shinola and Ferrari.