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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...

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...

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...
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