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Labor

Chipotle to Pay NYC Workers $20 Million to Settle Case Alleging Workplace Violations

Aug. 9, 2022, 5:18 p.m.Aug. 9, 2022, 6:17 p.m.

Fast food giant agrees to pay some 13,000 current and former employees to resolve city investigation of violations of local scheduling and sick leave laws.

Economy

Tourists Are Flocking Back to NYC, But Fear of Crime May Be Keeping Day-Trippers Away

July 6, 2022, 6:12 p.m.July 7, 2022, 9:10 a.m.

Hotel occupancy has rebound to near pre-pandemic levels, but jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector remain far below pre-pandemic levels.

Restaurants

Eyesores and Confusion as City Restaurateurs Wait for Concrete Outdoor Dining Plan

June 14, 2022, 7:56 p.m.June 15, 2022, 8:24 p.m.

With little guidance from officials, some restaurants are racking up tickets or abandoning the sidewalk sheds that helped keep them afloat during the pandemic. Meanwhile, residents have complained about trash, rodents and a lack of street parking.

Life

NYC’s Promised Public Bathrooms Still Doing the Waiting Dance

March 29, 2022, 7:42 p.m.March 29, 2022, 7:42 p.m.

A 15-year-old agreement to put 20 automatic sidewalk toilets around the city has been completely stalled for the last two years, with 15 restrooms still not in service.

Food

Bronx Fire Survivors Say City Hall’s New Meal Provider Adds Insult to Injury

March 10, 2022, 9:17 p.m.March 11, 2022, 6:45 p.m.

Twin Parks tenants now living in hotels had been getting hot meals delivered by the distinguished World Central Kitchen. But when that organization pivoted to Ukraine, a group run by a mayoral pal stepped in.

Vaccinations

Mayor Eric Adams Lifts Restaurant Vaccine Checks. Some Owners Might Keep Them Anyway

March 4, 2022, 11:19 a.m.March 4, 2022, 11:19 a.m.

But most dining proprietors expressed relief at no longer being “the police” for COVID measures

Restaurants

Dough Owed: Tax Man Seizes Brooklyn Pizza t Backed by Mayor Eric Adams’ Ex-Con Pal

March 3, 2022, 6:24 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Forno Rosso eatery, backed by Robert Petrosyants, owes nearly $400,000 in unpaid taxes, according to state records.

Deliveristas

Hub for Gig Workers, Community Board Diversity Top Manhattan BP To-Do List

Feb. 3, 2022, 7:44 p.m.April 3, 2025, 2:19 p.m.

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine wants to create a “resource center” where deliveristas and other independent contractors can work, recharge and get information on everything from wage theft to health care.

Restaurants

With Grandmas Fully Vaxxed, Staten Island’s Maria Enoteca Restaurant Returns

Aug. 19, 2021, 9:05 p.m.Aug. 19, 2021, 9:06 p.m.

The eatery, powered by “nonnas” — or grandmothers — from around the world, has gone organic and added a Japanese element ahead of its grand reopening Friday. The eatery had shut early in the pandemic, due to the ages of its beloved rotating chefs.

Employment

NYC Loses Jobs as Pandemic Recession Takes Growing Toll on Workers of Color

Aug. 19, 2021, 7:21 p.m.Aug. 23, 2021, 6:40 p.m.

The city shed 14,000 positions last month while the rest of the country saw its strongest employment growth in a year. Meanwhile, the increasing challenges facing Black and Latino New Yorkers underscore structural inequities, a new study found.

Restaurants

Chipotle to Pay NYC Workers $20 Million to Settle Case Alleging Workplace Violations

Tourists Are Flocking Back to NYC, But Fear of Crime May Be Keeping Day-Trippers Away

Eyesores and Confusion as City Restaurateurs Wait for Concrete Outdoor Dining Plan

NYC’s Promised Public Bathrooms Still Doing the Waiting Dance

Bronx Fire Survivors Say City Hall’s New Meal Provider Adds Insult to Injury

Mayor Eric Adams Lifts Restaurant Vaccine Checks. Some Owners Might Keep Them Anyway

Dough Owed: Tax Man Seizes Brooklyn Pizza t Backed by Mayor Eric Adams’ Ex-Con Pal

Hub for Gig Workers, Community Board Diversity Top Manhattan BP To-Do List

With Grandmas Fully Vaxxed, Staten Island’s Maria Enoteca Restaurant Returns

NYC Loses Jobs as Pandemic Recession Takes Growing Toll on Workers of Color

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