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Mayor Eric Adams' $111.6 billion budget for the coming year, after adjustments, is actually lower than this year's, but it severely underestimates costs and leaves monster gaps for future years.

"We are holding steady," a state health official repeatedly told elected officials.

Two workers at the American Dream mall who say they were fired last year for union organizing must be given their jobs back, a federal judge says.

Food delivery workers in New York City struggle against super-exploitation There are an estimated 80,000 people working as independent food delivery workers in New York City through apps such as Grubhub and Uber Eats. A large percentage of this workforce are Latin American immigrants, known in Spanish as “deliveristas.” Their importance to the everyday lives of millions of city residents, and consequently their numbers, have grown during the pandemic. However, they are among the most exploi...

Claudia Irizarry Aponte/THE CITY More than 2,000 food delivery workers biked from Times Square to Foley Square on Wednesday afternoon, briefly shutting down traffic on Broadway, to demand better wages and protections from the tech giants that run delivery app platforms. Los Deliveristas Unidos had rallied before — but this time, the workers who spoke were joined by a powerful new ally: the city’s largest union of service workers. The union executive who spoke from the stage on behalf of SEI...