Comptroller’s ‘Wall of Shame’ Dashboard Reveals NYC’s Top Labor Violators for 2024

Comptroller’s ‘Wall of Shame’ Dashboard Reveals NYC’s Top Labor Violators for 2024

By: Amir Khafagy| documentedny.com | Editorial credit: Ron Adar / Shutterstock.com New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has released the Employer Violations Dashboard for the second year in a row, which lists companies with a history of labor violations, including Amazon, DoorDash, and Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Workers can be fired by […]

Hochul Digs in on Home Care Switch, Despite Labor Ally’s Call for Delay

Hochul Digs in on Home Care Switch, Despite Labor Ally’s Call for Delay

By Claudia Irizarry Aponte | Editorial Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Influential health care union 1199SEIU urged postponing the April 1 start of a single administrator to replace hundreds of companies the governor has called a costly “racket.” Gov. Hochul pushed back Friday on a major health union’s demand that she delay moving home care for more […]

Urban Matters | Looking for Reform in All the Wrong Places: Why Can’t We Get Home Health Care Right?

Urban Matters | Looking for Reform in All the Wrong Places: Why Can’t We Get Home Health Care Right?

By Barbara Caress, Center for New York City Affairs “A racket.” That’s how Governor Kathy Hochul has bluntly described a key part of what is unquestionably New York City’s biggest job-creating industry: Medicaid-financed home care. Without home care increases, New York City’s job count would still be less than it was pre-pandemic. Hochul wants to save an […]