By Marcus Baram | Documented This article was produced with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. In the lobby of its midtown Manhattan headquarters, Fedcap Rehabilitation Services has a large wall display that pays homage to its near 90-year history of leading “the fight for equity and opportunity” for the disabled community. The nonprofit is known in […]
A mop buckets sits at the 8th Avenue L train terminus, Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Jose Martinez | February 22, 2024 Contractors paid big bucks by the MTA to bring in subway car cleaners during the pandemic are accused of stiffing close to 400 workers of more than $2.5 million, a pair of […]
Editorial credit: Proxima Studio / Shutterstock.com By NYAG Pres | November 2, 2023 Uber to Pay $290 Million and Lyft to Pay $38 Million in Largest Wage Theft Settlement OAG Has Ever Won; Full Amount Will Go to Drivers Who Were Cheated As Part of the Settlement, Drivers Will Also Receive Mandatory Paid Sick Leave, […]
Photo Courtesy: One Fair Wage By One Fair Wage Press | October 27, 2023 The new One Fair Wage report reveals tipped workers in NY are facing alarming levels of wage theft, racial discrimination, and pandemic-induced challenges, with New York City now the last of the 3 largest US cities to maintain a subminimum wage […]