Instacart sues New York City over minimum pay, tipping laws
You can tell a lot about a company by what they’re willing to sue over. Take Instacart, which just filed a lawsuit against New York City. Its beef? The company…
New York backs casinos near Mets stadium and a Trump-linked golf course
New York City is set to get its first Vegas-style casinos, with one near the New York Mets’ stadium and another potentially seeing a windfall for President Donald Trump. A…
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers over claims it violated labor law
New York City officials say Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut…
What Is a Bomb Cyclone? Why This Winter Storm Doesn’t Qualify
A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system off the coast is keeping the worst of the snow away from Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C…Read More
NYC Drenched by Chilly Rains as Heavy Snow Pushes Northeast
A cold rain is falling over New York City Tuesday as a fast-moving winter storm brings heavy snow to the north and east, triggering airline delays and potentially snarling ground…
Rihanna, A$AP Rocky and More Shine Bright at 2025 Gotham Awards
Awards season is picking up with the 2025 Gotham Awards … and a bunch of huge stars turned up for the occasion … with Rihanna and A$AP Rocky leading the…
Arcee aims to reboot U.S. open source AI with new Trinity models released under Apache 2.0
For much of 2025, the frontier of open-weight language models has been defined not in Silicon Valley or New York City, but in Beijing and Hangzhou.Chinese research labs including Alibaba’s…
Starbucks to pay workers $35 million in NYC’s biggest-ever labor law settlement
Starbucks will pay more than $38 million in a settlement announced Monday by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, after the coffee giant was accused of violating NYC’s Fair Workweek…
Starbucks to pay about $35M to NYC workers to settle claims it violated labor law
New York City officials say Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut…
Thousands of U.S. flight delays, hundreds of cancellations, after Thanksgiving
A major winter storm disrupted air travel in several big cities in the days after Thanksgiving, including Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York City…Read More