Despite its populist trappings, Trump’s push to end taxes on tips won’t help low-paid tipped workers. In this week’s ⁦The New Yorker⁩, I report on the industry lobby that has prevented a policy that could help them —raising wages — from gaining traction. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

"AI doesn't go on strike. It doesn't ask for a pay raise." trib.al/7kYM2R8

NYC appears to have lost $112 million in federal funds to build the The QueensWay linear park after the grant was canceled by the "Big, Beautiful Bill." Mayor Eric Adams had celebrated the award last year as the biggest infrastructure grant of his tenure. ebx.sh/HVHmDZ

Zohran Mamdani is returning to US tomorrow. His team, and NY officials, are preparing for what may await him when he lands nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Zohran Mamdani visited the home of Officer Didarul Islam in the Bronx around 9 a.m. after arriving at JFK Airport this morning, via Wes Parnell. He stayed with the family for roughly an hour and could be seen embracing a family member before entering his vehicle.

Major housing news 🏙️ The city plans to demolish the Bloomingdale Library on the UWS and replace it with a new library, along with a health facility and housing with a goal of 850 new apartments, including affordable. Construction won’t start until 2028 and finish in 2031 - EDC

The federal investigation into former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and his twin brother’s work as a consultant in the nightlife industry has been “deprioritized,” a government official familiar with the case told Gothamist. w/ ⁦Charles Lane⁩ gothamist.com/news/corruptio…

A national sample of the NYC mayoral election???

Mass layoffs at Barnard this morning, according to a message from College President Laura Rosenbury. The “restructuring” eliminates 77 full-time positions and comes as Barnard grapples with a massive budget deficit. Story TK Columbia Daily Spectator barnard.edu/news/college-w…

Power At Work's 6th episode of the Power Half-Hour is out now! Joining The Burnes Center For Social Change's Seth D. Harris is THE CITY Snr Reporter claudia irizarry aponte, Working to Live Host & The Labor Radio / Podcast Network Director Harold Phillips, & American Progress's Snr Fellow and Advisor David Madland: poweratwork.us/power-half-hou…

The Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, bi-weekly roundtable w/ a rotating group of guests! This Power At Work episode features THE CITY's claudia irizarry aponte, Working to Live & The Labor Radio / Podcast Network's Harold Phillips, & American Progress's David Madland: poweratwork.us/power-half-hou…

Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petitions to run as an independent - impressive work from ⁦Clayton Guse⁩ ⁦David Brand⁩ ⁦Brigid Bergin⁩ gothamist.com/news/forged-si…

May-June-July is the weakest 3-month period of job growth since COVID. If you throw out 2020, it's the weakest 3-month period since 2010 and the aftermath of the Great Recession.

Brutal. If you exclude these two categories, job growth has been running negative for three straight months

Keep in mind, this is without most of DOGE's cuts, since most of those workers are still on administrative leave. The federal government only lost 12,000 workers last month. Manufacturing, meanwhile, lost 11,000, which is a tough number for Trump.

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My latest, with the wonderful Ashley Wong and John McCormick: The story behind the story of the alleged kidnapping at a "crypto frat house" here in NYC... wsj.com/us-news/crypto…