Home Care Workers Launch Hunger Strike as 24-Hour Work Shifts Persist
Fifteen home health aides started what they called an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday after the City Council failed to advance a bill banning 24-hour shifts, an issue that has roiled the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry and the vulnerable patients who rely on their round-the-clock care. For more than a […] The post Home Care Workers Launch...
From the Sidelines: Tri-State institutional investors on keeping calm, carrying on
The 13th Annual Tri-State Institutional Forum didn’t pull punches. On March 31, 2026, Tri-state institutional investors from some of the region’s most consequential institutions filled Apella in New York City. From the NYC Office of the Comptroller, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, Building Service 32BJ Benefit Funds, the New York Power Authority, Verizon Investment Management Corp., Johnson & Johnson Pension Fund...
Residents seek co-op-eration
Members of Co-ops and Condos United of New York had a rally Wednesday afternoon at the Hilltop Village Co-op in Queens Village to push back on unfunded mandates such as Local Law 97; increasing taxes; and other laws and policy issues that penalize co-op and condominium owners. Among the CCU’s...
Hochuls Haul In $1.86 Million on 2025 Tax Returns
Gov. Kathy Hochul and her husband, William, reported a combined income of $1.86 million in 2025, nearly 25% more than they disclosed the year before. On paper, the couple lists Buffalo as home base, but their filings say they spent 12 full months in New York City, which puts them on the hook for the city’s combined state and local income tax. The documents...
Small business owner fights with NYS unemployment insurance
A Queens man paid his small business’ unemployment insurance to NYS and the check was cashed, but not properly credited. Turns out, it went to the wrong office so he was out $48,000! Until he called Better Get Baquero!
Governor Hochul Invites Public Input for Jamaica Station Reimagination Project
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the launch of customer engagement for the project to reimagine Jamaica Station in Queens. This customer survey will be used to guide planning for the much-needed redesign of this critical transportation hub that serves 200,000 daily riders on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), AirTrain JFK and New York City subways and buses. Recognizing the need for a...
N.Y. furniture store $350K settlement: Are you eligible for a refund?
More than 300 customers who ordered from a New York furniture store are eligible for a refund in a new $350,000 settlement. New York Attorney General Letitia James secured the settlement from Payless Furniture Inc., doing business as 1StopBedrooms, a Brooklyn-based furniture store. It came after the Office of the...
Secret buyer of 1 Park Row in FiDi accused of fraud: lawsuit
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Eenhoorn Development hoped it would be the one to end the years-long litigation plaguing the 1 Park Row tower in the Financial District. But the firm, which quietly acquired a majority stake in the 23-story condo building late last year, is facing a new lawsuit from its partner accusing Eenhoorn of fraud.
Governor Hochul Advances Tax on NYC Homeowners With Second Homes Worth $5 Million or...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is advancing a proposal to impose a new tax on high-value second homes in New York City, marking a shift from her earlier resistance to broader tax increases on wealthy residents. Follow us on X. Follow us on Instagram. Follow us on Facebook. The plan would apply a yearly surcharge […] The post Governor Hochul Advances Tax on NYC...
NYC family involved in staging bogus crashes in $300M insurance fraud scheme, stunning Uber...
A Brooklyn family was allegedly part of a ring of car insurance fraudsters that staged bogus crashes to bilk Uber and Liberty Mutual out of more than $300 million, a stunning new lawsuit claims. The rideshare company, in a complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday, accused 13 individuals and eight medical providers of colluding to defraud it and the insurance giant by ordering...
