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Amazon vs. Teamsters labor union
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union claims in a new labor complaint that Amazon and more than a dozen of its subcontractors violated New York state law by failing to give delivery drivers sufficient notice of their impending terminations. The…
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NYC govt. slowed by required reports
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Ever-growing reams of reporting requirements across all kinds of programs and services are snarling city agencies’ ability to get work done, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recently formed Commission on Government Efficiency. Agencies are legally mandated to publish data-heavy reports…
How NYC’s economy is going K-shaped
Monday, Aug. 17, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Recent data indicates New York City’s economy resembles a “K” shape: Well-off New Yorkers are doing better while residents with middle or lower incomes are struggling with inflation and other financial pressures. “The way finance and tech are growing today,…
Cabbies & Mamdani push to cut fines
Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 Dear New Yorkers, For-hire drivers are rallying behind a new proposal to give them a break on fines that are stacked on top of license suspensions for missing mandated drug tests or vehicle inspections. “Drivers are already suffering from the economic penalty of being suspended, not being able to work,” Midori…
Your late-summer guide to City Island 🐟🦞
☀️ The best of summer, by and for New Yorkers ☀️ Hey New Yorkers, Anyone else rushing to check off their summer bucket list now that it’s mid-August? For me this week, that meant exploring the seafood bounty of City Island, located just past Orchard Beach in the northeast Bronx. Setting foot in this historic…
A case of missing tips in Brooklyn
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Brooklyn Cyclones concessions workers have been getting stiffed on some of their paychecks this season, as tips disappeared under new management at the Minor League Baseball stadium in Coney Island, according to interviews and records obtained by The City Reporter.…
Bingo lures seniors on vegan meal day
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Bingo. BYO hot sauce. Menu shakeups. These are some of the hacks older New Yorkers and senior centers have found for the weekly vegan meals the city has required at the facilities since 2023. The administration of former Mayor Eric…
OMNY? These bus riders still use coins.
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Quarter-and-dime-loving commuters in New York City are bracing for contactless digital payments as the MTA ends coin fares this year. “I feel more comfortable with the coins, but I guess I have to get used to it, go with the…
When should New York grant clemency?
Monday, Aug. 10, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Jennifer Peña was only 13 when she made a gruesome discovery inside her family’s Bronx apartment upon returning home from middle school one afternoon in 1999: Her parents had been fatally shot in a robbery perpetrated by the 17-year-old shooter…
MTA buses get dedicated stroller space
Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 Dear New Yorkers, Families with young children could soon find it easier to get around the city on the bus, thanks to the addition of stroller-only spaces across the MTA’s entire fleet of roughly 6,000 buses. “We often talk about how our buses are critical ways for people to get to…
Teacher aides’ pension problems
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, The local teachers union says it’s considering legal action against the city on behalf of nearly 200 retired paraprofessionals whose disability pensions were slashed because their payments had been miscalculated for years. The city’s Teachers’ Retirement System notified the retirees…
Bronx foreclosures on the rise
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Home foreclosures in The Bronx are increasing, even as they decline citywide — posing a worrying economic trend for the borough. First-time foreclosures of single- and two-family homes as well as coop and condo apartments nearly doubled in The Bronx…
Another death at NYC-area ICE jail
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, A 39-year-old man held by U.S. immigration authorities for the last six weeks at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark died over the weekend, his mother and attorneys said — marking the facility’s second death since it opened a…
A blast from the Eric Adams past
Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Two top officials in former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration whose Manhattan townhouse was raided by law enforcement agents two years ago as investigations swirled around Adams’ orbit now host a podcast with prominent guests out of their living room. David…
Kids face deportation without lawyers
Friday, July 31, 2026 Dear New Yorkers, Roughly 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children facing deportation nationwide — including 1,300 in New York — could lose access to federally funded legal services today as the Trump administration lets a multimillion-dollar contract lapse, barring any last-minute agreements. Immigrant advocates warn the contract’s expiration will lead to more unaccompanied…
Why public defenders are striking
Thursday, July 30, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Unionized staff at two nonprofits providing free legal representation to low-income defendants in Manhattan and The Bronx have gone on strike in the past week, and there’s no clear end in sight. The strikes have been acrimonious and could hamper…
NYC asks: Is that your second home?
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, One of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s biggest policy wins this year was convincing Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to enact an extra tax on pricey second homes in the city to help fund public services and close a major budget…
Inside Staten Island’s immigrant boom
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Only one borough recorded significant growth in its immigrant population from 2013 to 2023, according to a recent Department of City Planning report: Staten Island. The island gained more than 28,000 immigrants over that decade, a 30% increase. A quarter…
Riis Beach club sees delays, boycott
Monday, July 27, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, A new semi-private clubhouse slated to open at Jacob Riis Beach in the Rockaways this summer is facing construction delays and some controversy over its membership costs. The Rockaway Ocean Club is being built at the historic 1930s Art Deco…
$400M subway project draws criticism
Friday, July 24, 2026 Dear New Yorkers, A $400 million renovation of Brooklyn’s Broadway Junction subway station is failing to provide enough jobs for local residents, critics say. The project at one of the city’s busiest transit hubs includes new elevators and escalators and a new street-level pedestrian bridge. The work is due for completion…
Mamdani’s economic development picks
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Today’s Scoop is brought to you by our members. Dear New Yorkers, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tapped a partner at global consultancy McKinsey & Co. to run the city’s top economic agency, months after his administration as part of cost-cutting measures scrapped a nearly $10 million contract with the company. Anthony Shorris,…
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