Employment

Office Occupancy Breaks 50% — Not So Fast for NYC ‘Doom Loop’

June 15, 2023, 3:41 p.m.June 15, 2023, 7:33 p.m.

THE CITY’s June economic recovery analysis shows a jump in office usage, and a small boost on job and unemployment figures.

Pools and Beaches

Lifeguard School’s Lesson: Parks Department Bosses Are the Enemy

June 9, 2023, 5:01 a.m.June 9, 2023, 10:51 a.m.

Union-run mandatory workshops double as outlets for anti-management messages, while staff shortages keep stretches of beach closed.

Immigration

Mayor Adams Declared NYC ‘Destroyed’ by Migrants, but Economics Tell a Different Story

June 6, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

From the Irish potato famine to the 1970s fiscal crisis, immigration has been key to the city’s growth in ways that are playing out again as asylum-seekers arrive.

Mount Sinai residents working at Elmhurst Hospital strike over pay parity.

Health and Hospitals

Elmhurst Hospital Doctors Strike, Protesting Pay Gap With Mount Sinai

May 22, 2023, 5:50 p.m.May 22, 2023, 8:30 p.m.

Medical residents on the picket line in Queens demand that Mount Sinai, which runs the residents’ program, compensate them on par with their Upper East Side peers.

Employment

Why Black Workers in NYC Are Unemployed at Critical Levels — and What Can Be Done

May 22, 2023, 6:24 a.m.May 22, 2023, 6:31 a.m.

The Black jobless rate of 12.2% is nine times the white unemployment level, a far wider gap than elsewhere in the U.S.

Youth

Youth Summer Jobs Lottery Now Open: How to Apply and What to Know

April 3, 2023, 3:01 p.m.April 3, 2023, 3:01 p.m.

The deadline to apply is April 14. About 100,000 jobs are open for young New Yorkers ages 14 to 24.

Employment

City Jobs Recover Nearly to Pre-COVID Levels

March 9, 2023, 5:33 p.m.March 9, 2023, 5:36 p.m.

Updated state figures show almost 4.7 million jobs, suring projections.

Immigrants

Shuffle to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Makes Jobs Harder to Find and Keep, Say Asylum Seekers

Jan. 30, 2023, 7:26 p.m.Jan. 30, 2023, 8:45 p.m.

Migrants have refused to move from the Watson Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen, some citing the long commute and destabilizing transfers as detrimental to their efforts to start a new life in NYC.

Economy

An Uneven and Incomplete Recovery for NYC’s Economy in 2022

Dec. 21, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 21, 2022, 9:14 a.m.

Packed hotels and budding new businesses can’t hide looming weaknesses like a sagging tech sector and Wall Street’s woes.

Employment

Office Occupancy Breaks 50% — Not So Fast for NYC ‘Doom Loop’

Lifeguard School’s Lesson: Parks Department Bosses Are the Enemy

Mayor Adams Declared NYC ‘Destroyed’ by Migrants, but Economics Tell a Different Story

Elmhurst Hospital Doctors Strike, Protesting Pay Gap With Mount Sinai

Why Black Workers in NYC Are Unemployed at Critical Levels — and What Can Be Done

Youth Summer Jobs Lottery Now Open: How to Apply and What to Know

City Jobs Recover Nearly to Pre-COVID Levels

Shuffle to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Makes Jobs Harder to Find and Keep, Say Asylum Seekers

An Uneven and Incomplete Recovery for NYC’s Economy in 2022

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