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Operators of ‘Grabba’ Tobacco Sweatshop Charged With Wage Theft, Reckless Endangerment
A New Jersey man and two associates were criminally charged Wednesday for their role operating a tobacco-processing empire in the heart of Brooklyn, with prosecutors alleging they failed to pay two dozen immigrant workers — most of them middle-aged mothers from Ecuador — hundreds of thousands of dollars in owed wages and made them work […]
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Can Zohran Mamdani’s Volunteer Army Pull Off the Upset?
On a glum Wednesday evening recently, most New Yorkers were tucked away in their apartments, avoiding the persistent drizzle. This is exactly the scenario Mohit Sani and Dylan Halper were hoping for. Halper drums a cheery knock on the door of an Upper East Side apartment. A woman named Maria steps out, pushing her yapping […]
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Macaulay Honors Graduate Goes From Shelter To Success
THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. Simíra Smith came to New York City during the height of the pandemic, lived in a shelter for more than a year, survived a fire and struggled with impostor syndrome. Now, she’s a budding scientist as one of 465 Macaulay […]
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How Will Asian Voters Turn Out in NYC’s Election?
This article is adapted from our June 3 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, There are three (!) weeks left until the primary election, and there’s a last-ditch burst of activity as we are running towards June 24. There’s a bumpy ad on the […]
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ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan
Federal agents arrested numerous immigrants at required check-ins with the agency on Tuesday, after a private contractor with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement summoned an untold number of people to show up for appointments this week. THE CITY witnessed ICE officers shuttling at least 16 people out of a nondescript office building where people in […]
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