A former Momofuku employee’s account of a rage-fueled workplace is an all-too-familiar story. But it raises questions about how we treat restaurant staffs in the Covid era. Source: New York Times
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Tony Robbins Accused of Discriminating Against Employee Who Got Covid
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2020
A sales executive who was placed on a ventilator while in a coma says she was denied accommodations to work from home as she recovered. Source: New York Times
Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2020
The company has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, bringing its global work force to more than 1.2 million. Source: New York Times
Crane Accident in Midtown Manhattan Sends Debris Falling
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2020
The material that rained down from a tower terrified passers-by, though no one was injured. The building will be the second-tallest residential skyscraper in the city. Source: New York Times
How Windows Have Caused Anxiety at Hunter College Schools During Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2020
The building that is home to Manhattan’s Hunter College High temporarily closed after three students tested positive for the virus. Source: New York Times
‘Covid Will Not Win’: Meet the Force Powering Brooklyn Hospital
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2020
During the surge of Covid-19 cases this spring that filled Brooklyn Hospital with the critically ill and the dying, the staff went in day after day, trying to save as many lives as they could. Now they are bracing for…
New York Is Positioned to Reopen Schools Safely, Health Experts Say
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2020
Transmission, even in New York City, is well below thresholds experts say are safe, but issues like adequate ventilation to combat aerosol spread of the virus remain. Source: New York Times
1 Dead and 3 Injured as Rig Holding Workers Plummets in Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2020
The rig was suspended high outside a Murray Hill apartment building when it suddenly came crashing down. Source: New York Times
Judge, Expressing Skepticism, Upends $25 Million Harvey Weinstein Settlement
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2020
The judge questioned whether the women involved in the proposed agreement constituted a legal class. He also said a proposal to pay out $12 million toward legal fees for the producer and his former company directors was “obnoxious.” Source: New…
‘I Couldn’t Do Anything’: The Virus and an E.R. Doctor’s Suicide
By Gotham Rex on July 11, 2020
Dr. Lorna Breen was unflappable — until she faced a new enemy. Source: New York Times
239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
By Gotham Rex on July 5, 2020
The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive. Source: New York Times
How You Get Your Berries: Migrant Workers Who Fear Virus, but Toil On
By Gotham Rex on July 5, 2020
Many laborers in New Jersey follow the ripening of crops up the East Coast. Each influx of new workers brings the risk of a fresh outbreak. Source: New York Times
Bettors Gamble With Their Money, and the Virus, As Atlantic City Reopens
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2020
Masks were mandatory on the sprawling casino floors, and food, drinks and smoking were forbidden. But gamblers showed up. Source: New York Times
New York City Enters Its Broadest Reopening Yet: Offices
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2020
As the city enters Phase 2, thousands will return to work even as many companies, worried about new cases, keep their workers home. Source: New York Times