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☆ Here are the best ‘workcation’ cities for remote and hybrid workers — and Barcelona tops the list
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Barcelona, renowned for its vibrant cultural scene and almost year-round sunshine, is the best workcation city for those "seeking the perfect blend of work and leisure," said IWG. "The rise of hybrid work now allows workers to work from wherever they can be the most productive, even if that's overseas," Rogers added. Barcelona and Toronto — the top two cities — registered particularly strong scores in broadband speed and accommodation prices. Top 10 cities for workcations: Barcelona Toronto Beijing Milan New York Rio De Janeiro Amsterdam Paris Jakarta Lisbon For example, the average rent per month in Barcelona costs $1,158 and $1,769 for Toronto — compared to New York's $3,632 — the most expensive on the list. A cup of coffee in Barcelona costs $2.68 on average, compared to $4.92 for Los Angeles and $4.57 for Beijing, IWG added.

Persons: Darren Rogers, IWG, Rogers, Toronto — Organizations: Singapore, Toronto, Barcelona Toronto Beijing Milan, Paris Jakarta, Los Locations: Barcelona, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Asia, Southeast Asia, workcations, Barcelona Toronto Beijing Milan New York Rio De Janeiro, Paris, Paris Jakarta Lisbon, Spanish, Los Angeles, Beijing, Toronto

Before Donald J. Trump was indicted four times over, he was sued by New York’s attorney general, who said that for years the former president, his business and members of his family had fraudulently overvalued their assets by billions of dollars. Before any of those criminal trials will take place, Mr. Trump is scheduled for a civil trial in New York in October. During the trial, the attorney general, Letitia James, will seek to bar him and three of his children from leading their family business, the Trump Organization, and to require him to pay a fine of around $250 million. On Wednesday, Ms. James fired an opening salvo, arguing that a trial is not necessary to find that Mr. Trump and the other defendants inflated the value of their assets in annual financial statements, fraudulently obtaining favorable loans and insurance arrangements. The fraud was so pervasive, she said in a court filing, that Mr. Trump had falsely boosted his net worth by between $812 million and $2.2 billion each year over the course of a decade.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Letitia James, James Organizations: New, Trump Organization Locations: New York

[1/2] A BNY Mellon sign is seen on their headquarters in New York's financial district, January 19, 2011. A lawyer for BNY Mellon also declined to comment. They have long said their contracts shielded them from liability for RMBS losses, and that particularly sophisticated investors should have known the risks. In its December 2015 complaint, Commerzbank accused BNY Mellon of sitting "idly" as losses piled up, rather than force lenders to buy back and servicers to address troubled loans. The case is Commerzbank AG v. The Bank of New York Mellon et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Germany's, George Daniels, Commerzbank's, Dave Wollmuth, BNY Mellon, Commerzbank, Daniels, The Bank of New York Mellon, Jonathan Stempel, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of New York Mellon, District, BNY Mellon, Countrywide, NovaStar, BNY, New York, CDO, Commerzbank, The Bank of New York, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: New, U.S, Manhattan, Barrington, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Analysis: Trump's trial calendar vs. the US political calendar
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On Monday, a federal judge in Washington, DC, set March 4, 2024, as the start date for the first of his two federal criminal trials. Track developments in Trump’s criminal cases. There will also be a busy court schedule between now and the trial date start as the prosecution and defense offer and respond to pretrial motions, witnesses and other issues. Chutkan said during the proceeding Monday she contacted the judge overseeing Trump’s criminal trial in New York, related to hush-money payments in 2016, which is set to begin March 25. He told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Monday that there should be time to complete the federal election interference case before voters choose the next president.

Persons: CNN — Donald Trump’s, Read, Tanya Chutkan, Barack Obama, Trump’s, Chutkan, Trump, Fani Willis, Willis, Mark Meadows, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Andrew McCabe, CNN’s Jim Sciutto, “, ” McCabe, Ethan Cohen, Cohen, Jean Carroll, –, Letitia James Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP, White House, Republicans, FBI, South, Primaries, Trump, New York Locations: Washington ,, Texas, California, New York, Florida, Fulton County, Georgia, Milwaukee, Iowa, Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, Michigan, Idaho, North Dakota, Alabama , Alaska , Arkansas , California , Colorado , Maine , Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Texas, Utah, Vermont , Virginia, Hawaii, Mississippi, Washington, Arizona , Florida , Illinois , Kansas , Ohio, Louisiana, Delaware, Rhode Island , Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland , Nebraska, West Virginia, Kentucky , Oregon, Montana , New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota

☆ From Paris to the West Village, a Memoir of Privilege and Pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Jennifer Clement | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Carrière’s mother, Jennifer Bartlett (1941-2022), was an American conceptual artist renowned for her “massive canvases” that moved from mathematical abstraction into realism. In 1983, she married the author’s father, Mathieu Carrière, a German intellectual, activist and actor whose first starring role was in “Young Törless,” directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Even before her parents’ divorce, when she was 6, Carrière grew up shuttling back and forth between a 17,000-square-foot townhouse in New York City’s West Village and a penthouse in Paris, according to her parents’ work and social schedules. “It was hard to know what was true in my house,” she writes. “I had taken something of my father’s into me, something intimate — his liquids and his lonely need,” she writes.

Persons: Alice Carrière Alice Carrière’s, Jennifer Bartlett, Bartlett, ”, Mathieu Carrière, “ Young, Volker Schlöndorff, Carrière, “ Organizations: New Locations: American, New York City, German, “, New York, Paris

☆ Modelo is now beating Bud Light for the entire year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Modelo Especial is now officially America’s best-selling beer, dethroning Bud Light from the top spot it has largely held for the past two decades. Year-to-date sales data through August 12 shows it was tight, but Modelo eked out the top spot with an 8.34 share vs. 8.28 for Bud Light. Summer has been a bright spot for the Mexican lager, with Modelo surpassing Bud Light in May, June and July monthly sales. Modelo has held a 9.1 share for the past four weeks as Bud Light slipped to a 7 share of off-premise beer sales. There’s been some “material improvement,” for the Anheuser-Busch (BUD) brand Bud Light, according to Beer Business Daily, a trade publication.

Persons: Bud Light, Bud Light’s, There’s, BUD, Bud, Dylan, ” BBD, Greg Gallagher, ”, ” Gallagher, influencer, Busch Organizations: New, New York CNN — Modelo, Modelo, Bud, Anheuser, Busch, Beer Business, Constellation Brands, Corona, Constellation, CNN, Molson Coors, TAP, Miller Lite, Coors, Light, Modelo Especial, Revenue Locations: New York, North America, Canada, United States

☆ China Evergrande says bankruptcy protection filing does not involve petition
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The company logo is seen on the headquarters of China Evergrande Group in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 26, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 18 (Reuters) - Embattled property developer China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) said on Friday its application to the U.S. Court for bankruptcy protection is a normal procedure for offshore debt restructuring and does not involve a bankruptcy petition. The company clarified that its U.S. dollar-denominated notes are governed by New York law and it has applied to the U.S. Court under Chapter 15 of the United States Code for approval of the arrangement under the offshore debt restructuring. Reporting by Roushni Nair in BengaluruOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Aly, Roushni Nair Organizations: China Evergrande Group, REUTERS, China Evergrande, HK, U.S, Court, ., United States, Thomson Locations: China, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, New York, Bengaluru

"The application is a normal procedure for the offshore debt restructuring and does not involve (a) bankruptcy petition," it said in the filing, adding it is pushing forward with its offshore debt restructuring. Evergrande's offshore debt restructuring involves a total of $31.7 billion, which include bonds, collateral and repurchase obligations. A man walks past a No Entry traffic sign near the headquarters of China Evergrande Group in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China September 26, 2021. China's economic and property woes and the absence of concrete stimulus steps have sent a chill through global markets. "The China property sector is like a black hole, so many developers have been dragged into it since two years ago after Evergrande," said Winner Zone Asset Management CEO and CIO Alan Luk.

Persons: Evergrande, Aly, Nomura, HSI, Alan Luk, Clare Jim, Jonathan Stempel, Dietrich Knauth, Manya, Sumeet Chatterjee, Shri Navaratnam, Kim Coghill Organizations: HONG KONG, China Evergrande, HK, U.S, Hong, British Virgin Islands, China Evergrande Group, REUTERS, Zhongrong International Trust Co, Longfor, Asset Management, Manya Saini, Thomson Locations: China, Asia, HONG, U.S, United States, Hong Kong, British Virgin, New York, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Beijing, Bengaluru

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Investors are hoping policymakers gathering at the Kansas City Fed's annual Jackson Hole Symposium later this month will shed light on one of the murkiest - yet fundamentally most important - tenets of monetary policy: R-star. Even the New York Fed's two most renowned R-star indicators, the Laubach-Williams model and the Holston-Laubach-Williams model, are, metaphorically speaking, miles apart. Martínez-García's estimate of short-term R-star is negative, while the New York Fed staffers' models suggest it has "increased considerably over the past year". The Fed is near the end of its tightening cycle having raised interest rates by 525 basis points to the highest since 2007. Longer-dated real bond yields have shot up to their highest level since 2009 even as market expectations for inflation and Fed rates have held steady.

Persons: Treasuries, Gennadiy Goldberg, Goldberg, Williams, Enrique Martínez, García, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, David Mericle, Jackson, John Williams reckons, Jamie McGeever Organizations: Kansas City Fed's, Fed, New, Dallas Fed, TD Securities, York, Dallas and New York Fed, New York Fed, Citi, Reuters, New York Times, Atlanta, Thomson Locations: ORLANDO, Florida, New York, U.S, Dallas

As president, Trump could try to pardon himself for federal crimes or otherwise seek to dismiss the Justice Department’s cases with “control” of the agency, his attorneys have said. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Trial Date: May 20, 2024Sentence the Charges Carry: each carries a maximum fine of $250,000, with a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaTrial date: TBDSentence the Charges Carry: Each carries a maximum prison sentence of between five and 20 years. Willis had requested a trial date of Aug. 5, 2024, but McAfee has not yet settled on a date.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, –, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, District Attorney Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, bondsman Scott Hall, Willis, McAfee Organizations: of Columbia, GOP, White, Trump, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney, New York, New, Donald Trump View, Department of Justice, U.S, Walt Nauta –, Mar, Southern, Southern District of, Washington , D.C, Justice, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia, District Attorney, Fulton County Superior Court of Locations: New York, Miami, Atlanta, reimbursing, Manhattan, New York County, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Washington ,, United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia

☆ Opinion: All the speculation about a grand Trump deal is far-fetched
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Will former President Donald Trump accept a plea deal, potentially sparing himself prison and sparing us all a repeat of his presidency? It’s a compelling argument, and one that would certainly be better for the nation than Trump winning in 2024 and pardoning himself; it would be better for Trump than winding up behind bars. Trump has been embroiled in thousands of lawsuits; he’s the first former president to face federal charges. Betting on a 2024 win is a big gamble for Trump, especially if the consequence of that loss isn’t just humiliation, but a jail cell. Join us on Twitter and FacebookThere is also the question of whether prosecutors would even offer a deal Trump might consider.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, CNN —, Donald Trump, Scott Galloway, Trump , Galloway, Trump, Galloway, pardoning, —, don’t, It’s, Joe Biden, — Trump, That’s Organizations: Twitter, CNN, New York University, Trump, Republican, White Locations: New York, Trump ,, Trump

☆ More document trouble looms for Trump, this time over missing evidence in his New York fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

This week, New York's attorney general gave notice that she is ready for Trump's October 2 fraud trial. Buried in the notice was a threat: She may seek new penalties against Trump and the Trump Organization for the "spoliation" of evidence. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her $250 million civil fraud suit against Donald Trump and his company with assistant attorneys general Andrew S. Amer, center, and Kevin C. Wallace, right. Two summers ago, Garten testified in response to an AG subpoena that Trump "regularly generates handwritten documents," James' office said in a 2022 filing. A "bunch of issues"High burden of proof aside, this week's filing shows that James' lawyers are not letting the missing-documents matter go.

Persons: Donald Trump, Letitia James, Trump, Arthur Engoron, Kenneth Foard McCallion, James, McCallion, Engoron, Eric Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Kevin C, Wallace, Andrew S, Amer, Brittainy Newman, Jackson, they're, Alan Garten, Garten, —, Rhona Graff, Graff, president's, Alina Habba, Ivanka Trump, Banks Organizations: New, Trump, Trump Organization, Service, New York, McCallion, Associates, Trump Org, Mr, Washington Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, manila

Alex Mashinsky, founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, exits the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S., July 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former chief of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, must face a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing him of civil fraud, a Manhattan state court judge ruled on Friday. Mashinsky has separately pleaded not guilty to criminal fraud charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice tied to Celsius' demise. Lawyers for Mashinsky in the New York civil case did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The case is New York v. Mashinsky, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No.

Persons: Alex Mashinsky, Brendan McDermid, Letitia James, Margaret Chan, Chan, James, Martin, general's, Mashinsky's, Mashinsky, Jonathan Stempel, Will Dunham, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, New York, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, U.S . Commodity Futures Trading Commission, . Federal Trade Commission, Lawyers, Mashinsky, Mashinsky , New York, Court, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, New York, Hoboken , New Jersey, Mashinsky , New, Court , New York County

☆ State court tells New York City to spell out needs in migrant crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Recently arrived migrants to New York City wait on the sidewalk outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown, Manhattan, where a temporary reception center has been established in New York City, New York, U.S., August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A New York State Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the city of New York to spell out what it needs from the state to solve its migrant housing crisis, ratcheting up pressure on authorities struggling to respond as thousands of migrants seek refuge in the city. The order by New York State Supreme Court Judge Erika Edwards came after a hearing the Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless had asked the court to hold Friday, citing a 1981 consent decree under which the city and the state must shelter those in need. Edwards gave the city until Wednesday to identify state facilities and resources it needs to provide appropriate shelter. Following the court order, the New York City mayor's office said the city needed state and federal support to address a crisis, without offering specifics.

Persons: Mike Segar, Erika Edwards, Edwards, Kathy, Hochul, Dave Giffin, Eric Adams, Rachel Nostrant, Donna Bryson, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, New York, Aid Society, Coalition, Homeless, Reuters, New, Thomson Locations: New York, midtown , Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, New, York City, New York City

☆ Trump Organization monitor flags 'incomplete,' 'inconsistent' financial disclosures
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2023. The independent financial monitor for the Trump Organization told a New York judge she identified issues of incompleteness and inconsistency in certain disclosures to lenders and others by the company owned by former president Donald Trump. CNBC has reached out to lawyers and representatives of the Trump Organization requesting comment about Jones' claims. The former federal judge was appointed in November as a financial monitor as part of a case where the company, Trump and several of his children are being sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged widespread fraud related to financial statements. James, last year, requested an outside monitor after becoming concerned that Trump was trying to move the legal structure of his companies out of New York to avoid her jurisdiction.

Persons: Donald Trump, Barbara Jones, Arthur Engoron, Trump, Jones, Letitia James, James Organizations: U.S, Republican, Trump Organization, New, Trump, CNBC, New York Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, New York

☆ Shake Shack is adding more tech to its stores — and it could mean a big boost to its bottom line
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shake Shack says it expects to have self-service ordering kiosks in all of its restaurants by the end of Q3. Shake Shack first began experimenting with kiosks in 2017 when it debuted its first kiosk-only store in New York City. Kiosks encourage premium drink ordersAt Shack Shack, Garutti and Fogerty said kiosks have boosted profits in other ways beyond labor. Kiosks are also helping Shake Shack stores to enhance hospitality, a core mission among all Meyer-founded restaurants. For about a year, Fogerty said Shake Shack workers in some stores have been redeployed to run food to tables instead of having customers respond to buzzers.

Persons: Danny Meyer, Randy Garutti, Katie Fogerty, that's, Brandon Barton, Barton, Jessica Tyler, Taco Bell, Shack, Garutti, Fogerty, Meyer, we've Organizations: Service, New York City, Business, Taco, QSR, Shack, Labor Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York City

A view shows the logo of Credit Suisse on a building near the Hallenstadion where Credit Suisse Annual General Meeting took place, two weeks after being bought by rival UBS in a government-brokered rescue, in Zurich, Switzerland, April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Pierre AlbouyNEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - UBS Group (UBSG.S) is laying off employees from Credit Suisse's investment bank this week in New York, a source familiar with the situation said. Bloomberg reported about the closure of the Houston office late on Tuesday. The job cuts come after UBS closed a government-backed deal to buy Credit Suisse in June. Since the announcement of the deal, UBS has made clear it will reduce the risk of Credit Suisse's investment bank.

Persons: Pierre Albouy, Tatiana Bautzer, Chris Reese, Diane Craft Organizations: Credit Suisse, UBS, REUTERS, Credit, Bloomberg, Thomson Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, New York, Houston

☆ Once-distant Ivanka and Jared spotted returning to Trump events as the twice-indicted former president gains steam in the polls: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner distanced themselves from her family after Donald Trump left office. Their reappearance in the Trump orbit comes as Donald Trump's 2024 campaign poll numbers are up. Days later, she skipped her father's 2024 presidential campaign announcement and in April dumped the lawyers representing her and her brothers in a fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. "If he's president again, Jared needs to protect his turf, especially in the Middle East." Lawyers for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner and representatives for the Trump 2024 presidential campaign did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

Persons: Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Trump, Ivanka, They've, Letitia James, Kushner, Jared, he's Organizations: Trump, Service, Trump Bedminster, Capitol, New York Locations: Wall, Silicon

July 31 (Reuters) - A group of Democratic state attorneys general has urged a federal appeals court to lift an order sharply curbing the ability of government officials to push social media companies to moderate content they deem harmful. Circuit Court of Appeals that the order hampers efforts by government officials to stop the spread of false information. They alleged that U.S. government officials, under both Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, effectively coerced social media companies to censor posts over concerns they would fuel vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic or upend elections. The office of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York; editing by Deepa Babington and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Letitia James, Terry Doughty, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Andrew Bailey, Jeff Landry, Edith Brown Clement, Jennifer Walker Elrod, Don Willett, Brendan Pierson, Deepa Babington, Leslie Adler Organizations: Democratic, District of Columbia, New York, New, Circuit, Appeals, District, Republican, U.S, Facebook, YouTube, Department of Health, Human Services, Federal Bureau of, Missouri, Thomson Locations: New Orleans, U.S, Louisiana, Missouri, New York

July 23 (Reuters) - Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried rejected prosecutors' claims that his discussions with a New York Times reporter amounted to witness tampering but agreed to accept a gag order, they said in a letter to the judge in the criminal fraud case. The letter, released on Sunday, came after prosecutors sought to bar Bankman-Fried and allies from making public statements that could interfere with the case. Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, once valued at $32 billion, filed for bankruptcy protection in November as it was unable to repay depositors. Ellison led Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research hedge fund and has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. In December, Bankman-Fried said he and Ellison had been in a relationship but gave no further details.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Caroline Ellison, Mark Cohen, Ellison, Mrinmay Dey, Christopher Cushing Organizations: New York Times, U.S ., Star, Alameda Research, Thomson Locations: Bankman, Alameda

☆ New York to pay $13 million to protesters arrested during George Floyd protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Protesters march following the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File PhotoNEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - The city of New York has agreed to pay $13 million to hundreds of people arrested during the 2020 George Floyd demonstrations, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs, who said it was the largest class action settlement ever paid to protesters in the United States. The city agreed Wednesday to pay $9,950 to each of the more than 1,300 protesters arrested by New York police officers during various protests between May 28 and June 4, 2020, according to a release by the attorneys for the plaintiffs. "The City and NYPD remain committed to ensuring the public is safe and people’s right to peaceful expression is protected," it said. In a separate settlement in March, New York agreed to pay an estimated $7 million to more than 300 people arrested during a June 4, 2020, demonstration in New York's Bronx borough.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Floyd, Black, Remy Green, Colleen McMahon, Savitri Durkee, Rachel Nostrant, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, New York, City, NYPD, New York Police Department . People, U.S, Protesters, Barclay's, Thomson Locations: Minneapolis, Brooklyn , New York City , New York, U.S, New York, United States, New York City, City, Brooklyn, , New York, New York's Bronx

☆ Private investment in space firms shows 'signs of stabilization' in Q2 after steady decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Private investment in space companies, especially from venture capital, showed "signs of stabilization" in the second quarter after steady declines over the past year, according to a report Monday by New York-based Space Capital. Investment in space companies had dropped steadily since its peak in 2021, as companies felt the macroeconomic effects of a tightened funding environment and rising interest rates. Space infrastructure companies brought in $4.9 billion of private investment in the second quarter, including the close of Maxar's recent go-private sale at a $4.1 billion equity value. The quarterly Space Capital report divides investment in the industry into three technology categories: infrastructure, distribution and application. Infrastructure includes what would be commonly considered as space companies, such as firms that build rockets and satellites.

Persons: Chad Anderson Organizations: New, Capital, Investment, Space Capital, Space, Infrastructure Locations: New York

☆ Rent-Controlled vs. Rent-Stabilized: How Much Can a Landlord Charge?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Jill Terreri Ramos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Q: I live in a rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side, and I’d like to know what the rent increase will be this year. I have read a lot about the increases for rent-stabilized apartments issued by New York’s Rent Guidelines Board, but for not rent-controlled apartments. Will we receive formal notice from a government agency, or is a note from the landlord enough? While rent increases for rent-stabilized units are governed by the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, increases for rent-controlled units are administered by New York State. And yes, your landlord is required to serve notice of the increases provided by a state agency in nearly all cases.

Organizations: New York, New Locations: New York City, New York State

☆ Opinion: After living for so long in Israel, this is the story I had to write
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Opinion Ruth Marks Eglash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Ruth Marks Eglash (@reglash) is a journalist based in Israel. She is the author of the novel “Parallel Lines.” The views expressed here are her own. CNN —When I first thought of writing a novel about the toll of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on young people, a literary agent tried to talk me out of it. Very often, our words or reports only end up serving as tools and cynical proof for one side to lord over the other. It seems that the only lasting impact our stories have is to foster more anger, hate and division.

Persons: Ruth Marks Eglash, Ruth Marks Eglash Ariel Jerozolimski, Dashka Slater, Suzanne Collins, Collins, ”, Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer, Laure Leblanc, Werner Pfennig, Nour, Richard Powers ’, Powers Organizations: CNN, New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, Jewish, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Israel, Oakland , California, United States, Panem, Jerusalem, Marie, Paris, Saint, Palestinian

☆ Judge temporarily blocks NYC’s food delivery minimum wage law
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A judge has blocked New York City’s minimum wage law for food delivery workers from going into effect on July 12 until there is a hearing for a lawsuit filed by DoorDash and Grubhub against the city. The law, announced last month, would increase pay for app delivery workers to $17.96 per hour before tips on July 12 and bump up the minimum wage to nearly $20 per hour in April 2025. Uber — the parent company of Uber Eats — filed a separate lawsuit against the city challenging the law. New York City’s minimum wage law comes after online meal delivery services surged in popularity during the pandemic, and food delivery volumes still remain higher than pre-Covid levels. We look forward to the court’s decision and to apps beginning to pay these workers a dignified rate.”According to a news release from the city, Manhattan’s 60,000 food delivery workers currently make $7.09 per hour, on average.

Persons: CNN —, DoorDash, Uber, —, Judge Nicholas Moyne, “, ” Grubhub, Vilda Vera Mayuga Organizations: CNN, Uber, DoorDash, New Yorkers, New York’s Department of Consumer and Worker, New York City Department of Consumer Locations: York, New York, New York City, New

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