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Wall Street bonuses have increased by 1,217% since 1985, according to New York comptroller data. If the minimum wage had grown at that same rate, it would be $44 per hour. That pay gap is also making the racial and gender pay gap worse because white men dominate finance. See…

In February, one of the oldest financial institutions in the United States, Bank of New York Mellon, announced the launch of a custody service for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Claiming that BTC has become a widely accepted asset, the institution opted to get ahead in innovation. Now, BNY Mellon has…

On Friday, the Twitch streamer Ludwig slept in. He got up around 11AM PT and lay in bed, chatting with the more than 30,000 viewers of his stream. He’s spent a lot of time in that spot lately — in fact, he’s broadcast dozens of hours of himself curled up…

Nick Wass/Associated Press The New York Knicks announced that center Mitchell Robinson suffered a fractured right foot Saturday during a road game against the Milwaukee Bucks and will be evaluated when the team returns home Sunday. Robinson hobbled off the court with 5:46 left in the first quarter and the…

A New York state trooper has died after suffering traumatic brain injuries more than three years ago when a distracted driver's vehicle struck him, officials said Saturday. Trooper Joseph Gallagher died Friday, said Kevin P. Bruen, New York State Police acting superintendent, in a statement. State Trooper Joseph Gallagher.New York…

All the chatter about whether Governor Andrew Cuomo should be kicked out of office for this–this being multiple women’s credible allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation–is maddening to me. As an employment lawyer who regularly brings, defends, and investigates sexual harassment claims in New York, I know that the punishment…

“Is it possible to be a black lesbian writer and live to tell about it?” asked budding writer and scholar Barbara Smith at the 1976 convention of the Modern Language Association. Among those in attendance was Audre Lorde, an established poet, whose first collection, The First Cities, was published in 1968.…

City has two confirmed cases of a fourth COVID-19 variant: B.1.525, which has been spreading in New York. Author of the article: Aaron Derfel  •  Montreal Gazette Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube, right, responds to reporters questions during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at…

serpentwithfeet - born Josiah Wise – made heartbreak his own with debut EP ‘blisters’ and 2018’s full-length ‘soil’, subverting matters of the heart into a primordial, fervent and intense concoction. A few years on, serpent brings forth ‘DEACON’, a body of work deliberate in its exploration of the breadth and…

March 23, 2021 | 7:47pm | Updated March 23, 2021 | 7:47pm Enlarge Image New York State Court of Appeals Judge Paul Feinman is retiring due to unspecified health issues, the court says. New York State Court of Appeals One of New York state’s top judges said Tuesday that he…