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The Manhattan skyline, seen from Brooklyn. Picture by Andrew Denney Picture by Andrew Denney January for employers means coaching (in case you didn’t get it carried out in December) and handbook updates. This  12 months, with ramped up enforcement by New York businesses at each ranges that may solely proliferate with a brand new mayor and Metropolis Council speaker who’ve each introduced a concentrate on employee safety, it’s extra vital than ever that employers know the newest guidelines. Right here are some things they must be on high of for 2026.  Statutory Wage Will increase Minimal Wage As of Jan.…

Former Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander on the launch of his congressional marketing campaign on Dec. 10 Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell Former Metropolis Comptroller and present congressional candidate Brad Lander oversaw a serious growth of New York Metropolis public pension fund investments in Palantir Applied sciences, a knowledge analytics agency whose software program has lengthy been utilized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to determine and deport undocumented immigrants. Throughout Lander’s tenure as town’s chief monetary officer, town’s 5 public pension funds considerably elevated their publicity to Palantir, in keeping with an New York News evaluate of pension fund disclosures. Between…