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Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
News Release December Jobs Report: Job Market Weaker Than When the Year Began Approximately 659,000 more workers were unemployed in December than had been at the beginning of the year. January 9, 2026
Press Clips New York Times: Minimum Wage Rises in Some States as Workers Struggle With Basic Costs NELP's Yannet Lathrop explains how raising the minimum wage helps address the affordability crisis. January 8, 2026
Press Clips Law 360: Mamdani Expected to Shift NYC Wage Policies NELP's Paul Sonn discusses how Mayor Mamdani can strengthen workers' rights in NYC. January 7, 2026
News Release On the Passing of Richard McHugh, Former NELP Staff Attorney NELP remembers our former colleague and beloved "social insurance geek." January 6, 2026
News Release On the Appointment of Julie Su as New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Zohran Mamdani’s announcement of Julie Su as New York City’s first ever Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice is tremendous news for working New Yorkers. December 19, 2025
News Release In Historic Win, NYC Extends Just Cause Protections to App-based Ridehail and Delivery Workers NELP applauds the New York City Council for extending just cause protections to app-based workers. December 19, 2025
Blog Why NYC Must Extend Just Cause Protections to App-Based Workers NELP's Dan Ocampo lays out why NYC must extend just cause protections to app-based ridehail and delivery workers. December 17, 2025
Blog To Make New York More Affordable the Next Mayor Should Ban “Surveillance” Pay and Price Setting Mayor-elect Mamdani can promote higher pay and lower consumer prices is by halting the rapid growth of individualized “surveillance” wage and price setting. December 17, 2025
News Release November Jobs Report: Unemployment Rises and More Workers Are Unemployed Long-Term The situation is particularly grim for the growing number of workers who have been unemployed for six months or longer. December 16, 2025
Press Clips Yahoo Finance: Millions of Workers Will Get a Raise Soon as New Minimum Wage Laws Kick In On January 1, minimum wage rates will climb in 19 states and 49 cities and counties across the U.S. December 13, 2025
