Friday, April 24, 2026
Dear New Yorkers,
The Partnership for New York City, which represents 300 of the city’s largest businesses and is under new leadership, has taken an aggressive stance against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s priorities, like tax increases on the wealthy and corporations.
But a number of the employees who keep these companies humming may not agree with their C-suite colleagues.
An analysis by THE CITY found that Mamdani’s mayoral campaign received contributions totaling more than $242,000 from 1,971 employees of the firms that make up the Partnership.
Employees at tech companies led the list, even as Mamdani targets Big Tech for predatory practices.
“They are young, they live in Brooklyn and what’s interesting is not that they support Mamdani but that for the first time there is a split between tech workers and their bosses,” said Julie Samuels, CEO of Tech: NYC.
Discover what other Partnership members had Mamdani donors — and why the schism matters.
Weather 🌤️
Mostly sunny, with a high near 62 going down to 46 at night.
MTA 🚇
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound Q trains skip Avenue M to Parkside Avenue from 9:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, April 24.
By the way …
The annual ode to springtime is in full bloom at Macy’s Herald Square with thousands of flowers and plants adorning the store.
Our Other Top Stories
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani established the Office of Deed Theft Prevention and named a longtime homeowner assistance lawyer, Peter White, as its director. The Wednesday arrest of Councilmember Chi Ossé (D-Brooklyn) as he attempted to prevent the eviction of a grandmother has thrust NYC deed theft into the national spotlight.
- Union leaders are pushing Mamdani to veto a controversial City Council bill that would establish anti-protest “buffer zones” around schools and educational facilities, THE CITY has learned. Their full-court press included a meeting with a representative of Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su.
Reporter’s Notebook
Home Care Workers End Hunger Strike
Fifteen home care workers protesting the state’s practice of only paying a portion of their 24-hour shifts ended their hunger strike on Thursday after seven days.
The workers decided to abandon their hunger strike after they said they received assurances from Council Speaker Julie Menin that lawmakers would vote on a bill to cap their shifts at 12 hours per day. News that workers were ending their hunger strike was first reported by Documented.
Disability advocates, labor unions, and even officials in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration said that additional state funding is needed to grant workers relief without potentially jeopardizing patient care.
By midafternoon Thursday, shortly after news broke that the hunger strike ended, an encampment home care workers had erected outside City Hall in mid-March had already vanished.
— Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
- Friday, April 24: Join park rangers to celebrate Arbor Day by mulching trees and removing invasives at Little Bay Park. Free, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday, April 25: Experience comfy seating, complimentary popcorn and entertaining pre-show fun before watching “Ratatouille” at Brookfield Place. Free, at 1:00 p.m.
- Sunday, April 26: Attend a West-African style percussive concert at NYU Steinhardt, in which artists draw from tradition, yet are expected to create their own style and improvise. Free, at 3:00 p.m.
THE KICKER: Pictures Stanley Kubrick surreptitiously snapped during late-night subway rides as a teenager have surfaced for the first time in 80 years.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Friday.
Love,
THE CITY
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