Dr. James A. Parrott, labor economist, New York City

In the News

In the News

September 2025

Overriding Adams vetoes, Council increases gig worker pay, eases street-vendor penalties, The Chief, September 19 2025

Delivery App Companies Oppose A City Council E-Bike Safety Bill … Again, StreetsBlog NYC, September 15 2025

Deliver Justice for Delivery Workers, New York Daily News, September 10 2025

In Rebuke of Mayor Adams, City Council Overrides 3 Vetoes, New York Times, September 10 2025

Have Cake, Eat It Too: Delivery Workers Earning More, Industry Booming With Minimum Pay Standard, StreetsBlog NYC, September 9 2025

Instacart Now Claims it ‘Supports’ Worker Minimum Wage That It Fought To Defeat; Experts See ‘Corporate Spin’, StreetsBlog NYC, September 2 2025

Won’t Someone Think of New York’s Millionaires? Hell Gate NYC, September 2 2025

August 2025

Override Eric Adams’ vetoes on deliveries, New York Daily News, August 26 2025

Eric Adams is touting record-breaking job growth, but the reality is a bit more complicated, Politico, August 16 2025

Jobs, Tariffs and the 99-Cent Can of Iced Tea New York Times, August 14 2025

They Cleaned Subways During Covid. Now They’ll Get Millions in Back Pay, New York Times, August 12 2025

City’s home care jobs appear stable amid state overhaul, Crains New York Business, August 5 2025

July 2025

Mamdani wins more union endorsements, but not all members are happy, The Chief, July 25 2025

New Bill Would Block Apps From Deactivating Workers Without Cause StreetsBlog NYC, July 18 2025

City Politics: Mamdani Meets With Business Leaders; Cuomo's Officially in the Race The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC Studios, July 16 2025

Zohran Mamdani tells NYC business leaders he will discourage use of 'globalize the Intifada' Gothamist, July 16 2025

Closing the 'Instacart Loophole', Hell Gate NYC, July 14 2025

Does Anyone Answer New York’s Unemployment Hotline? New York Focus, July 14 2025

New York City Set to Expand Minimum Pay Law for Delivery Workers, New York Times, July 13 2025

Ken Griffin owns NYC's priciest condo. Mamdani wants to hike his property taxes — and others'. Business Insider, July 3 2025

June 2025

How Zohran Mamdani Can Succeed as Mayor, Jacobin, June 30 2025

Free Buses and Billions in New Taxes. Can Mamdani Achieve His Plans? New York Times, June 28 2025

When the Capitals of Capitalism Go Socialist, American Prospect, June 26 2025

The Young College Grads Who Propelled Mamdani to Victory in New York, Wall Street Journal, June 26 2025

NYC Taxi Commission approves minimum pay hike, ‘lockout’ protections for Uber and Lyft drivers, AMNY, June 25 2025

May 2025

Cuomo fought efforts to raise the minimum wage before boosting it as governor, Politico, May 28 2025

Free for all: Democratic socialist’s policy pitches face tough fiscal reality in New York, Politico, May 27 2025

Mayor Adams boosts spending in $115B budget, ignoring Trump cuts, uncertain economy, Gothamist, May 1 2025

April 2025

Should NYC pensions pay for universal child care? Brannan pitches $500M investment, Gothamist, April 24 2025

March 2025

Hochul, leaders eye ways to eliminate $6B in pandemic-era unemployment debt, Newsday

NYC pensions have more than $1B in Elon Musk’s Tesla. Justin Brannan wants to divest, Gothamist, March 25 2025

N.Y.’s $6 billion unemployment mess, New York Daily News, March 17 2025

Lawmakers Propose Unemployment Bailout — But No Permanent Fix, New York Focus, March 17 2025

The Upper Class Will Save the Most From Hochul’s ‘Middle-Class’ Tax Cut, New York Focus, March 14 2025

Brad Lander Lays Out His Plan to Uplift New York City’s Workers, The Nation, March 13 2025

How Has New York Remade Itself Since the Pandemic Arrived? New York Times, March 13 2025

February 2025

Most jobs in NYC history? Okay, let’s talk about it. New York Amsterdam News, February 13 2025

December 2024

Astro-Turf: Industry Group Says Fair Pay For Delivery Workers Means Higher Grocery Prices, StreetsBlog NYC, December 11 2024

October 2024

Is R.T.O. Finally a Reality? New York Times, October 2 2024

September 2023

New York Is Rebounding for the Rich. Nearly Everyone Else Is Struggling. New York Times, September 28 2023

April 2023

The Unemployment Gap Between Black and White New Yorkers Is Widening. New York Times, April 28 2023

February 2023

Some Millionaires Moved Out, but There Are Still Plenty Left. New York Times, February 23 2023