🌱 Chipotle To Pay NYC Workers $20M + Education Cuts Reinstated

Good morning New York City! Chipotle is paying an unprecedented settlement to its NYC workforce, the education department's budget cuts are back in place–for the moment–and the last Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Harlem has found a new home.

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Not as hot with a t-storm. High: 84 Low: 73.

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Here are the top five stories today in New York City:

1. Chipotle will pay $2o million to its New York City workers in a settlement following a years-long probe. The fast food company is accused of not providing notice to workers of their weekly schedule and depriving them of sick leave. The settlement is the largest of its kind in the country. (New York City Patch) A Dunkin' Doughnuts in Staten Island will also pay $260,000 in fines and retribution for depriving its workers of paid sick leave and sufficient notice of their schedule. (SI Live)
2. A New York Appeals Court on Tuesday reversed a judge's previous ruling, temporarily reinstating up to $365 million in budget cuts to the Department of Education, at least until a hearing to be held at the end of August. (Gothamist)
3. The last remaining Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Harlem was evicted after a three-year-long legal battle with the city, which ultimately sold the building to a nonprofit so that it could be turned into affordable housing. The church is relocating to the South Bronx. (New York City Patch)
4. Tenants of an apartment building on the Upper West Side are protesting their landlord over construction work that has made their homes "unlivable," due to "high volume, ear-piercing, constant noise for hours a day," as well as "dust and toxic fumes." (New York City Patch)
5. For asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants, many of whom have arrived in New York City in recent days and months, IDNYC, a form of identification that doesn't require an immigration status, is proving a life-line for accessing government services — evidenced by the high number of signups this year. (THE CITY)

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Today in New York City:

• New Installation by Hebru Brantley/LEGO Designed by Kids of BroSis Sol Opening (9 a.m.)
• Art exhibition – Be Like Banksy: Build Your Castle in the Sky! (11 a.m.)
• Flatiron Nomad Partnership Hosts Free Outdoor Fitness Class with bodē nyc (6 p.m.)
• Country dance night at the Seaport (7 p.m.)
• Concerts in the Catacombs: Zeena Parkins – Green-Wood Cemetery (8 p.m.)

Crime and safety corner:

• Bronx man is facing murder charges for a 1996 cold-case, after being linked through a DNA test. (New York City Patch)
• A woman was punched in the face by a woman who told her "I hate Mexicans," according to police who are investigating the incident as a hate crime. (New York City Patch)

From my notebook:

• If you've ever wanted a cheesecake-scented candle then, thanks to Junior's, today is your lucky day. (AMNY)
• An NYPD officer who may have been a bodyguard for Roger Stone on January 6th was terminated after an internal trial. (Gothamist)
• You could win $500 in this Harlem postcard contest. (AMNY)
• After an FBI raid on his Mar-A-Lago residence, Donald Trump found an unexpected ally on social media: disgraced former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo. (New York City Patch)
• Do you agree that Café Fiorello is the best restaurant on the Upper West Side? Take a look at this ranking of 14 local dining establishments. (New York City Patch)

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