This article originally appeared in Westchester Hispano. La Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Nueva York, La Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Westchester y 100 Hispanic Women se han unido a la coalición para el Trabajo Independiente, para apoyar las necesidades de los...

This op-ed originally appeared in Spectrum News. Bruce Deere grew up in the taxi business. His parents co-owned Colonie Checker Taxi, which is where he and his brother worked for several years. Deere stopped driving about seven years ago, when his wife Denise became...

This op-ed originally appeared on Spectrum News. Many New Yorkers who have lost jobs due to the pandemic have turned to the gig economy to make ends meet. Stasha Gumienny is one of them. She works for DoorDash. She's a "DoorDasher" on top of her full-time job as a...

This op-ed originally appeared in The Times Union. Erin Bornt has been a 911 dispatcher for Rensselaer County for 20 years. Though she makes good money and has good benefits, as a single mom, the $60,000 a year wasn’t enough to pay all the bills. She became an Uber...

This op-ed originally appeared in the Long Island Press. Being a father is a full-time job and, for the last 18 years, it has been my only job. As a Navy veteran who raised two children in Huntington, I have loved being retired and spending time with my family. This...

This op-ed originally appeared in LoHud. The gig economy has been part and parcel to the livelihoods of Black Americans for generations. Some think the term “gig” is a pejorative, but for Black and Brown people in this country, it’s meant the extra cash we’ve made...

Companies that provide on-demand services through apps like Uber and DoorDash have formed a coalition ahead of a likely debate in Albany over regulations for the sector. The coalition, set to be announced on Monday, includes companies Lyft, Uber, Instacart, Postmates...

While most eyes across the country were on battleground states like Arizona and Georgia on Election Day and the days that followed, some watchers were paying attention to a particular proposition on California’s ballot, which could have implications for other states,...

As New York works to emerge from the COVID-19 recession, there are questions about whether regulations of gig economy workers could be on Albany’s upcoming legislative agenda, and how that could impact economic recovery for businesses. “If the pandemic has shown us...

To the editor: Nearly eight months ago, I began driving for Uber Eats. It was late March, and COVID-19 was nearing its peak in New York City. Hostos Community College — where I was going to school — stopped letting students attend in person. Suddenly, so much of our...