NYC Lets Luxury Building Owners Stiff Workers and Still Get a Tax Break

By Cezary Podkul and Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica. This originally appeared on ProPublica. When Isaac Bowman got a concierge job at a luxury Queens apartment building last year, he hoped it would be his ticket out of a homeless shelter and into New York City’s middle class. The pay was low at only $10 an hour. But at least it was a start toward getting his partner and three stepchildren into an apartment of their own, Bowman reasoned. Bowman took the job 2014 and became a victim of wage theft. Under Read the Full Story