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For the first time in five years, the City has transferred shuttered Rikers jail buildings out of Department of Correction control. The City's jail population is still up 13 percent from the start of the Adams administration.

Meet a Worker Co-op

Say hi to our peers in collective ownership.

It Feels Good When Your Therapist Feels Good About Their Workplace

It Feels Good When Your Therapist Feels Good About Their Workplace

Adlan Jackson

June 29, 2026

11 posts

The New Gourmet Is Well Done

The New Gourmet Is Well Done

But not in a bad way!

Max Rivlin-Nadler

January 30, 2026

New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick

New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick

Boyfriend, located off the busy Myrtle-Broadway intersection, is the realization of a decade-old dream to open a lesbian cooperative.

Ella Fassler

March 28, 2025

Worker-Owned Music Journalism? We're Hearing Things

Worker-Owned Music Journalism? We're Hearing Things

Adlan Jackson

October 15, 2024

The staff of Bed-Stuy Bikes

Bed-Stuy Bikes Still Wants to Build the Bike-Repair Trade School of the Future

Max Rivlin-Nadler

February 12, 2024

Interior of West Village cocktail bar Donna, which is a worker-owned cooperative.

The Dream of the Bartenders Owning the Bar Is Alive at Donna in the West Village

Katie Way

October 05, 2023

Emanuel Maiberg (black shirt), Jason Koebler (green shirt), Joseph Cox (tan shirt), Samantha Cole (blue jeans), co-founders o

Ctrl + Alt + Delete: How 4 VICE Workers Quit to Start Their Own Site

Katie Way

August 23, 2023

Is Defector Good at Sports? A Hell Gate Investigation

Is Defector Good at Sports? A Hell Gate Investigation

Hell Gate

June 30, 2023

The Lena: oyster mushrooms with pesto and tomato, $8 to $15 sliding scale.

Wildly Delicious, Worker-Owned: Brooklyn’s New Sandwich Shop, Sea & Soil

Scott Lynch

June 12, 2023

Aguilar stands in a kitchen facing the camera with cleaning gloves on.

Meet a Worker Co-op: A Cleaning Platform Changing the Gig Economy

Sydney Pereira

May 24, 2022

Calvo standing in her apartment in front of a fridge with a "#FairPay4HomeCare" sign while holding her dog.

Meet a Worker Co-op: Home Care Edition

Sydney Pereira

May 17, 2022