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New York’s Rampant Wage Theft Goes Unpunished

Investigating the prevalence of wage theft in New York and how the state is failing to protect workers.

Impact of Our Reporting

Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Their Ability to Do Business in New York

by Marcus Baram, Documented

February 6, 2024, 6:00 am EST

4 stories published since 2023

In New York, Wage Theft Violators Get Millions in Government Contracts

by Marcus Baram, Documented, with data analysis by Joel Jacobs, ProPublica

July 15, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft

by Max Siegelbaum, Documented, with data analysis by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Lam Thuy Vo, special to ProPublica

August 22, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
New York Workers Are Waiting on $79 Million in Back Wages

by Marcus Baram, Documented, with data analysis by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Lam Thuy Vo, special to ProPublica

August 21, 2023, 6:00 am EDT