Ryan Deffenbaugh

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City employers say they’re still hungry for tech talent, despite market turmoil

Most metrics in the technology industry are bleak right now. Share prices for tech firms are sinking, megadeals that minted unicorn startups in...

Etsy crafts new tactics as e-commerce is squeezed

It did not hit as hard or as fast as Peloton's crash, but it appears Etsy is reaching the end of its pandemic-driven...

How pay transparency could shake up the city’s job market

Employers have gotten a slight delay, but big changes are coming to the way workers hunt for jobs in New York City. After...

How the state’s new finance regulator is approaching the booming crypto scene

New York's Department of Financial Services is a watchdog for banks and insurers with total assets in the trillions. Adrienne Harris took over...

City Council set to approve delay on pay transparency requirement

Don't expect to see salary ranges in all job postings just yet. Weeks before a new city law was to require pay disclosure...

Behind the numbers in the city's new budget

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday proposed a $99.7 billion budget that he said is aimed at boosting jobs and public safety as the...

Voting begins for union election at second Amazon Staten Island facility

Amazon workers on Staten Island are going to the polls again starting Monday, with a chance to build off a historic labor victory...

Pension funds call on shareholders to vote against Amazon directors

The city and state are again using the financial might of their pension funds to push for changes at Amazon. A group of...

Industry hopes reorganized City Hall tech office can speed up 5G rollout

At Accenture’s office on the 63rd floor of One Manhattan West, a touchscreen kiosk displays interactive, 5G-enabled scenarios—projected onto live video of the...

Startup making vodka from air in Brooklyn raises $30M, with interplanetary vision

Start with vodka. Go to Mars. That’s part of the vision for SoHo startup Air Co., which Tuesday said it has raised $30...

Activist investor targets new Peloton CEO, says company needs to sell

Newly minted Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy has yet to win over the company's biggest critic two months into his tenure. Blackwells Capital, the...

Once-hot tech IPO market goes ice cold

By this time last year, New York technology companies Compass, DigitalOcean, Olo and Oscar Health had all gone public. More than 20 other...

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