FDNY ambulances are taking longer to reach life-threatening medical emergencies for the fourth consecutive year, according to the city's latest Mayor's Management Report, with union leaders blaming chronic understaffing and a lack of investment by City Hall. The data show ambulances took an average of 11 minutes and 21 seconds to respond to life-threatening emergencies in fiscal year 2025 - up 29 seconds from 2024 and nearly two minutes longer than in 2021, when the average was 9 minutes and 34 seconds.
The Strategic Organizing Center and Starbucks Workers United released a new study that says that 90% of Starbucks Corp. ( NASDAQ: SBUX) stores are understaffed and customers face long wait times. Starbucks Workers United and Starbucks management have not always gotten along. BerlinRosen, the PR firm that released the study, has a mixed reputation. The survey is an indictment of new CEO Brian Niccol and his "Back to Starbucks" plan, a set of programs to get faltering same-store sales back on track.