Brooklyn Walgreens, Astoria coffee shop workers among 1,600 getting payouts in Mamdani labor crackdown

Workers at three Brooklyn Walgreens stores and three Astoria Kinship Coffee shops are among more than 1,600 employees set to receive restitution under settlements totaling more than $2.3 million. 

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Sam Levine announced Monday that the city reached settlements with Walgreens, Allstar Security & Consulting, Calzedonia, the owner of Intimissimi, and Kinship Coffee over violations of New York City worker-protection laws.