City Council Set to Approve Plan That Could Bring 14,700 Homes to Queens

The New York plan would open up 54 blocks of Long Island City, which are mostly warehouses and parking lots, to housing.

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UPS Has Already Cut 48,000 Workers This Year

The delivery company said about 70 percent of the layoffs affected drivers and warehouse workers.

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The Robots Fueling Amazon’s Automation

Meet Sparrow, Cardinal and Proteus. They’re the robots that, step by step, are replacing human workers in the company’s warehouses.

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Five-Alarm Fire on Brooklyn Waterfront Devastates Artists’ Warehouse

A row of converted 19th-century buildings filled with artists in the 1990s and transformed Red Hook. Now the work of more than 500 artists may be lost.

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The Endangered Leopard Frog That Lives Next to an NYC Amazon Warehouse

The Atlantic coast leopard frog, first identified in an industrial section of Staten Island in 2012, is now on the state’s endangered species list. Conservation groups see an opportunity.

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Pair of Immigration Raids Disrupt a New Jersey Shipping Hub

In Edison, thousands of immigrant workers toil in hundreds of warehouses, sorting millions of boxes arriving from nearby ports.

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Federal Agents Detain Dozens of Workers in Raid at New Jersey Warehouse

It appeared to be among the largest federal raids in the state since President Trump took office.

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Ahead of Trump’s Trade Deadline, Firms Rushed Goods Out of Duty-Free Warehouses

By keeping inventory in bonded warehouses or foreign trade zones, importers were able to hedge the tariff rate they ultimately paid.

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Trump’s Purge of Foreign Workers Arrives at Amazon’s Warehouses

The tech giant has quietly shed warehouse employees whose work authorizations were revoked after the Trump administration ended a Biden-era immigration program.

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7 Bodies Found at Site of California Fireworks Warehouse Explosion

The explosion, which left seven people missing, started a wildfire and forced some cities and counties to cancel or postpone Fourth of July fireworks shows.

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