You Know Who's *REALLY* Fucked in Park Slope? Anyone Who Works In A Restaurant Here

Apparently things are so jacked in our nabe, the NYS Department of Labor conducted a special investigation of 25 restaurants and coffee shops along 5th and 7th aves, and here's what they found: 23 of the restaurants were commiting "wage theft" and majorly fucking over their employees.

"In the vibrant Park Slope neighborhood, filled with writers, activists and growing families, we found that many of the bustling restaurants were staffed by workers who were paid grossly illegal wages." said Commissioner Smith. "This investigation shows that wage theft happens not only in dimly-lit factories or grim depressed neighborhoods--it happens everywhere. Even our very nicest neighborhoods sometimes have sweatshops on their main streets."

They go on to say:

"in total, 207 workers were underpaid more than $910,000. Some of the worst violations were for delivery employees working 60 to 70 hours per week and paid a salary of $210.00 to $275.00 per week. At one restaurant, workers were paid as little as $2.75 per hour."

Daym.

Needless to say, I'm curious as hell about which restaurants were included in this study (particularly the two that were actually in compliance).

In the meantime, I think this is a good opp to remind everyone to tip long and tip hard...this ain't Europe, people. When that delivery dude is biking his ass through the rain/sleet/snow to bring you your fucking spicy tuna and shrimp tempura rolls, he's expecting more than a $1 spot.

Also, Park Slope restaurants: WTF?!