{"id":274373,"date":"2025-10-03T11:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/274373\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:02:33","slug":"nyc-sends-warning-letter-to-starbucks-over-sudden-shop-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/274373\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC sends warning letter to Starbucks over sudden shop closures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Starbucks coffee shop in New York, US, on Monday, July 28, 2025. Starbucks Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 29. Photographer Victor J. Blue\/Bloomberg via Getty Images <\/p>\n

NEW YORK<\/strong> – Over 50 Starbucks locations in New York City closed without warning<\/a>, leaving both employees and landlords confused, The New York Post reports.<\/p>\n

Dozens of NYC Starbucks shuttered <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Starbucks announced that over 400 stores would be closed<\/a> on Sept. 25.<\/p>\n

Included in those hundreds of stores are 54 Starbucks in New York City, according to the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only have the coffee shops been closed, but they were closed with little to no notice to landlords.<\/p>\n

“They literally put signs in windows overnight without telling landlords and building managers,” Newmark Retail Vice Chairman Jeffrey Roseman told The Post. “There was no warning, no heads up.”<\/p>\n

The company also failed to offer replacement jobs to city workers affected by the closures; the city’s Fair Workweek Law<\/a> dictates that employees from closing stores must be offered a job at a location in the same borough.<\/p>\n

Those employees are also entitled to first choice of any job openings in the vicinity of their original job.<\/p>\n

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A customer holds a drink inside a Starbucks coffee shop in New York, US, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. Starbucks Corp. is removing some less popular drinks from its US lineup, part of a broader plan to simplify the menu and serve customers faster. Photog <\/p>\n

A letter was sent from the city to Starbucks regarding said labor laws. DCWP Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga<\/a> wrote in the letter, “Starbucks appears poised to violate its legal obligations to employees in New York City locations.”<\/p>\n

Starbucks has until tomorrow, Oct. 3, to explain how it will comply with the city’s labor laws.<\/p>\n

Dig deeper:<\/p>\n

The DCWP filed a lawsuit<\/a> against Starbucks for “wrongfully terminating an employee” earlier this year.<\/p>\n

According to the lawsuit, an investigation conducted by the department found that Starbucks illegally fired longtime barista Karmen Rich on December 27, 2023, without just cause.<\/p>\n

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Mobile order and Uber Eats and Doordash delivery pick up area at Starbucks coffee shop, Queens, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson\/UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) <\/p>\n

This is the third wrongful termination lawsuit that the department has filed against Starbucks.<\/p>\n

The Source:<\/b> This article includes information from New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and reporting from The New York Post.<\/p>\n

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