Wednesday, October 8, 2025

October 08, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 

In today’s digest, the latest on the tech job market, the Yankees beat the Blue Jays, and high school application season is underway! 🎓

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  • New York City’s high school application season is officially underway, giving families two months to navigate 700 programs across 400 schools. 🏫 (Chalkbeat)

    • Open houses at many schools are already full! Applications are due Dec. 3, with offers expected by Mar. 5, 2026.

  • New York City is expanding its LockerNYC pilot program to 70 total locations, aiming to reduce package theft and delivery truck congestion. 📦 (Supply Chain Dive)

    • The Department of Transportation will add 36 new locker sites across all five boroughs in the coming weeks.

    • Operated by GoLocker, the free public lockers accept deliveries from major carriers like UPS, FedEx, USPS, and DHL.

  • The Yankees notched a win on Tuesday night, beating the Blue Jays 9–6 in Game 3 of the AL Division Series. 🏟️ (AP News)

    • Aaron Judge went 3-for-4 with an intentional walk and scored three times, keeping New York alive to force a Game 4 in the Bronx.

In other reading:

  • Need child care in New York? The city’s teacher union wants to help you find your match (Gothamist)

  • Top spots for pumpkin picking in and around New York City (New York Family)

  • New York declares 14-day statewide burn ban — dry conditions push wildfire risk higher (Secret NYC)

No Report, No Problem: Tracking NYC Tech Jobs

Normally today we would dive into the latest jobs report (which gets published the first Friday of every month). But with the federal government shut down, that report is delayed. 

Have no fear: That doesn’t mean we can’t give you insight into the state of tech jobs across the city and country. 💼

🔍 What we’re seeing: NYC has managed to stay resilient, and local demand for in-person talent remains strong. 

  • The Tech:NYC Jobs Board currently lists 3,300+ active roles from 400 tech companies, spanning startups, large tech firms, and fintech — all focused on in-person NYC placements.

  • In the last two months alone, our members are hiring for ~60,000 tech jobs globally (!).

  • Top job functions posted by companies from the last two months: Software engineering (33,200 occurrences), IT (~19,000), and operations (12,400). 

  • Top job functions searched from candidates: Marketing/communications, product, software engineering.

📈 AI hiring is still surging nationwide: And New York looks poised to reap the benefits.

  • Nationwide, the U.S. added 26,715 new AI-related jobs in August — with New York ranking among the top states for AI hiring intensity and role diversification.

  • Since January 2018, NY ranks third in AI jobs growth with 97,000 AI jobs.

  • AI job demand is expanding into industries like finance, media, and healthtech — AKA a trifecta of NYC strengths.

In other reading:

  • Zingage, a New York City-based AI-powered automation platform for home health care agencies, raised $12.5 million in seed funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round and was joined by TQ Ventures, South Park Commons, and others.

  • The NYU Tandon Future Labs Catalyst NYC program, a 6-month, equity free accelerator for Pre-Seed to Seed tech startups, combining the resources of NYU Tandon’s research, faculty, and student body, with the network effects of NYC’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Apply by October 12 here.

  • Hu Capital is hosting their Innovation Week October 13-17. They close the week with a Pitch Competition and Afterparty, a live event where founders pitch their startups in front of judges and a live audience. Submit pitches here.

  • nextNYC’s Pre-Series A Offsite, where you can spend a day in Brooklyn learning from top Series A and seed investors, experienced startup CEOs, and fellow founders. Apply for the October 15 event here.

  • The second annual Buildings Tech Lab, a collaboration with the Department of Buildings to advance the application of new technology to transform the delivery of public services. Apply by October 24 here.

  • Company Ventures’ Grand Central Tech Residency’s spring 2026 cohort, a 12-month residency program for founders and teams looking to build in-person in NYC. Apply here.

  • The Bridge at Cornell Tech, a new workspace on the Cornell Tech campus, is officially open. Sign up for tour invites, events, and updates here.

  • Company Ventures is hosting AI Review events, a year-long conversation series on the current and future state of AI. Submit your AI-related event for consideration here.

  • Union Square Ventures’ “usvwork” — a casual coworking day once a month for founders and builders in NYC. Apply here.

  • New York City Economic Development Corporation is re-launching the Greenlight Innovation Fund, a Request for Proposals to provide City capital funding for the development of facilities in New York City that support the Green Economy, Life Sciences, Advanced Technology and Creative Industries. Submit your proposals here.

  • Zero Irving — the Union Square tech hub home to Civic Hall — is relaunching its Workforce Development Project Fund, which awards $200,000 annually for programs that expand tech access and economic mobility for underrepresented New Yorkers, especially those in Manhattan Community District 3 (Lower East Side, East Village, Chinatown). Submit your proposal here.

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