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How are New Yorkers who depend on tips faring as the economy heads into recession? Waiters, bartenders, bellhops, barbers and shoeshine guys all report that gratuities have dropped in recent weeks, in some cases by as much as 30 percent. (Some seem used to it, though: "I get a lot of people from Europe, especially the French, who don't even tip a dollar," says one horse-carriage driver.) Just something to think about when the Chinese food deliveryman comes to the door of your multi-million apartment and gives you a nasty look after you hand him two quarters and a nickel. [NYM]