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Represents the minimum percentage of return on equity as a basis of performance-based vesting in equity-based compensation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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STOCK-BASED AND OTHER COMPENSATION PLANS- Omnibus Incentive Plan (Details) $ in Millions					1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 18, 2023 USD ($) shares	May 10, 2022 USD ($) installment shares	Feb. 18, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) installment shares	Feb. 28, 2023 installment	Dec. 31, 2023 shares	Dec. 31, 2022 shares	Dec. 31, 2021 shares	Jun. 06, 2023 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate value of awards granted \| $	$ 8.5			$ 18.0
Omnibus Incentive Plan 2023
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance (in shares)									3,000,000
2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance (in shares)									10,253,867
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)						1,417,561
Restricted Stock \| Class A Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)						1,417,561	2,884,303	747,713
Non-Management Grantee \| Mr. Miceli and Ms. Porcella
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrestricted shares granted (in shares)	19,558			264,704
Non-Management Grantee \| Performance Based Vesting \| Other Non-ManagementGrantees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted with certain vesting rights (in shares)	325,709			531,980
Non-Management Grantee \| Time-Based Vesting \| Other Non-ManagementGrantees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted with certain vesting rights (in shares)	306,162			497,169
Non-Management Grantee \| Restricted Stock \| Class A Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate value of awards granted \| $	$ 7.5			$ 15.4
Granted (in shares)	651,429			1,293,853
Non-Management Grantee \| Restricted Stock \| 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of installments \| installment				3	3
Management Grantees \| Restricted Stock \| Class A Common Stock \| Time and Performance Based Vesting
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate value of awards granted \| $	$ 1.2			$ 2.5
Management Grantees \| Restricted Stock \| 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan \| Performance Based Vesting
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Minimum performance target percentage					8.00%
Performance period					3 years
Management Grantees \| Restricted Stock \| 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan \| Class A Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	733,607			1,517,627
Management Grantees \| Restricted Stock \| 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan \| Class A Common Stock \| Time and Performance Based Vesting
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	101,344			210,662
Board of Directors \| Restricted Stock \| Class A Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	32,525		31,860
Grant date fair value \| $	$ 0.4		$ 0.4
Vesting period	1 year		1 year
Employee \| Restricted Stock \| 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan \| Class A Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		33,784
Grant date fair value \| $		$ 0.4
Employee \| Restricted Stock \| 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan \| Class A Common Stock \| Performance Based Vesting
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of installments \| installment		3
Vesting percentage		50.00%
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of installments \| installment		3
Vesting percentage		50.00%