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An estimated 5,000 restaurants across the city were predicted to shutter by February 2021 due to the pandemic. While there’s no officially tally, the loss of Latino-led businesses in New…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Feb 2021

Economy Opinion

Opinion: Protect NYC’s Small Businesses By Supporting Street Vendors and Brick-and-Mortars Together

‘Street vendors and brick-and-mortars are struggling for many of the same reasons… Lifting the cap on permits for street vendors and ending the exploitative underground market is a key part…

ByCarina Kaufman-Gutierrez

ByShrima Pandey 1Comment

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Feb 2021

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: City’s Plan to Expand Street Vendor Permits Must Protect Our Brick-and-Mortars, Too

‘To be clear, we support the food vendor community and their place in our neighborhoods. The food is as delicious and diverse as the city itself. But reform on what’s…

ByWilma Alonso 1Comment

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Oct 2020

Economy Health

99% of Chinatown Restaurants Opt Out of COVID Recovery Charge

The City Council allowed the charge to help struggling businesses cover costs. But owners fear steeper charges might drive away customers.

ByJiaying Yan for World Journal 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

A Wave of Legislation Aimed at Renters and Small Biz

As much as the reopening is testing whether or not New Yorkers can avoid a second wave of illnesses, it will also reveal whether the steps taken so far are…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Economy

Heartbreak for Hispanic Businesses Impacted by Looting

‘I made a big sacrifice when I got into debt two years ago to start this business,’ one bodega owner whose shop was ransacked told El Diario. ‘I did it…

ByFernando Martínez for El Diario 0Comments

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May 2020

Uncategorized

Businesses Begin to Reopen in Sunset Park’s Chinatown

On a recent weekday, the scene on Eighth Avenue was reminiscent of the hustle and bustle before the pandemic. Between 60th and 56th streets about half the shops had reopened,…

ByYiyi Huang for World Journal 0Comments

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Apr 2020

Economy

NY’s Polish Business Owners Fight to Survive in COVID-19 ‘Ghost Town’

‘The city has practically turned into a ghost town. It is hard to say how long we will be able to function like that. I don’t even want to think…

ByMarcin Żurawicz for Biały Orzeł 0Comments

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Apr 2020

Economy Housing and Homelessness

City’s Small Businesses Need Rent Stabilization to Survive COVID-19, Advocates Say

In 1945, near the end of the WWII, the city instituted commercial rent control as an emergency wartime measure, authorized by the state. Advocates are calling for a similar response…

ByBridget Bartolini 4Comments

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Feb 2020

Economy Government

Council Eyeing Moves Beyond Mayor’s Vision to Boost Small Businesses

Small business advocacy groups say the administration and the City Council are making small steps but there is much more work to be done in protecting and sustaining small businesses…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

One More Casualty of COVID-19: The Death of El Cocotero