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LBK Pizza is open for take out and delivery only, in Park Slope. Photo by Ellie Plass.Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed seven pieces of legislation providing relief for tenants, commercial establishments, and restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the legislation takes effect immediately, some on June 2,
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A Collective Fare employee prepares meals for the Meals For All initiative. Courtesy of Collective Fare.When COVID-19 hit the city, the founders of Collective Fare [https://www.collectivefare.com/], an education and catering company in Brownsville, knew that something would have to give. “We lost over $150,000 worth
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A never-used field hospital was set in the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Yoav Gonen, Originally published in THE CITY. [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/brooklyn-field-hospital-in-red-hook-shuts-after-no-patients.html] A nearly $21 million field hospital green-lit by the de Blasio administration when coronavirus threatened to
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When Randy and Suzanne Tyson started planning their Park Slope bar, DDT [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=21&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjozLGH4cXpAhU0mnIEHRNjA_8Q_BcwFHoECBEQEg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.
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George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/Bklyner. George’s has reopened for takeout and delivery.Councilmember Brad Lander, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, the Hebrew Free Loan Society, and The Change Reaction have joined forces to provide a new option for interest-free loans to small businesses. Hoping to remedy
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A Prospect Cleaning Service staff member disinfects an office. Courtesy of Prospect Cleaning ServiceA largely unnoticed, and perhaps underappreciated [https://www.vox.com/covid-19-coronavirus-explainers/2020/4/23/21228971/essential-workers-stories-coronavirus-hazard-pay-stimulus-covid-19] , group of workers are among the heroes who are enabling New York City to emerge from lockdown. They are on the
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When Rob Fraley first started developing his app, WhatToOrder, in 2016, he had no way of knowing what the restaurant industry would look like four years later when it would officially launch in 2020. The app, which is not a delivery app or a reservation app itself, aims to level
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Southern Brooklyn’s elected officials logged onto Facebook Live [https://www.facebook.com/FrontusAD46/videos/1445852378930428/] Wednesday night to help local business owners struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce reported that one-third of Brooklyn businesses are at risk of closing permanently [https://www.brooklynchamber.
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The panelists met over Zoom this morning to share support.Early this morning, city restaurateurs, councilmembers, and members of the NYC Hospitality Alliance [https://www.thenycalliance.org/] gathered remotely to spread their support for bills brought before the New York City City Council today. The bills, part of the COVID-19
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Things continue to change very quickly here in Brooklyn. Small businesses, as we all know, are struggling under the weight of this new reality, trying (like we are) to figure out what works best for them. To try to accommodate some of this constant change, we will be updating you
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The Park Slope Food Coop on May 8Park Slope Food Coop members may not be able to shop like they used to, but the grocery is in a stronger position to weather the pandemic because it can depend on them. The fabled low-priced grocery store is asking their 17,000
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Mother’s Day cards from Awesome Brooklyn. Courtesy of Vanessa Raptopoulos.You forgot Mother’s Day. It’s fine – there’s a lot to worry about right now. Happily, however, we live in Brooklyn, rife with some of the city’s coolest independent shops, owned and curated by talented and