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Brooklyn Restaurant Renaissance is Cooking, Poised to Overtake Manhattan as City’s Food Capital

May 19, 2021, 8:40 p.m.May 20, 2021, 3:10 p.m.

Hundreds of new establishments have received permits to open this year, surging into work-from-home neighborhoods while shunning business districts decimated by the pandemic.

Environment

New York’s Plastic Bag Ban Yields No Fines for Grocers Six Months In

May 5, 2021, 2:00 p.m.April 3, 2025, 2:22 p.m.

The state’s delivered 64 warnings — but no penalties — to supermarkets and other stores that flout the rules, records show. Some environmentalists say the pandemic’s no excuse for violators.

Brooklyn

Crown Heights Grocer Sued Over Campaign to Save Supermarket

March 28, 2021, 7:51 p.m.March 28, 2021, 7:52 p.m.

As a neighborhood rallies to rescue Associated grocery on Nostrand Avenue from the bulldozer, landlord alleges a scheme to sabotage planned housing and retail.

Vaccinations

Mutual Aid Group Volunteers Need COVID-19 Vaccine Help, de Blasio Tells Embattled Cuomo

March 2, 2021, 9:09 p.m.March 3, 2021, 9:57 a.m.

The mayor spoke out after THE CITY revealed the mutual aid group who help neighbors were snubbed.

Vaccinations

New York’s Emergency Food Workers and Volunteers Finally Get Their Shot at COVID Vaccine

March 1, 2021, 6:25 p.m.March 2, 2021, 6:52 a.m.

The Cuomo move followed pressure from nonprofit pantries and meal delivery services that help keep food-insecure New Yorkers fed amid the pandemic. But mutual aid apparently don’t count.

Brooklyn

With Hunger Growing, Brooklyn Food Pantries Look to Expand Before over

Feb. 17, 2021, 6:27 p.m.Feb. 17, 2021, 8:05 p.m.

Masbia, which operates around the clock, five days a week with two pantries in Brooklyn and one in Queens, is expanding its capacity ahead of what is traditionally the busiest time of the year.

Hunts Point

Hunts Point Produce Market Workers End Strike with a Raise

Jan. 23, 2021, 12:25 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

The nearly week-long walkout over the dollar-an-hour hike sought by the Bronx workers who helped keep New Yorkers fed during the pandemic drew the attention of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other pols.

Hunger

Food-Insecure New Yorkers Seek More Meal Deliveries From City

Jan. 13, 2021, 10:29 p.m.Feb. 4, 2021, 2:19 p.m.

A survey commissioned by the de Blasio istration and obtained by THE CITY uncovered a profound need for more food — including a preference for produce they could cook at home.

Covid-19

What the $900 Billion Federal Pandemic Aid Deal Means for New Yorkers

Dec. 20, 2020, 10:44 p.m.Feb. 22, 2021, 4:38 p.m.

The package offers temporary relief for the unemployed, small business owners and others. It also will help the MTA avoid massive transit cuts. But dealmaker Sen. Chuck Schumer emphasized it’s just a Band-Aid.

Hunger

Fridges Feeding the Hungry Weather Growing Pains With Creative Alliances

Dec. 14, 2020, 10:22 p.m.June 10, 2024, 1:25 p.m.

A pandemic-spurred movement has seeded 70 community refrigerators and counting on sidewalks throughout the city — but still not nearly enough to meet neverending demand. Now some established food pantries are aiding the effort.

Food

Brooklyn Restaurant Renaissance is Cooking, Poised to Overtake Manhattan as City’s Food Capital

New York’s Plastic Bag Ban Yields No Fines for Grocers Six Months In

Crown Heights Grocer Sued Over Campaign to Save Supermarket

Mutual Aid Group Volunteers Need COVID-19 Vaccine Help, de Blasio Tells Embattled Cuomo

New York’s Emergency Food Workers and Volunteers Finally Get Their Shot at COVID Vaccine

With Hunger Growing, Brooklyn Food Pantries Look to Expand Before over

Hunts Point Produce Market Workers End Strike with a Raise

Food-Insecure New Yorkers Seek More Meal Deliveries From City

What the $900 Billion Federal Pandemic Aid Deal Means for New Yorkers

Fridges Feeding the Hungry Weather Growing Pains With Creative Alliances

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