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Health

Vaccine Mandate Offers Shot at Boosting Protection, But Businesses Wary

Aug. 16, 2021, 7:43 p.m.Aug. 16, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Store and restaurant workers will be on the frontlines dealing with the unvaccinated — and sometimes angry — public as a new city-wide requiring one dose to go inside bars, restaurants, indoor entertainment venues and gyms.

Vaccinations

Cuomo’s Call for Private Businesses to Require Vaccinations Spurs Demands for a Government Mandate

July 28, 2021, 6:25 p.m.July 29, 2021, 5:06 p.m.

The governor urged the private sector to order employees back to workplaces and make everybody — including customers — get shots. But business owners said it’s up to elected officials to lead the way amid rising COVID rates.

Restaurants

NYC Restaurants Cooking Up a Comeback, but Simmering Problems Remain

July 15, 2021, 7:00 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

The city economic sector most devastated by the pandemic recession is finally showing signs of a sustained recovery as jobs start to rebound. But optimism is tempered by worker shortages, inadequate PPP relief and mixed forecasts ahead.

Employment

Jobs Making a Careful Comeback as NYC Reopens

May 20, 2021, 5:25 p.m.May 20, 2021, 5:47 p.m.

The city gained 35,000 positions last month with restaurants and the arts showing signs of resurgence. Hopes raised by the easing of most restrictions this week are tempered by an 11% unemployment rate.

Economy

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.

Economy

Why Are Some NYC Restaurants Struggling to Find Workers? It’s Complicated…

May 13, 2021, 8:03 p.m.May 13, 2021, 9:36 p.m.

Some owners believe that pandemic unemployment benefits are keeping people out of the workforce. But economists and worker advocates say multiple factors — including child care, low wages and COVID-changed perspectives — are at play.

Economy

Bank Shot: Financial Giants’ Return to Manhattan Gives Smaller Businesses Hope

May 5, 2021, 9:23 p.m.May 7, 2021, 8:12 a.m.

Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan have told their workers to plan to be back in the office — raising prospects that New York’s economic recovery may finally pick up speed.

Small Business

De Blasio’s ‘Open Streets’ Closed to Ailing Businesses Scraping to Raise Cash

April 21, 2021, 8:19 p.m.April 21, 2021, 8:29 p.m.

The mayor’s pandemic program to close off corridors to cars provided a lifeline to many businesses last year. But restaurants and merchants along a heavily Hispanic stretch of Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue say they can’t fully come back without financial help.

Work

New York City Jobs Jump Trails Nation as Wary Tourists Wait in the Wings

April 15, 2021, 6:45 p.m.April 15, 2021, 6:49 p.m.

The city added 16,000 jobs last month, the most since August. But much of New York’s employment comeback hinges on when the vaccine rollout convinces office workers and visitors to return.

Economy

How the Pandemic Is Speeding Up Job Automation for Struggling New Yorkers

March 30, 2021, 8:39 p.m.March 30, 2021, 8:46 p.m.

Drivers, food preparation workers and more are at risk of seeing their positions go away — and Hispanic New Yorkers could get hit hardest, a new study found. The crisis is spurring calls for ambitious job-training efforts.

Restaurants

Vaccine Mandate Offers Shot at Boosting Protection, But Businesses Wary

Cuomo’s Call for Private Businesses to Require Vaccinations Spurs Demands for a Government Mandate

NYC Restaurants Cooking Up a Comeback, but Simmering Problems Remain

Jobs Making a Careful Comeback as NYC Reopens

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

Why Are Some NYC Restaurants Struggling to Find Workers? It’s Complicated…

Bank Shot: Financial Giants’ Return to Manhattan Gives Smaller Businesses Hope

De Blasio’s ‘Open Streets’ Closed to Ailing Businesses Scraping to Raise Cash

New York City Jobs Jump Trails Nation as Wary Tourists Wait in the Wings

How the Pandemic Is Speeding Up Job Automation for Struggling New Yorkers

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