Small Business

Work

Queens Elevator Company Pushes Button on New Zoning Option in Bid to Keep Manufacturing Jobs in NYC

Nov. 8, 2020, 7:06 p.m.Nov. 10, 2020, 7:57 a.m.

Developers can now apply for a special permit that allows some commercial buildings to gain offices and retail — as long as industrial space is set aside. Here’s how that’s playing out for a longtime manufacturer in Long Island City.

Rent

The Other Eviction Moratorium: Storefront and Office Tenants are Hanging on. But for How Long?

Nov. 3, 2020, 8:19 a.m.Nov. 3, 2020, 9:02 a.m.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s protection of commercial tenants has been extended to January. But a crisis mushrooms as many have stopped paying, building up a big rent bill and pushing businesses to the brink.

Health

Businesses in Virus Hot Spots Hit for Lack of COVID Safety Measures

Oct. 14, 2020, 10:26 p.m.Oct. 14, 2020, 10:26 p.m.

Top offenses were for lack of cleaning and screening records, and safety plans. Cuomo is threatening to withhold state funds if the city doesn’t crack down harder.

Small Business

New York’s Iconic Souvenir Sellers Getting Squeezed by Tourism Crunch

Sept. 22, 2020, 7:37 p.m.Sept. 22, 2020, 7:37 p.m.

Business boomed for the past 10 years. But now the New Yorkers who sell tiny Empire State Buildings and Statues of Liberty are under big pressure.

Life

Paused Jazz Venues Hit a Low Note and Warn Music Could Soon Stop

Sept. 7, 2020, 7:54 p.m.Sept. 9, 2020, 11:09 a.m.

COVID deaths and closed clubs send a once-intimate community of musicians reeling. Live-streamed gigs, meanwhile, barely keep some once-bustling nightspots like Smalls going.

Subway

Pandemic Puts NYC Subway Shops on Express Track to Closure

Sept. 2, 2020, 8:29 p.m.Sept. 2, 2020, 8:30 p.m.

Nearly three dozen businesses, from The Bronx to Coney Island, have shuttered since March. “I just couldn’t see hanging on,” said the owner of Times Square’s classic Record Mart.

Small Business

Feds’ Small Business Loan Program Has $128B Left. Yet City’s Minority Owners Still Struggling to Get Their Share

July 30, 2020, 5:00 p.m.July 30, 2020, 4:59 p.m.

The deadline to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program is Aug. 8.

Queens

Korean-Owned Beauty Store’s Pact With Black Customers Starts Neighborhood Partnership

July 14, 2020, 8:49 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:39 a.m.

Feel Beauty and 100 Suits for 100 Men team up after threatened boycott, forging a bond amid memories of a painful, decades-old Brooklyn clash.

The Bronx

Bronx Group Raised $50K for Looted Fordham Road Shops, But No Cash Doled Out Yet

July 9, 2020, 10:57 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:39 a.m.

In the weeks since the June 1 unrest, some businesses have reopened. But many are struggling as community press Bronx United for information on how — or if — the funds will be distributed.

Small Business

NYC Businesses Say Insurance Companies Shafted Them on COVID Claims

July 5, 2020, 1:55 p.m.July 6, 2020, 7:31 a.m.

Business interruption insurance doesn’t count during a pandemic, the industry argues. Shopkeepers and others say they just want what they believe they paid for.

Small Business

Queens Elevator Company Pushes Button on New Zoning Option in Bid to Keep Manufacturing Jobs in NYC

The Other Eviction Moratorium: Storefront and Office Tenants are Hanging on. But for How Long?

Businesses in Virus Hot Spots Hit for Lack of COVID Safety Measures

New York’s Iconic Souvenir Sellers Getting Squeezed by Tourism Crunch

Paused Jazz Venues Hit a Low Note and Warn Music Could Soon Stop

Pandemic Puts NYC Subway Shops on Express Track to Closure

Feds’ Small Business Loan Program Has $128B Left. Yet City’s Minority Owners Still Struggling to Get Their Share

Korean-Owned Beauty Store’s Pact With Black Customers Starts Neighborhood Partnership

Bronx Group Raised $50K for Looted Fordham Road Shops, But No Cash Doled Out Yet

NYC Businesses Say Insurance Companies Shafted Them on COVID Claims

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