• It may be more than a year before we can safely go to theaters, Fauci says

    It may be more than a year before we can safely go to theaters, Fauci says

    Dr. Anthony Fauci has some very bad news for theater lovers. In a recent Instagram Live chat with actress Jennifer Garner, the top coronavirus expert said it will most likely remain unsafe to sit in a theater until a year after a vaccine is released, according to TheatreMania. “When are we going to be able …
  • Restaurant workers flee Manhattan to find jobs in Hamptons

    Restaurant workers flee Manhattan to find jobs in Hamptons

    Unemployed city restaurant workers are banging down doors to find work in the Hamptons as the dining scene there explodes thanks to fleeing Manhattanites. But working in the luxurious beach hamlets also presents a unique set of hardships, especially for restaurant workers with young children and apartments in NYC. Felix, who asked that his surname …
  • Wall Street could empty out post-COVID-19 pandemic

    Wall Street could empty out post-COVID-19 pandemic

    Wall Street could soon become a home office and a computer. The big brokerage firms and banks that are headquartered in New York City aren’t going to admit this publicly, at least not yet. With the COVID pandemic waning here in the Big Apple, banks have announced that their return-to-work plans will begin roughly after …
  • New York State tried to shut down US Open match over coronavirus

    New York State tried to shut down US Open match over coronavirus

    The New York State Department of Health tried to shut down Friday’s U.S. Open third-round match between Adrian Mannarino of France and No. 5 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany due to the coronavirus. The match was held up for two hours and 45 minutes over issues regarding the Frenchman’s status in the “bubble within a …
  • Over half of NY restaurants face closure without COVID-19 bailout

    Over half of NY restaurants face closure without COVID-19 bailout

    Nearly two-thirds of restaurants in New York State say they’ll have to shut their doors if they don’t obtain additional government relief, according to a grim survey released Thursday. The New York State Restaurant Association polled 1,042 eateries and 64 percent said they are likely to close by year’s end without help to counter a …
  • Costume designer Patricia Field puts a high-fashion spin on face masks

    Costume designer Patricia Field puts a high-fashion spin on face masks

    Costume designer Patricia Field is the mastermind behind the iconic fashion looks on “Sex and the City,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Ugly Betty” and “Younger.” And now, the native New Yorker is sprinkling her stylish magic dust on 2020’s most in-demand and important accessory: the humble face mask. “Let’s look at it as the new …
  • Long Island launches campaign to lure New Yorkers with indoor dining

    Long Island launches campaign to lure New Yorkers with indoor dining

    This will really put salt in the wound of New York City restaurant owners and workers. Nassau County has launched a “Taste Nassau Today” campaign to woo city foodies over to Long Island to enjoy indoor dining at its restaurants because they can’t do so at Gotham eateries, where indoor dining is still banned because …
  • COVID threatens gains for NYC’s minority businesses, study says

    COVID threatens gains for NYC’s minority businesses, study says

    Business was booming for New York City’s merchants of color before the coronavirus pandemic pushed many to the brink of collapse, a new report says. The Big Apple was home to 64,514 minority-owned businesses — or 31.4 percent of all firms citywide — in 2017, up 7.4 percent from about 60,000 in 2012, according to …
  • Hotels reeling six months into coronavirus pandemic, analysis finds

    Hotels reeling six months into coronavirus pandemic, analysis finds

    America’s hotels are still reeling six months into the coronavirus pandemic with Labor Day weekend approaching and no end to the economic misery in sight, according to an analysis released Tuesday. There are 4.3 million fewer hotel industry jobs since February and 40 percent of its employees are still out of work, the analysis by …
  • Hamptons restaurants preparing to stay open past summer due to COVID-19

    Hamptons restaurants preparing to stay open past summer due to COVID-19

    Fall is coming — and Hamptons restaurants are about to enter uncharted territory. As coronavirus lockdowns drag on, Manhattanites are in no hurry to return to their pokey apartments. So summer dining spots that would normally close after Labor Day are making unprecedented plans to stay open even as the weather cools. But even as …