Small businesses on Long Island await their turn to reopen
Wednesday marked the beginning of phase one of businesses reopening on Long Island, but many retail business owners are wondering why they can't reopen if the proper safeguards are in place.
LI retail businesses say they want to reopen
Retail businesses on Long Island say that they don't understand why they cannot reopen alongside other parts of the state if the proper precautions are being taken.
Neighborhood shops fight to stay afloat amid pandemic
Small businesses are trying to find ways to survive during the coronavirus pandemic.
Outdoor dining returns to Connecticut
For the first time in two months, customers dined outdoors at restaurants under a warm spring sun Wednesday across Connecticut as the state began a lengthy process of easing restrictions meant to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
NYC restaurants turning to high tech solutions to reopen
Some restaurants in New York City are already looking for solutions to help them reopen when the coronavirus lockdown comes to an end.
Businesses begin Phase 1 of reopening in Connecticut
Thanks to the state's work testing and a drop in hospitalizations due to coronavirus, non-essential retail businesses in the state are beginning to reopen, although barbershops and salons will still not reopen until June 1.
Michigan State Police hand out $500 disorderly conduct citations at Operation Haircut in Lansing
Michigan State Police said people who are cutting hair on the front lawn of the Capitol in Lansing are being ticketed for disorderly conduct.
Magic Johnson giving $100M in loans to minority-owned businesses struggling amid COVID-19 pandemic
Advocates say small and diverse businesses are inherently at a disadvantage when it comes to the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program.
Survey: 55 percent of employees say they work 1-10 extra hours remotely amid COVID-19
A recent survey done by Fishbowl, a employee social networking platform, found that the majority of its respondents said they were are working up to 10 more hours at home than they normally would if they were still working from their offices.
Ocean City bar promotes social distancing with giant inflatable inner tube tables
Fish Tales in Ocean City, M.D. is using giant inflatable inner tube tables to ensure customers maintain safe social distancing.
Gym cited again for defying New Jersey shutdown order
The owners of a gym in southern New Jersey have again been cited for reopening the business in defiance of a state order that shutdown nonessential businesses to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Famed Peter Luger steakhouse turns to delivery
The Brooklyn institution is now offering pickup and delivery from a limited menu and butcher shop items.
Connecticut delays haircuts until June
That haircut will have to wait. Salons and barbershops across Connecticut are not being allowed to reopen on Wednesday after all.
Pandemic uproots business for Long Island greenhouse
Bob Van Bourgondien said business at his wholesale greenhouse should be booming but like so many other industries, they, too, have been uprooted.
Beginning to bloom: New York creaking back to economic life
More construction, manufacturing and curbside retail pickups have begun in parts of New York state. Shuttered sectors of the economy started reopening slowly Friday in a wide strip down the middle of the state that was spared the brunt of the outbreak.
Study: Many restaurants will not open again after COVID-19 pandemic
A revealing new study finds that one out of every four restaurants in America won’t re-open when the coronavirus crisis ends.
Most New York City restaurants can't pay rent
A new survey of hundreds of restaurants, bars, and clubs is painting a dire picture for the New York City hospitality industry.
Census survey: Most small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
The new Small Business Pulse Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau highlighted the impact COVID-19 is having on small U.S. stores, retailers and businesses.
Paycheck Protection Program adding burden for some restaurant owners
Restaurants were some of the first to close, and are expected to be some of the last businesses to reopen during the COVID shutdown, and the Paycheck Protection Program that was meant to help is in some cases having the opposite effect.
Shoreside businesses across the region hoping states reopen as summer approaches
With the unofficial start of summer on the horizon, shore businesses across the region are hoping that states will reopen soon.