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
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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.

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
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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.

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. 

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.