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Dine Around Downtown Goes Online To Spotlight Local Restaurants
The Downtown Alliance has been working to support local businesses that are adversely impacted by COVID — from creating rental-assistance grant...
In Pictures: The Black Lives Matter Protest In Lower Manhattan
On June 2, civil-rights protests came to Lower Manhattan. Thousands of New Yorkers congregated in Foley Square to rally in support of racial equality...
Dispatch From a Downtown Mail Carrier: ‘Send to Your Loved Ones’
The post-pandemic world could be one without the U.S. Postal Service, whose political and financial struggles have been well-documented. The USPS is...
How a Small-Business Owner Draws Strength and Hope From History
Matt Khatamov is co-owner of FiDi Cleaners at 89 Washington Street. Like other small-business owners he is grappling with the COVID-19 crisis, but...
Generosity and Tolerance: This Restaurateur Delivers (Even When It’s Not Returned)
When the Downtown Alliance chatted with Kanruthai Makmuang on May 18, she’d been working 25 days straight. Makmuang is co-owner of the Thai kitchen...
COVID-19 Testing, Contact Tracing Now Available To All New Yorkers
All New Yorkers are entitled to universal COVID-19 testing as part of the New York City’s newly-launched Test & Trace Corps initiative, Mayor...
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Citywide Curfew
UPDATE, Monday, June 8: New York City’s Curfew Has Ended: What You Need To Know.Mayor de Blasio has issued a citywide 8p curfew for this week,...
Petropolis’s New Podcast Teaches Animal Lovers What’s Best For Their Pets
With her pet-supply shop currently open a few days a week during the shutdown, Petropolis (91 Washington Street) owner Tazz Latifi is using her...
‘We’re in Business, That’s the Success Story’: Jeremy’s Ale House Reopens
Lee Holin grew up in a family of New York restaurateurs. His father started his namesake Jeremy’s Ale House (228 Front Street), a friendly...
New York Families To Get $420 For Each Kid Who Attends Public School
Before the coronavirus pandemic, New York State would have spent money on keeping school cafeterias running. Since schools are shuttered, the state...
