“The love we are experiencing in this effort to stay in business is overwhelming,” shared Steve Olsen from West Bank Cafe with me this morning.
It really is an overwhelming situation in our neighborhood this week. Today we are reporting on a GoFundMe and Telethon to help Steve and West Bank Cafe fight for survival — and the protest for restaurant survival in Times Square yesterday.
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I bumped into a couple of bar owners on 10th Avenue yesterday. They told me they would be closed, as instructed, for the snow today. I asked them if they will be taking a day off, both replied that they will be at their bars shoveling snow. It never stops…
What we’ve been reading
There are over 20,000 in homeless shelters. What is the Governor going to do? (Bronx Times)
An influx of New Yorkers is transforming Palm Beach into an outpost of the Hamptons. (Crain’s)
Aaaand, fanfare please for 6sqft’s Building of the Year!
Who are the city’s worst landlords? Read on… (Gothamist)
The vaccine is coming – when are we likely to get it? (Intelligencer)
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