A new landlord will open an 800-seat restaurant as part of a major multimillion-dollar makeover.
Retail
Posted inCity Government, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Health, Retail
City to Cough Up Half a Million for Community Gift Cards
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene intends to use Target, Amazon and Walgreens gift cards to boost community engagement.
Posted inHow to New York
What To Do When Your Pet Dies in New York City
Children are not the only ones wondering where pets go when they die. Here are your options for disposing of deceased animals’ remains respectfully.
Posted inHow to New York
Your Guide to Legal Cannabis in New York City: Where to Buy and How it Works
Which weed dispensaries are officially open? What about legal delivery? Can you grow a plant? And more burning questions about the rollout of recreational consumption in the city.
Posted inFAQ NYC
LISTEN: A Plan for a Retail Revival
Jonathan Bowles of the Center for an Urban Future lays out the group’s ideas for what government can do to help new small businesses prosper. Subscribe to the FAQ NYC podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever podcasts are found.
Posted inRetail
Retail Jobs Vanish Even as Local Economy Recovers
Manhattan has 20% fewer store employees than before the pandemic — and Amazon is a prime reason.
Posted inUnions
Workers Start Union Vote at Lower East Side Trader Joe’s
The Essex Crossing location is poised to be the grocery chain’s first in the city to organize, following failed campaigns at two other NYC locations.
Posted inFood
Lunar New Year is Prime Time for Flushing’s Live Poultry Markets
The city’s live bird markets and slaughterhouses are, well, playing chicken with animal rights organizations pushing to permanently ban new operations here.
Posted inHealth, Retail, The Bronx
Big Chain Drugstores Close Branches Across the East Bronx
At least three big-box pharmacy locations have shuttered since February, forcing residents to travel longer distances to wait in longer lines.
Posted inLabor
Workers at Starbucks-Amazon Hybrid Store Seek Union, Say They’re Doing Two Jobs for Price of One
‘I am at the epicenter of two anti-worker, anti-union corporations,’ says an employee in The New York Times building’s convenience store-cafe combo.