Astoria Restaurants Team Up with Nonprofits to Feed the Community

A unique three-way partnership that both feeds the hungry and helps restaurateurs
By Paroma Soni on March 3, 2021.
High school students curate an exhibit in the Bronx Museum, focusing on the positive aspects of their communities
By Paroma Soni on February 23, 2021.
The move signals economic relief for a struggling industry, but public health concerns remain strong
By Remmy Bahati on February 18, 2021.
Most are, it seems, and the police are armed with $50 fines for those who won’t
By Christopher Alvarez on February 12, 2021.
A pair of artists turn the white stuff into giant sculptures
By Tricia Crimmins on February 11, 2021.
VaccineFinder.NYC.Gov doesn’t aggregate appointments, so New Yorkers did it themselves
By Madeline Renbarger on February 8, 2021 Fresh Start Market, GPK Foundation America, Queens Together Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Queens
A unique three-way partnership that both feeds the hungry and helps restaurateurs
By Paroma Soni on February 5, 2021 covid-19, Farmers' Market, South Bronx Bronx, Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Public Health
How local nonprofits work with the city to bring healthy produce to the Bronx
By Tricia Crimmins on January 29, 2021 Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Public Health
Due to her high-risk status for COVID-19, Donna Hartz, 66, of Rego Park, Queens, has adapted to only leaving her house for doctor’s appointments concerning her rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, Sjogren’s disease, diabetes, and small fiber neuropathy, among other autoimmune disease. “I’ve been in the house almost a year,” said Hartz, who tried registering to get […]
By Tricia Crimmins on January 26, 2021 NYC & Company, Restaurant Week Business, Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic
This year’s event is more about survival than marketing
By Staff on May 30, 2020 Coronavirus
In February, whispers of a deadly virus began to intensify. By March, the whispers had become a crescendo, the only thing anyone could hear. Coronavirus infiltrated the city and suddenly, within days, New York became the nation’s epicenter of the viral pandemic. Emergency tents popped up in Central Park, a Navy hospital ship docked at […]
By Staff on May 20, 2020 Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Multimedia, Video
How one Brooklyn soup kitchen is fighting to feed those in need
By Aryana Noroozi on May 17, 2020 Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic
Will incoming college freshmen start school in the same place they are now—at home, within the four walls of their rooms?
By Angie Hernandez Pena on May 16, 2020 barbers, coronavirus, New York, unemployment Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Uncategorized
By Aryana Noroozi on May 15, 2020 Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Multimedia, Video
How does it feel to social distance separately from your partner?
By Staff on May 12, 2020 Coronavirus
Behind every statistic about deaths in New York City is a person who touched other lives in ways big and small.
By TuAnh Dam on May 12, 2020 contact tracing, coronavirus, privacy, Technology Coronavirus, Healthcare, Multimedia, Politics & Policy, Video
What will post-coronavirus contact tracing look like in New York City?
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