Lost demo founder Sashalee King wants you to start dreaming again
Sashalee King wants you to get back to that thing you were passionate about as a kid. King is the founder and CEO of Lost Demo, a fledgling company that…
NYC Football Club to donate 100,000 meals in South Bronx
The South Bronx-based New York City Football Club has announced it will donate 100,000 meals to local residents, to help ease the hardships caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. The soccer…
Bronx sees 2200% increase in unemployment claims
“Amar from the Bronx” called into the Brian Lehrer Show, a radio program that covers local and national issues, on Monday during the segment “Your Unemployment Questions Answered.” He hasn’t…
Bronx businesses ask: Where’s that promised Covid-19 help?
Business is down 90 percent at Metro Optics since the Coronavirus hit, and only one of its five Bronx branches remains open. Still, owner John Bonizio has continued to pay…
New delivery app seeks to keep bodega doors open
No one had to tell Bronx residents that bodegas are an “essential business” – a place where at any time, you can grab a BLT or a carton of eggs,…
Mounting challenges don’t stop local churches
As the Coronavirus continues its spread, Churches in the South Bronx are adjusting to the challenges of providing food and prayer services to their congregations, even as their own finances…
How churches are staying connected to their flocks during Covid-19
While Covid-19 has suspended all in-person group services in the South Bronx, many churches are employing the latest digital technologies to boost morale and ensure the parishioners can remain connected…
No masks for NYCHA staffers working in tenant apartments
Outside the Tompkins Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY An combustible mix of workers without masks entering apartments to make repairs, an aging tenant population and a lack of…