As New York State begins the process of reopening in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a mix of mandatory procedures and best-recommended practices, per industry will shape what businesses look like as they return. Each reopening business must develop a written Safety Plan outlining how its workplace will prevent the spread of COVID-19. A […]
Help New York City Design a Restaurant Recovery Plan
As small businesses, in general, have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, hospitality has been particularly devastated. About 80% of New York’s hospitality workforce has been either laid off or furloughed. As New York begins to take the slow steps to reopen, The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is working […]
CDC Issues COVID-19 Guidance for Truck Drivers and Companies
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has issued COVID-19 related guidance for both truck drivers and their employers. Steps for Drivers: Notify your supervisor and stay home if having symptoms. Make a plan with your employer and your family as to what to do if you become sick while you’re on the road. Include where to […]
New York’s Four Phases of Reopening
As New York State continues to flatten the Covid-19 curve the state and region look to begin the gradual process of reopening. Governor Andrew Cuomo first outlined the initial phases of reopening. He then further outlined data-driven principles to open New York safely by region as well as appointed a mixed bag (more on this below) advisory […]
Operation Main Street – Gift Cards for COVID-19
Small businesses represent the heart and soul of a community, they are the social, cultural, and economic backbone of neighborhoods, none more so than restaurants and bars. Unfortunately, hospitality in New York City has been the hardest hit industry, in the hardest-hit state, in the hardest-hit city of the Covid-19 pandemic. About 80% of the […]