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New York City Businesses Are Barely Hanging On

Nearly one year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York, parts of the Big Apple look more like ghost towns, lined with shuttered storefronts, empty office buildings and businesses teetering on the edge of closure.

Now industry leaders and struggling store owners are calling on the city and state to turn things around — before it's too late.

"I'm not saying there will be an exodus in the city or the city is going to die" without help, said Gino Gigante, owner of the Lower East Side's Waypoint Cafe — where sales tanked from $500,000 in 2019 to just $80,000 last year.

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Small business owners adapt to stay afloat amid pandemic Nearly one year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York, parts of the Big Apple look more like ghost towns, lined with shuttered storefronts, empty office buildings and businesses teetering on the edge of closure.

Now industry leaders and struggling store [...]




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