Bill includes stimulus checks for most Americans but no direct support for the hard-hit restaurant industry
After months of partisan negotiations and stalemates, the U.S. House of Representatives, followed by the Senate hours later, voted to approve the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package on Monday night, which includes $284 billion in another round of Paycheck Protection Program loans. The 5,593-page bill that linked pandemic aid with Congress $1.4 trillion annual spending bill the longest ever passed by Congress, according to the Associated Press arrived on lawmakers desks at 2:00 pm EST, just hours before they were expected to vote on it. The bill now heads to President Trump s desk.
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NEW YORK – Billy Cole said the restaurant has lost tens of thousands of dollars since the start of the pandemic, if not $100,000.
Workers have been furloughed and salaries cut at Little Dokebi, a Korean restaurant in Brooklyn s Greenpoint neighborhood. Despite the losses, it s been one of the lucky ones because it s on a corner with plenty of outdoor dining space, said Cole, the general manager.
After this week s snowstorm signaled the start of cold weather and the governor renewed a ban on indoor dining, Cole knows it s going to be almost exclusively takeout and delivery orders that drive business for the next several months.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) Life in communities across the Tri-State area is bouncing back Friday morning, after a nor easter dumped significant amounts of snow.
Despite the amount of snow on the ground, New York City school buildings are back open for in-person learning Friday.
Students were at home for remote learning yesterday.
Today elementary students will have to trek through potentially treacherous black ice situations to get back in the classroom.
CeFaan Kim has more on the reopening of outdoor dining in New York City following Wednesday s nor easter.
Meantime, the storm s impact on outdoor dining has come to an end, with restaurants allowed to resume Thursday at 6 p.m.