• Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce launches coronavirus loan program

    Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce launches coronavirus loan program

    Small businesses in Brooklyn have a new chance to score a coronavirus loan — and they won’t have to negotiate the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program to get it. Starting Tuesday, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will give out loans of up to $30,000 to any shop owner who has been hurt by the pandemic …
  • Eleven Madison Park chef will keep feeding needy New Yorkers after coronavirus

    Eleven Madison Park chef will keep feeding needy New Yorkers after coronavirus

    Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park will be changing the way he runs his restaurant after the pandemic lifts to better help feed the hungry, Side Dish has learned. Humm, whose three-starred Michelin restaurant was named the world’s best in 2017, is amping up his role at a non-profit, Rethink Food NYC, to become its top …
  • Out-of-work chefs are leaving NYC to cook for billionaires

    Out-of-work chefs are leaving NYC to cook for billionaires

    Chefs from some of New York City’s top restaurants are leaving the business to work for billionaires after losing their jobs to the coronavirus, Side Dish has learned. Out-of-work chefs from Jean-Georges, Daniel, Eleven Madison Park, Per Se and Gramercy Tavern are being poached by talent agents and even real estate brokers to work for …
  • Broadway actors dig deep to weather storm during coronavirus shutdown

    Broadway actors dig deep to weather storm during coronavirus shutdown

    “Les Miserables” Tony nominee Judy Kuhn was three weeks away from being eligible for health insurance when rehearsals for her off-Broadway show shut down because of the coronavirus. Still, she considers herself one of the luckier ones in New York’s tight theatrical community — at least she has a nest egg and her husband’s medical …
  • The unavoidable emotions of playing golf in coronavirus age

    The unavoidable emotions of playing golf in coronavirus age

    This was never going to be an ordinary round of golf. That was apparent the moment I lay my head on the pillow Friday night, my mind already racing thinking about playing golf at 8 o’clock Saturday morning in what was going to be my first round in the COVID-19 age. I had a difficult …
  • Michael Conforto’s Mets future could change due to coronavirus crisis

    Michael Conforto’s Mets future could change due to coronavirus crisis

    This was going to be relatively simple for Michael Conforto. He was going to make $8 million this year. Then, with a now familiar season of above-average production, Conforto was looking at a 2021 of no less than $12 million. At that point, as Conforto entered free agency, Scott Boras would come up with a …
  • American Airlines keeps NYC crews grounded amid coronavirus pandemic

    American Airlines keeps NYC crews grounded amid coronavirus pandemic

    The coronavirus is bringing even more pain to the nation’s hobbled airlines as American Airlines informed its New York-based flight crews they will be grounded for at least another month as the carrier slashes its June schedule. “We’re announcing the difficult decision to extend temporary pause done by LGA-based [LaGuardia Airport] flight attendants. While we …
  • New York quietly conducting coronavirus tests at grocery stores

    New York quietly conducting coronavirus tests at grocery stores

    Gov. Cuomo has quietly begun recruiting grocery stores in a bid to widen the state’s coronavirus testing program, The Post has learned. Tests for the deadly bug — a key tool for pinpointing infection hotspots as officials look to ease lockdowns — are now being administered at an undisclosed number of supermarkets statewide as officials …
  • Broadway theater producers working with Cuomo on re-opening process

    Broadway theater producers working with Cuomo on re-opening process

    EXCLUSIVE: Despite recent, scattered press reports suggesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was snubbing Broadway by shutting the industry out of his New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board, the state and the theater industry are working closely on how to re-start, Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, tells Deadline. “We are completely aligned …
  • ‘The Punisher,’ ‘Luke Cage’ art director Matteo De Cosmo dies of coronavirus at 52

    ‘The Punisher,’ ‘Luke Cage’ art director Matteo De Cosmo dies of coronavirus at 52

    Veteran art director Matteo De Cosmo, who worked on several ABC Studios-produced shows including “Emergence,” “The Punisher” and “Luke Cage,” has died of complications from the coronavirus, the studio revealed Friday. De Cosmo, who was based in New York, died April 21. He was 52. Most recently, De Cosmo had worked on the ABC Studios-produced …