coronavirus

Grand Central Terminal’s tenants are staging a rent strike. Some 20 retailers located in the posh Manhattan train station fired off coordinated e-mails to their Metropolitan Transportation Authority landlord on Thursday, informing the transportation agency that they can’t pay their April rent. The uprising — in the form of boilerplate e-mails — is being backed …

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday ordered General Electric and five other companies to begin manufacturing ventilators amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak, invoking the Defense Production Act for the second time. In a White House memo, Trump announced he had authorized General Electric, Hill-Rom Holdings, Medtronic, ResMed, Philips and Vyaire to begin manufacturing the desperately …

Fountains of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger’s loved ones had been “optimistic” that he was on the mend before he succumbed Wednesday to coronavirus complications, according to longtime collaborators. “This came out of the blue,” said J.J. Sedelmaier, an animator who worked with the New Jersey native for over 20 years. The 52-year-old Grammy-winning songwriter had …

A Manhattan federal court judge has ordered rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine released from federal custody and into home confinement amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York, according to court papers unsealed Thursday. The order by Judge Paul Engelmayer said the rapper-turned-snitch should be released “immediately” from the private prison in Queens where he is being held …

Chris Hurn, founder of Fountainhead Commercial Capital, has received 7,400 small business loan requests in the past two weeks, more than his business has handled in its five years of existence. The Lake Mary, Florida-based non-bank lender is just one of thousands of financial institutions across the country preparing to dole out $349 billion in …

As the federal government prepares to launch a $349 billion loan program meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, critics have growing concerns that some mom-and-pop shops might get squeezed out. The Paycheck Protection Program — part of the $2 trillion relief package signed into law last week — was billed as a …

Jessica Chastain is doing her part to help out New York City’s healthcare workers. Page Six has learned that the Oscar-nominated actress, 43, donated snack boxes to emergency room and intensive care unit staff working with COVID-19 patients at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side. The boxes, which were seen by Page Six, …

Cardi B has set the record straight about her health by saying her recent hospital visit had nothing to do with coronavirus. The rapper sparked concern among fans after she tweeted and deleted that she had checked herself into ER on Wednesday, but it turns out she was dealing with stomach problems, not coronavirus. “I’ve …

Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun outlined a plan of voluntary layoffs for employees on Thursday, while warning that the coronavirus pandemic would have a lasting impact on the global aerospace industry. Under the plan, eligible employees who want to exit the company will be offered pay and benefits package, Calhoun said in a memo. “We’re …

Janet Jackson has a message for Americans who aren’t taking social distancing seriously while coronavirus cases soar across the country. “Can y’all just stay inside?,” Jackson tweeted with a smiley face emoji on Thursday, “I got sh-t to do in June.” The singer’s cheeky plea may have to do with her upcoming “Black Diamond” world …