Because nearly everything in NYC is shut down by the Coronavirus pandemic, we are suspending our usual list of weekend events. Instead, here's a virtual and streaming collection to see Broadway stars perform, visit a NYC museum, attend the Met opera, check out books from the library, even worship at a religious service - all FREE and all from the comfort of your home. Stay home, stay safe … [Read more...]
NYC Update: Helping the Helpers
Businesses and groups are stepping up to help NYC health and medical workers and others keeping us safe and sane in these stressful days. Here's an NYCOTC shout-out to these local and national companies helping the helpers with FREE services. Four Seasons Hotel The swanky Four Seasons Hotel on East 57th St. is providing FREE rooms to doctors, nurses and other medical personnel, to … [Read more...]
NYC Update: What’s Open, Closed, Cancelled, Postponed
Published March 12 - Latest Update Mar 27 @4am NYC has a 24-hour COVID-19 hotline available at: (888) 364-3065 for information up-to-date information. If you are part of an at-risk population such as a senior or immuno-compromised and want testing, call (844) NYC-4NYC, or call 311. Please do not call 911 unless it is a life-and-death emergency. 911 is … [Read more...]
Update: Virtual Tours & Performances This Week
Take a break from the bad news headlines, stay home safely, and enjoy these special weekday events from the NYC cultural institutions we cannot visit in person right now, including garden tours, museum tours, concerts and live chats with experts, all FREE. You can still enjoy spring and the best of New York City, virtually. Stay home and stay safe. NYCOTC Coronavirus Info … [Read more...]
NYC Update: Gov’t Resources for Help
If you've lost your job and worried about paying your rent, if you are a small business worried about paying your employees, if you are exhibiting symptoms or Covid-19, or just need somebody to talk to, here are NYC and NY State resources, including hotlines, that will help us all survive these stressful, even lonely, days. For the latest updates on how the NYC is responding to the … [Read more...]
Special Shopping Hours for Seniors & Vulnerable
Supermarkets and others selling food and cleaning products, along with banks, are offering special shopping hours for seniors and others who are most vulnerable to Coronavirus. In NYC that includes Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Key Food, Fairway, Stop & Shop. The special hours are before the stores open to the general public, with shelves which have been re-stocked overnight and freshly … [Read more...]
How to Get Help for Your Small Business in NYC
NYC is offering financial help for small businesses losing money because of Covid-19. Small businesses with fewer than five employees can get a grant to cover 40% of payroll costs for two months to help retain employees. Those are the mom-and-pop stores which remain the lifeblood of NYC. Businesses with between six and 100 employees can apply for zero interest loans of up to $75,000 to … [Read more...]
Protecting Yourself: Things to Do Now
Instead of scouring stores for toilet paper and anti-bacterial wipes, pasta and bread, here are five things you should be doing now and shopping for now, just in case stores close, you are quarantined or NYC is locked down. These tips apply whether you are in NYC or anywhere else affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, which means everywhere. Follow our new Coronavirus update hub, with … [Read more...]
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