A remote recovery challenges AA members, and substance abuse rehabilitation on Long Island
By Claudia Motley Around 500 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings across New York have closed since March 22 as the result of the COVID-19 outbreak, and […]
Planning For New Hicksville Development Is Postponed Due To COVID-19
By Kimberly Brown A Town of Oyster Bay meeting to discuss a plan to turn an abandoned 250,000 square foot Sears property in Hicksville into […]
Patchogue hosts virtual bar crawl on saturday for 80 homes and makes 320 deliveres in eight hours
By Cece Cruz Over 300 food and drink deliveries were made over the course of eight hours to 80 homes on Saturday, March 28 as […]
Undocumented immigrants struggle across Westchester as coronavirus furloughs continue to rise
By James Bowen Any other sunny spring day, Mario Cabrera would be catering Spanish cuisine in downtown White Plains. But not today. The streets are […]
Food banks and restaurants step up to help communities in need amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Kelly Alvarado and Rabia Gursoy Paul and Alex Todaro, a senior couple, are the only volunteers left at the Long Island Cares center on […]
Parishes may see increased engagement as churches move online in response to COVID-19
By Nicholas Wurm and Sabrina Liguori The chapel inside Port Jefferson Station’s Saint Gerard Majella Roman Catholic Church is much smaller than the space formerly […]
Brooklyn Community Foundation grants local nonprofits through COVID-19 Response Fund
By Cindy Mizaku The sounds of ruffling bags packed with cans of Furman’s tomato sauce and cartons of milk pierced the silence in Bed-Stuy’s empty […]
Rochester Lilac Festival canceled due to COVID-19
By Sasha Podzorov ROCHESTER, N.Y.- The Rochester Lilac Festival, originally scheduled for May 8 to 17, was canceled by its organizers on March 20 due […]
Latinos on Long Island suffer as 45 percent of their community have lost their jobs due to coronavirus
By Maya Brown Juan Fuentes has been a waiter at The Cuban, a restaurant in Garden City, New York, for almost four years. There, the […]
Religious Jewish practice adjusts in the wake of the Coronavirus
By Andrew Zucker On March 13, 2020, in an attempt to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Rabbis from more than 10 synagogues […]