Business
An aid group, mainly, for African immigrants
By Henry Fernandez Planes, buses and blistered feet. Those modes of transit brought two dozen West African immigrants to the United States and, then, one June day to Afrikana, a Harlem nonprofit that helps immigrants build their American lives. Afrikana’s waiting room is where Sweet Mama’s Soul Food used to be. Those looking for help […]
Bookstore credits success to pandemic
By Marley Joseph Self-proclaimed visionaries Janifer Wilson and Kori Wilson, a mother-daughter duo, opened Sisters Uptown Bookstore in January 2000; however, they did not see success until after the pandemic began. They credit their survival during a period when many businesses closed, but the tally of independent bookstores such as Sisters continued to increase. According […]
“Rage” room helps the uptight unwind
By Brandon Henry She grabbed a baseball bat and used it to bust up a desktop computer and a flatscreen TV that had been propped against a brick wall. “I happen to prefer the glass. Today, it was the healthiest way to express my anger,” said the woman, referring to her objects of choice to […]
Young adults grapple with high living costs
By Salmoncain Smith-Shomade Tameka Pierre-Jean, a brand manager at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, has a master’s degree and five-plus years of marketing experience. But the 28-year-old Brooklyn native cannot afford to live on her own, given that the average rent on a 447 square-foot studio apartment, according to Apartment.com’s most recent data, was […]
Testing battery swap for delivery E-bikers
By Christian Thomas A six-month pilot program aims to ease the way for guys and gals who make deliveries to New Yorkers’ homes and offices via bicycle. PopWheels, a Brooklyn-based battery swap network, and bike repair workers from Spheara have partnered to outfit deliverers who travel by E-bikes with fully charged batteries from Swobbee. “We are […]
Black-owned fish shop survives Harlem’s shift
By Nicholas Bass Fish fried hard, a side of fries, two slices of bread. That’s what Donnice Washington orders every time she makes the 45-minute drive from upstate Westchester County to H pick up her favorites from Famous Fish Market on St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem. Just as that historic neighborhood’s Black population has declined […]
Making do with high grocery prices
By Cameron Belcher Walking into her regular supermarket in the East Village, these days, often makes, Jillian Vigon nervous. “I have to swallow kind of hard at certain items, said Vigon, of what have been some steadily rising prices. The costs of store-bought food increased by 23.5 percent from February 2020 to May 2023, according […]
One man’s journey from prison to profits
By Justin Mitchell When Derrick Faulcon returned home after 11 years in prison, he knew he had to make a change. “Nothing about prison made me want to hustle. I was a hustler before I got there. Nothing about prison made me dedicated. I was dedicated before I got there. That’s how I survived in […]