NEW YORK (Reuters) â After more than a year of being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, New York City restaurants reopened indoor dining to 100% capacity this week, but a shortage of hospitality workers has left some restaurant and bar owners scrambling.
Pat Hughes, owner of Manhattan bar Scruffy Duffy s, which has been shuttered for more than a year, said the bar would not reopen until he finds a good bartender - but feared that with people earning more collecting unemployment benefits and pandemic assistance that may be difficult. If you re on unemployment, you re receiving. $750 take home (weekly). So if you re working in a bar or restaurant, you re not making that kind of money, Hughes said.
The Prudential Foundation donated $60 for every person down there and we were able to give a check for $109,000 to the New York City Police and Fire Widows.
A Jewish man headed toward a pro-Israel rally over the current conflict in the Gaza Strip was beaten by a mob in New York City's Times Square earlier this week, with the.
Calera woman accused of stealing $120k in welfare, housing benefits in NYC New York City (Source: KLTV) By WBRC Staff | May 19, 2021 at 12:26 PM CDT - Updated May 19 at 12:29 PM
NEW YORK, New York (WBRC) - A Calera woman was arrested and charged with several counts after prosecutors said she committed welfare fraud and stole more than $120,000 in welfare and housing benefits in New York.
New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro said 57-year-old Latonja Serling allegedly collected nearly $70,000 in welfare benefits in New York State by misreporting her residency, employment and marriage status and using two different Social Security numbers. Prosecutors said she also misrepresented her residence to obtain New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) rental benefits in excess of $50,000.