Small Business

Brooklyn’s Minority-Owned Businesses Struggle to Bounce Back after COVID-19

Local leaders gathered for a virtual policy symposium held by the Center for an Urban Future

Jun 26, 2020 12:27 PM Read more >

Flatbush Man Launches Social Justice Clothing Line

Fifteen percent of the proceeds will be donated to non-profit social justice organizations.

Jun 22, 2020 3:30 PM Read more >

'Bring Back Brooklyn Fund' Launched to Help Small Businesses Recover From COVID-19

A fundraising campaign to save Brooklyn neighborhood businesses raises over $190,000 so far

Jun 9, 2020 10:15 AM Read more >

Brooklyn Publisher Auctioning Art to Raise Money For Children’s Books Imprint

Park Slope publisher Archipelago Books is holding an online art auction to raise funds for children’s imprint Elsewhere Editions

May 29, 2020 2:37 PM Read more >

Masking The Borough’s Police Force, Precinct by Precinct

Clothing designer Zam Barrett and his team are sewing more than 1000 face masks for Brooklyn’s police officers

May 22, 2020 12:53 PM Read more >

See How These Brooklyn Businesses Pivoted in Response to COVID-19

On the brink of survival, resilient companies reinvent themselves.

May 7, 2020 1:45 PM Read more >

Not Exactly Everyone is Cared For under the CARES Act ...

Undocumented immigrants and others hardest hit by Covid-19 are excluded from federal programs

May 4, 2020 3:50 PM Read more >

Brooklyn-Based Alcohol Distilleries Temporarily Convert to Make Hand Sanitizers

Due to an overwhelming demand for hand sanitizers, two Brooklyn-based distilleries have been forced to pivot

Apr 29, 2020 5:11 PM Read more >

BP Adams Calls for State Grants to Support Local Mask Manufacturers

Following the State's mandate that all NY'ers wear masks in public, BP Adams says contracts should go to local small businesses

Apr 16, 2020 12:31 PM Read more >

Coronavirus Knocks Down Brooklyn Gig Workers, But Don’t Count Them Out!

Freelancers, entrepreneurs and small business owners scramble to make the best of a bad situation.

Apr 1, 2020 4:13 PM Read more >