by Emma Davey Between high rents, inflation, and an often unyielding bureaucracy, the city’s ecosystem of small businesses could use some help. These factors hollow out beloved commercial thoroughfares as businesses can no longer afford to stay open.
We see this every day in Greenpoint, where places such as The Wild, Pencil Factory, and GreenPot have been forced to shutter, leaving a hole in the community.
Earlier this month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Delia Awusi as
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