He was focused on New York City, where the damage has been especially severe. Marcus had to close her nearly three-year-old restaurant, West-bourne, in downtown Manhattan in September and is a founder of ROAR (Relief Opportunities for All Restaurants), which lobbies and raises relief funds for unemployed restaurant workers. “I’m not an economist,” Marcus said, “but how that doesn’t deserve an industry-specific relief package is beyond me.” Me, too. The House passed such legislation two and a half months ago, but the Senate didn’t follow suit. “For most people in our industry, 90 cents of every dollar that we make goes back into the economy in one form or another,” Stulman told me.

Source: New York Times December 19, 2020 19:52 UTC