NYC Businesses Already Hit by Covid Now Must Reopen Amid Rubble
- Across America, a new burden as commerce staggers forward
- Macy’s invaded, bodegas boarded up and helicopters overhead
A man steps through a broken storefront window in lower Manhattan on June 1.
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New York City’s reopening is days away. After months of lockdown, businesses were prepared for a marathon slog back to normal. Now, after days of rioting, many are crawling just to reach the start line.
Peaceful crowds have gathered in each of the five boroughs for the past five days to protest police killings of black people. Looters followed. They have broken windows and taken goods from small bodegas, icons of America’s commercial capital, and most everything in between.