“How do we survive?”: Subway station retailers struggle

Retailers whose shops are located within the New York City subway have returned to one question since the pandemic hit: “How do we survive?” Since March, 77 of the 321 retail businesses that operate underground have permanently closed, the New York Times reported. “We don’t have tourists, people are all working from home. We have nothing,” Jairo Cardenas, whose shoe shine business is within the sprawling Times Square station, told the Times. Restaurants and retails

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