• The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation launched the Restaurant Employees Relief Fund. Read about it here: https://rerf.us/
• The House passed and the President has signed the CARES Act.

• Governor Cuomo issued a new Executive Order today extending school closures for another two weeks, declaring non-essential construction be halted and other non-restaurant related changes. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20211-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency

• Due to disruptions in NYC local government and the city's economy caused by the Covid-19 crisis, the Department of Sanitation has announced that they will delay their early processes for establishing commercial waste zones by at least a month. The Department still expects to issue an RFP for carters sometime this spring, and updates on timing will be expected in April. 

• Held a webinar today with Tenenbaum Law, COVID-19 Tax Relief – What Restaurants Need to Know. View the recording here.
• Next webinar is 3/31 at 1:30 pm: COVID-19 Paid Leave Obligations – What Restaurants Need to Know, presented by R. Scott DeLuca Esq., Kavinoky Cook LLP. Register here.
• A NYSRA member created a Best Practices for Takeout and Delivery document that was included in Small Bites today, you can view here  
• Melissa Fleischut, NYSRA President and CEO, filmed Empire State Weekly with Tim Lake, the segment will air on ABC and Fox throughout Upstate NY this weekend.
• The Albany Times Union ran a story about the sales tax issue for monthly filers, read here.

• NYSRA’s disability insurance carrier, Standard Security Life Insurance Company, will be extending the grace period for premium payments by 30 days. So, if your policy is going to cancel on 3/31/2020 the policy will be reinstated through 5/30/2020, not 4/30/2020.​