New Yorkers are seeing where help is needed and filling in the gaps during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hornig Capital Partners brought in a pizza truck for first responders at St. Barnabas Hospital on Third Avenue in the Bronx. Workers lined up at safe social distances and give away 400 pizzas to doctors, nurses and other hospital workers.

The Rev. Terry Troia is the president of Project Hospitality. She says 77-year-old Nicky Mae cooked up six full trays of pasta for the homeless on Staten Island, and Chris Lacey, the owner of Lacey’s Bridge Tavern, made 50 quarts of marinara sauce.

Terry says 800 pounds of macaroni and 450 pounds of rice were donated in 10 days for Project Hospitality’s food pantries.

 

Transportation Alternatives is connecting people who need bikes for work or to make deliveries with people who have extra bikes to donate. There was more demand than supply until bike manufacturer Specialized stepped up and donated more than 200 bikes.

"A bicycle may be a small tool that you have, maybe that you don't use as much as you'd like to. It could serve an incredible purpose right now to somebody who has to get around, maybe in terms of feeding New Yorkers or to get to their jobs as front-line workers," said Danny Harris, the executive director of Transportation Alternatives. It's a small but really meaningful way that you can help the front line do the work that's so needed for our city right now."