BENSONHURST — Emanuele Alaimo couldn’t predict that in the middle of Lent, a pandemic was going to impact his Brooklyn-based small business. He said the economic effects of coronavirus are just getting started.
“As I said, it will get a lot worse before it gets better,” Alaimo said. “By next week, the unemployment rate will skyrocket. Hold on tight.”
Alaimo is the owner of Villabate Alba, the family-owned Italian bakery and a culinary
staple for the local Catholic community…
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