Was the Storm Good or Bad For Your Business?
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Amina Serna, filling in for Brian today. |
| 0:13.1 | And to end the show today, let's try again with a call-in we never got to with Brian yesterday. |
| 0:19.2 | Call in and tell us if your livelihood has been affected by the weekend storm or the ongoing |
| 0:24.7 | sub-freezing temperatures. |
| 0:27.1 | Yes, for better or for worse, give us a call now at 212-433 WNYC. |
| 0:33.7 | That's 212-433-9-6-92. |
| 0:39.7 | Whose business picked up? |
| 0:42.2 | Wine stores maybe, cannabis businesses, car washes, snow shovelers, and whose businesses |
| 0:49.0 | suffered? |
| 0:50.2 | Restaurants and bars, maybe, brick-and-mortar stores? |
| 0:53.1 | Tell us your story on either side of that at 212-433 W-N-YC. That's 212-433-9-6-9-2. |
| 1:05.7 | And have things adjusted as people have figured out that we're stuck with a cold and how to wrap up and get around. |
| 1:12.7 | Help us report this story on your very local winter economy. |
| 1:17.7 | 212-433 W-NYC. |
| 1:21.6 | That's 212-433-9-6-92. |
| 1:27.2 | Maybe you own a hardware store. Is it sold out of shovels and salt? Was the event you were |
| 1:34.4 | to cater maybe canceled? Heating oil dealers and boiler repairment, are you too busy? Are there more |
| 1:43.4 | discounts for theater tickets? Tell us how it's going for |
| 1:47.3 | your business at 212-433 WNYC. That's 212-433-9-692. And what does this weather mean for |
| 1:57.7 | taxis and rideshare drivers? Is driving more stressful, but maybe more in |
| 2:03.2 | demand? Landscapers, do you switch to snowblowing from leaf blowing? Tell us about your business. |
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