Nicotra’s COMMONS café, a quick-service eatery where 100% of the profits go to charities in Staten Island, has inspired friends to tell Nicotra that he’s created a Newman-style philanthropic business model for this millennium. At the café, your meal is on a mission to make you “Eat Good. Do Good.” Established in 2011 with the […]

“Staten Island, NY–There are many Girl Scouts on Staten Island doing amazing things in the community. The first troop serving our community with a wonderful service project is troop 5705 led by Laura Driscoll. Every year, the girls in troop 5705 go to Resurrection Cemetery and place flags on the veteran’s tombstones in honor of […]

“STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Philanthropists Lois and Richard Nicotra gathered Wednesday at the COMMONS Café in Bloomfield to distribute $84,539 in funding to 61 grant and scholarship recipients. And for the first time, the Nicotra Foundation presented the COMMONS Café employees each with $100 American Express gift cards so they could become philanthropists as well […]

On October 17, 2018, philanthropists Lois and Richard Nicotra gathered at the COMMONS café, their Bloomfield social enterprise eatery where 100% of the profits are awarded in grants and scholarships, with 61 grant recipients as The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation shared $84,539 in funding. For the first time, the Nicotra Foundation presented the COMMONS […]

Dawn Mormile was worried. She had lost her job at Toys “R” Us in March when the retailer went belly up. But thanks to the red-hot economy, the mother of four was not out of work for long. Within two months, she landed a job at the COMMONS Cafe in the Teleport, Staten Island’s largest […]

proceeds from a Pop Up Commons Cafe Community Day held at Richard and Lois Nictora’s Hilton Garden Inn complex in Bloomfield will also go to the the team. Read Full Article