NEW YORK — When DonChristian Jones founded Public Assistants in the summer of 2020, he had no idea it would quickly become a cultural hub.
At the time, the city was going through a huge uprising after back-to-back incidents of police brutality around the country and the COVID-19 pandemic upending the economy.
“People were hitting the streets for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and all of my peers, students, and family were out of work, lacking health care, really enraged, and needed outlets to express their feelings,” said Jones. “I just realized we needed a place to commune safely and create, if only just, like, feed each other, rest
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