Ellen DeGeneres is turning the spotlight on the people giving back in hard times. On Monday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” the host talks remotely with Brooklyn landlord Mario Salerno who waived April rent for his 200 tenants because of the coronavirus crisis.
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And to me, it wasn’t part of the money because that’s irrelevant to a human life, and I had tenants come to me crying, telling me they couldn’t afford not even to put a meal on their table. “So, I thought it over after the first and the second