This 33 year-old barber set up shop in Central Park to help New Yorkers at the beginning of the coronavirus shut down.
A year later, James can still be found near Strawberry Fields under a pergola offering free haircuts. Donations are accepted. Clients customarily pay him the typical price of a barber’s cut
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in the Big Apple: $20 or $30. He has received as little as $1 and as much as $200 though.
James started offering free haircuts in the park in May 2020 after pandemic restrictions temporarily closed all non-essential businesses in New York, including the shop where he was working.
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