. >> michael bednark: we employed about 120 full-time employees at bednark studio. >> pelley: michael owns a brooklyn design and fabrication company that makes displays for retailers. >> bednark: we laid off about 25% of our staff, about 30 people. we made, basically a pay-cut across the board for everyone, so a wage reduction. >> pelley: his factory builds in wood, glass, metal and plastic. he has enough contracts at the moment to last about a month and a half. >> bednark: we sort of just were trying to stay positive, find a way to get through six weeks. and hopefully on the other side there'd be something to do. >> pelley: and you found a way. >> bednark: we did. >> pelley: overnight, working with a partner, bednark is now manufacturing gear for hospitals. the minimum pay here is $18 an hour. they're making 27,000 face shields a day. the new york department of health wants to buy half a million. so you were forced to lay off about 30 people. and now you've hired how many? >> bednark: we've probably hired close to 100 ourselves. there's probably about 300-400 people working on this p

. >> reporter: overnight, working with a partner bednark is now manufacturing gear for hospitals.he minimum pay here is $18 an hour. they're making 27,000 face shields a day. the new york department of health wants to buy half a million. >>> so, you were forced to layoff about 30 people, and now you've hired how many? >> we've probably hired close to 100 ourselves. there's probably about 300 or 400 people working on this project. we have truck drivers and we have -- then we have auxiliary people working on it every day. we get lunch served by a local restaurant. they deliver 160 box lunches. >> reporter: a restaurant that was closed except for take-out is now deliveringyouracek ftory >> ephe funds in brooklyn, keep the funds in new york, help people help others. so by, you know, giving them a lunch, we can employ ten, 15 people at a restaurant each day. >> reporter: we actually heard a lot of stories of empathy. alicia navaro from melba's cooked up one way to help. >> i studied how to do homemade hand sanitizers, lysol, homemade masks to people who are unfortunate and who can't af