Disaster Aid For NYC Businesses

As New York City begins its recovery from Hurricane Sandy, business owners face daunting challenges. They need to know what programs are available to help them recover from the effects of the storm. Here are some key sources of assistance that are coordinated by the New York City Department of Small Business Services and the New York City Economic Development Corporation:

Dear Friend:

As New York City begins its recovery from Hurricane Sandy, business owners face daunting challenges. They need to know what programs are available to help them recover from the effects of the storm.

Here are some key sources of assistance that are coordinated by the New York City Department of Small Business Services and the New York City Economic Development Corporation:

For small to mid-sized businesses that are facing business interruption, NYC Business Emergency Loans will be available, with loans capped at $10,000. For information, click on this link or call 311.

For businesses facing displacement, the City is making short-term “swing” office space available at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, free of charge for 30 days. EDC has about 40,000 square feet of space at the Terminal that is now available for this use. Learn more.

For businesses requiring other emergency assistance the SBS Business Outreach Team and Emergency Response Unit is available to help impacted small businesses. Learn more.

For mid-to-large-sized businesses that need to undertake rebuilding, an emergency sales tax letter from New York City Industrial Development Authority (IDA) is available to allow businesses to avoid payment of New York City and New York State sales taxes on materials purchased for rebuilding. Please contact Shin Mitsugi at smitsugi@nycedc.com for information.

In addition, the following Federal Aid Programs for State of New York Disaster Recovery are available:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides loans for business property losses not fully compensated by insurance, and for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes that have suffered disaster-related cash flow problems and need funds for working capital to recover from the disaster. To learn more contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at www.disasterassistance.gov or by calling (800) 621-3362.

In addition, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides loans to individuals, families and businesses in an area whose property has been damaged or destroyed following a Presidential-declared disaster (such as Hurricane Sandy), and whose losses are not covered by insurance. To learn more, contact the SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center by calling (800) 659-2955.

Further information about these programs and others is available in Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s Guide to Disaster Assistance and Relief Funding and Senator Charles Schumer’s Hurricane Sandy recovery website.

Sincerely,

Scott M. Stringer,
Manhattan Borough President

Comments

[Yochanan Lavie]

Apologies to "Grease" (Summer Nights):

[Rabbi]
Super storm, God's anger blasts

[Sandy]
Super storm, USA bashed

[Rabbi]
I saw a phone, internet's free

[Sandy]
Jews who use, must punished be

[Both]
Super storm blastin' all morn, and oy-vey those stormy frights

[Everyone]
Uh Nu-a nu-a nu-a huh

[Pirchei choir]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Amnon]
Did it get very far?

[Kollel boys]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Shmarya]
Like did he write a shtar?

[Everyone]
oy-vey-oy-vey-oy-vey-oy-vey

[Rabbi]
She stormed by me, 'cause Gays did vamp

[Sandy]
I ran by him, got his shul damp

[Rabbi]
I blame my wife, her stockings were down

[Sandy]
He showed off, schukling around

[Both]
Super storm, climate's too warm, but oy-vey theodicy bites

[Everyone]
Uh nu-a nu-a nu-a huh

[Pirchei choir]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Nosson Leiter]
Was God's vengeance alight?

[Kollel boys]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Amnon]
Did God show us His might?

[Everyone]
oy-vey-oy-vey-oy-vey-oy-vey

[Rabbi]
Greenwich Village cancelled parade

[Sandy]
I went storming, Sea Gate was splayed

[Rabbi]
I gave a sermon that's schlock

[Sandy]
I stayed on, tchineks were hocked

[Both]
Stormy zing, this time it stings, but oy-vey those stormy frights

[Everyone]
Uh nu-a nu-a nu-a huh

[Pirchei choir]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Putzie]
But don't marry a fag

[Kollel boys]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Shmarya]
The rabbi is a douche bag..

[Everyone]
shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop,shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop, shoo-bop bop, YEH

[Sandy]
I got angry, when I hit land

[Rabbi]
She got angry, because we are damned

[Sandy]
On Israel, Obama ain't keen

[Rabbi]
Only Germany would sell submarines

[Everyone]
Woah!

[Both]
You must eat only Glatt Kosher meat, or oy-vey those stormy frights

[Everyone]
oy, oy, oy

[Pirchei choir]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Skeptic]
How much dough must we spend?

[Kollel boys]
Tell me more, tell me more

[Troll]
Could we make our amends?

[Sandy]
It turned colder - that's where it ends

[Rabbi]
Get a boner, it'll start again

[Sandy]
Through the Tri-state region I'll plow

[Rabbi]
Wonder why I'm holier than thou?

[Both]
Storm extremes make rabbis scheme,
bu-ut oy, those Storm-my frights....

[Everyone]
Tell me more, tell me more!

[Hashtin_al_Hakir]

Just watch how the moisdis are going to rake in millions.

[Mike Cornelia]

I feel bad for the businesses who did not prepare for this. I am sure most of them had a contingency plan or disaster recovery service as a backup plan, but for those who didn't and got wrecked by Sandy are going to have a terrible time setting everything in there business back in order. I had a brother who lost just about everything at his company and all they have been doing is contacting client's informing them of the news. It is a very sad time for business-owners who did not prepare properly.

[restaurant loans]

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