Legal Services NYC Creates New Guide to Help Small Businesses Fight Eviction After Moratorium Lifts

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Legal Services NYC, in partnership with the Law Office of Daniel F. Pepitone, PLLC, announced “A Commercial Tenant’s Guide to Landlord Disputes: Understanding Court Procedure and Answering Petitions or Complaints in NYC,” a new guide to help small business owners … Read More

Council Votes to Protect Small Businesses by Extending Third-Party Delivery App Fee Caps

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Photo credit: Alessandro Biascioli Continuing the vital work of protecting New York City’s small businesses, the Council voted on July 29, 2021 to extend measures passed earlier in the pandemic to help keep these businesses afloat. The first of these … Read More

SBS Commissioner Doris, Melba Wilson and community leaders visit Harlem Businesses

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Photos credit: Bill Moore NYC Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Jonnel Doris and community leaders toured small businesses in Harlem on July 20, 2021 to promote the Shop Your City campaign, a City initiative to encourage New Yorkers to support … Read More

Get ready Black businesses, $380 billion for small businesses are in the pipeline

Coronavirus : Get ready Black businesses, $380 billion for small businesses are in the pipeline

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Photo credit: Tatomm  Lawrence King explains how black businesses could increase their chances of getting COVID-19 financial assistance   Arva Rice shares concerns about exhaustion of SBA Loans and impact on black businesses in Harlem Congressman Espaillat discusses undocumented … Read More

Coronavirus : What’s next for Black businesses with SBA funding exhausted and SBS loan on pause?

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 Africa in Harlem spoke with the Small Business Administration District Director Beth Goldberg after SBA and the Department of Treasury announced that the funding for the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance (EIDL/Advance) was exhausted … Read More