In the middle of January, the Small Business Administration (SBA) re-opened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This round of the PPP continues to prioritize millions of Americans employed by small businesses by authorizing up to $284 billion toward job retention and certain other expenses through March 31, 2021, and by allowing certain existing PPP borrowers […]
So, You Are Thinking of Going Into Trucking
Small businesses have been forced to drastically scale up their online operations to survive during the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumers have turned to online retailers for both essential and non-essential items during the pandemic, driving the e-commerce boom. Shopifly, an e-commerce enabler has seen its business skyrocket as a result leading Amazon (the largest e-commerce retailer) […]
Changing Consumer Trends Leads to Changing Real Estate Trends
The Covid-19 pandemic shifted how millions of Americans work, shop, and travel helping supercharge the e-commerce boom. To keep pace, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has expanded their successful neighborhood delivery program which aims to accommodate deliveries to residential streets by providing dedicated space at the curb for vehicles to safely conduct […]
Curtains Up NYC
New York City has created a new program called Curtains Up NYC that offers free application assistance for NYC businesses and nonprofits connected to live performance applying for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program of the federal government. This once thriving industry has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic as live venues will have been […]
Indoor Dining Set to Return in New York City
We have to walk and chew gum at the same time,” said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, at a press conference about loosening public health restrictions. “We respond to the data. We respond to the facts that we face today. Facts may change tomorrow.” The data is such that New York City will reopen indoor […]