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Several organizations and companies are offering
emergency business assistance. To help your business find the right
sort of assistance, DbC has culled links to government agencies
and also to organizations in the Internet and IT community with
business relief programs. DbC will maintain this page till the material
needs abate.
FEMA has redesigned their Web site so nothing is where it was. The
information is better organized, partly because so much has been
excised. However, there is an excellent reference
page listing the plethora of assistance organizations, the programs
they administer, and their contact information.
After having been earlier so directly solicitous of business owners,
the FEMA site now appears to palm them off to the SBA, SEMO, and
NYC (see below).
However, any business in need of financial assistance should first
register with FEMA. FEMA is now taking business information and
distributing applications at just one NYC location, 141 Worth St.
You can register by telephone at .
For more information call the help line at .
FEMA has obligated more than $970 million to date to the state of
New York for emergency response and recovery work.
Please report knowledge of fraudulent claims to the Inspector General's
FEMA Fraud Hotline: ;
or click
here.
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This SBA page links to information on Physical Disaster Business
Loans, Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for Small Businesses,
and Disaster Assistance Loans for Homes & Personal Property.
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SEMO is the State government entity that coordinates emergency management
services. The site has a comprehensive links
page and phone
contacts page.
The Office of the Attorney General has also posted a site, WTC
Relief Info, to help families and businesses sort through various
charity and assistance resources. For the relevant page for businesses,
click
here.
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This site now acts as a transit point to WTC business recovery assistance
elsewhere on the Internet.
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The ESD supports a variety of business recovery programs. Walk-in
assistance can be sought during normal business hours at 633 Third
Avenue, 31st flr., between 40th and 41st Streets. Phone:
(); e-mail: esd@empire.state.ny.us.
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This is the Web site of the New York City Economic Development Corporation
(EDC). The EDC sponsors several assistance and restoration programs
for businesses affected by the September 11 attacks, so it's worth
clicking around. The site lists recovery
and assistance grants and long-term
business restoration services, including several databanks of
business donations of space, goods, and services. All their contact
information can be found here.
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NYCP does yeoman's service in a number of business recovery areas.
ReSTART Central, a joint effort of ESD, ECD, and NYCP, coordinates
information from a variety of state and local call-in centers, matching
discounted and donated goods and services to businesses that need
help in rebuilding their operations.
It has joined with the New York City Investment Fund's Civic Capital
Corporation to create the Financial
Recovery Fund for qualified businesses affected by the World
Trade Center attacks.
NYCP has also prepared an Economic
Impact Analysis of the September 11th Attack on New York City,
with a brief update available here.
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This site offers much good information if you can find it. The best
place to start is the emergency
assistance page, which lists grant and loan programs and other
WTC business assistance information. The site maintains separate
pages for the WTC
Disaster Recovery Loan Program and the Financial
Recovery Fund. Tax information affecting businesses in recovery
prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers can be found here.
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Here are some links with information on filing extensions and
tax relief for businesses impacted by the attacks of September
11th. These listings in no way constitute counsel or advice by
DbC on your tax situation.
The IRS drops its dread persona and says it "will do everything
possible to provide administrative tax relief quickly. Just as importantly,
the IRS and Treasury will work to minimize the distraction of tax
issues during this terrible time". Several information links on
the thicket of tax rules and filings.
The site
has posted a new "Tax
Relief for Victims of Terrorist Attacks" page. For those who
understand this sort of thing, the page features links to memoranda
on various dispensations.
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REBNY is maintaining a space bank for businesses that've lost their
offices downtown. For more information e-mail REBNY at spacebank@rebny.com.
It has also posted ethical
standards for real estate purchases and rentals following the
September 11th attacks.
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NYNMA has solicited help from its members and has posted a help
page with useful information and free or low-cost services.
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DbC does not represent any agency or organization listed here other
than DbC itself, nor does DbC stand as guarantor to claims or offers
made on any agency or organization site. DbC is only presenting
the information for the convenience of the visitor, who is charged
with the exercise of his or her own judgment. All links and information
were good as of update notice above.
Original material © 2002 Damian
Bennett Creative, LLC
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