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Help for Businesses in New York City
04/13/2008 - By Charles Di Bartolo
Charles Di Bartolo
New York City offers a variety of business help, but they don't knock on your door and lay it in your lap. It's easy enough to get. Just use this article and contact the right people today.
Help for small business in the five boroughs of New York City is just a phone call away, thanks to Mayor Bloomberg and his efforts to launch NYC Business solutions back in 2004. NYC Business Solutions was set up back then to make sure that NY City’s 200,000 small businesses had a resource for quick easy access to accurate information on a full range of business issues.
NYC Business Solutions can help you cut the red tape that sometimes plagues small businesses trying to get started or simply grow their existing business. It doesn’t matter if you have a new or exiting business. Whether you are experienced in your industry or completely new to the business world, NYC Business Solutions can help you, by supporting your expansion through helping you to locate space in the area. They can help by pointing you towards NY City’s incentive programs. They can also help you to recruit employees available throughout the city that are qualified for the positions you are offering. NY City’s Business Solutions center can also help you find procurement opportunities.
You only have to dial three digits to get help in New York City. The telephone number for business help is 311. 311 will get you to NYS Business Solutions. The regular number is 212-504-4115.
You can visit http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/html/home/home.shtml OK so the web address isn’t as easy as dialing 311.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) created in 1953 is here to start build and grow businesses all over the nation but they have local offices all over New York. The SBA has field officers and partnerships with organizations throughout the United States that understand the need to preserve protect and strengthen small business.
The SBA offers many ways to help you start and grow your business. They will assist you in starting a business plan, basics of business, grants, loan eligibility, financial assistance and more. SBA offers help with contracts and regulations including registering your company, small business certificates, bids and proposals, contracting and business development programs. They offer help with all types of disaster assistance. Best of all They offer many types of online business training from free online courses to extensive college courses.SBA also uses SCORE, Small Business Developments Centers, Womens Business Centers and National Training Events for further education and assistance. There is also additional programs that may be offered for women, veterans, native Americans, opportunity gaps, young entrepreneurs and international trade. SBA can keep you up to date on new laws and regulations. They have an extensive law library, records of the ombudsman programs and archives of the latest hearings.You can rest assured that whatever they offer, they can get you on track more efficiently effectively and economically.
Small Business Administration
New York District Office
26 Federal Plaza, Suite 3100
New York, NY 10278
(212) 264-4354 Phone
(212) 264-4963 Fax
You may also contact your local Chamber of Commerce. The the contact information for the five boroughs are:
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
25 Elm Place, Suite 200 - 2nd Floor
(Between Fulton and Livingston Streets)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718 875-1000
Fax: 718 237-4274
Web Site: http://www.ibrooklyn.com
E-mail: info@brooklynchamber.com
Queens Chamber of Commerce
75-20 Astoria Blvd. Suite 140,
Jackson Heights, NY 11370,
Phone: 718-898-8500
Fax: 718-898-8599
info@queenschamber.org
http://www.queenschamber.org
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
130 Bay Street
Staten Island, New York 10301
Telephone:(718) 727-1900
Fax: (718) 727-2295
http://www.sichamber.com/
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
1375 Broadway
Third Floor
New York , NY 10018
United States
Email: info@manhattancc.org
Telephone: 212-479-7772
Fax: 212-473-8074
http://www.manhattancc.org/
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
Hutchinson Metro Center
1200 Waters Place, Suite 305
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-828-3900
Fax: 718-755-4982
Email: info@bronxchamber.org
http://www.bronxchamber.org/
There is plenty of help for businesses in New York City, but it’s not going to fall out of the sky and land in your lap. You have to go out and get it. Call 311 today. Contact you local small business association. Join your local Chamber of Commerce and get the help your business needs and deserves.
Regards,
Charles Di Bartolo
http://www.BetterBizList.com
charles@nationalepay.com
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