Small Business

Councilman Donovan Richards, who chairs the committee on public safety.

Small Business

Bracing for heat waves and hurricanes during a pandemic

Natural disasters won’t stop just because we did.

By JEFF COLTIN

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Shuttered storefronts in NYC during COVID-19.

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Should insurance companies have to cover small businesses’ pandemic losses?

New legislation would require insurers to pay out due to the coronavirus – regardless of what their policies say.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

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Is the federal government shortchanging small businesses?

Amid backlash against large companies getting federal loans, Nydia Velázquez calls for transparency.

By KAY DERVISHI

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Domino Park at the old sugar factory in Brooklyn.

Small Business

A balancing act in Brooklyn

Brooklyn business improvement districts want to grow their neighborhoods - without spurring gentrification.

By GABE PONCE DE LEóN

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Here’s why State Sen. Jessica Ramos wants the cap on NYC street vendors lifted

The City Council could take action, but it hasn’t.

By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO

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Cuomo has delivered for MWBEs. Lawmakers want to go further.

The state Legislature is finalizing a legislative package on state contracting for minority and women-owned businesses.

By ZACH WILLIAMS

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hosts a roundtable with senior military officers.

NYC exploring how to better serve veteran business owners

City programs boost businesses owned by minorities and women – but not veterans.

By MAX PARROTT

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President Donald Trump arrives at the G7 Summit on June 8 in Quebec.

How Trump’s trade dispute could wallop the upstate economy

Businesses and farms near the Canadian border depend heavily on international trade.

By GRACE SEGERS

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Republicans weaponize mom & pop

The Senate GOP’s economic agenda takes aim at leftward-shifting Democrats.

By GRACE SEGERS

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Not all advocacy groups are cheering city lawmakers’ efforts to ease the commercial rent tax

Take Back NYC is not cheering city lawmakers’ efforts to ease the commercial rent tax

By SARINA TRANGLE

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