NYS Small Business Recovery Grant

(纽约州小商家复苏补助计划，中文版本在下方)

 

Governor Cuomo Announces $800 Million Small Business Recovery Grant Program to Provide Funding to Small Businesses to Help Them Recover from the Economic Impact of the Pandemic; Online Applications Accepted Starting June 10。
The small business recovery grant program makes up to $800 million in funding available for small businesses to help them recover from the economic impact of the pandemic. Applications for the program will be accepted starting June 10 for small and micro businesses and small for-profit independent arts and cultural organizations to help them recover from the economic impact of the pandemic. Flexible grants up to $50,000 will be made available to eligible small businesses and can be used for operating expenses, including payroll, rent or mortgage payments, taxes, utilities, personal protective equipment, or other business expenses incurred during the pandemic. Over 330,000 small and micro businesses are potentially eligible for this program, including 57 percent of the State's certified MWBEs.


Small Business Recovery Grant Program
The small business recovery grant program will provide funding to small and micro businesses and small for-profit independent arts and cultural organizations to help them recover from the economic impact of the pandemic, with priority being given to socially and economically disadvantaged business owners, including minority- and women-owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and veteran-owned businesses, and businesses located in economically distressed communities. Grants will be for a minimum award of $5,000 and a maximum award of $50,000 and will be calculated based on a New York State business' annual gross receipts for 2019. Reimbursable COVID-19 related expenses must have been incurred between March 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021 and can include:

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  • Payroll costs

  • Commercial rent or mortgage payments for NYS-based property

  • Payment of local property or school taxes

  • Insurance costs

  • Utility costs

  • Costs of personal protection equipment (PPE) necessary to protect worker and consumer health and safety

  • Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) costs

  • Other machinery or equipment costs

  • Supplies and materials necessary for compliance with COVID-19 health and safety protocols
     

ESD has created a website - NYSBusinessRecovery.ny.gov - to highlight the various resources available to support small businesses seeking pandemic relief. The website will be continuously updated as more details and funding information as it becomes available.

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纽约州小商家复苏补助计划


总额高达8亿美元的纽约州小商业复苏补助计划（Small Business Recovery Grant Program），旨在帮助受疫情影响的小商家恢复正常经营，将从6月10日起开始接受申请。符合申请资格的小商家可从6月10日开始在州府网站esd.ny.gov/business-pandemic-recovery-initiative申请。该网页上课选择中文翻译，方便不懂英文的商家使用。


该计划目的主要在帮助小商家、独立艺术和文化组织，但优先考虑社会经济地位处于劣势的小企业主，包括少数族裔和妇女企业（MWBEs）、残障人士和退伍军人拥有的企业，以及位于经济困难社区中的小商家。州府估计有超过33万个小商家有资格参加该计划。
 

符合申请资格的小商家可获得5,000至5万美元不等的补助，可灵活使用，范围包括支付工资、租金或抵押贷款、税金、水电费、个人防护用品或疫情期间发生的其它营运费用。申请的企业需要是在2019年3月1日或之前便开始营业，需要证明2020年3月1日至2021年4月1日之间因疫情影响所产生的损失。补助金额将根据商家向州政府提交的2019年年度总收入来决定。
 

有关该补助计划的详细申请资格、所需文件，请登录纽约州政府网站esd.ny.gov/business-pandemic-recovery-initiative查看。