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Financial Counseling for Residents and Small Businesses

Operation HOPE/HOPE Coalition America’s (HCA) Restore HOPE-Hurricane Sandy, provides free disaster financial and economic recovery services to individuals and small businesses located in the five boroughs of New York City still recovering from Sandy. HCA financial recovery coordinators are available to deliver both one‐on‐one financial information and group financial guidance to individual and small business clients to help with recovery and emergency preparedness. For more information, visit HCA’s site or call their toll-free hotline:888-388-HOPE (4673)

IMPORTANT: New loan and grant program now available to NYC businesses

The City of New York and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are providing small businesses in New York City with disaster recovery loans as part of the $293 million allocated for business recovery through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program. The New York City Department of Small Business Services will be administering the program with assistance from the New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC). If you are a small business that experienced direct damage as a result of the storm and demonstrate an ability to repay the loan, you can now access up to $150,000 in loan money. Loans will have a 1% interest rate and must be repaid in five to seven years. Businesses approved for the loan are also eligible for a matching grant of up to $60,000.


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