COVID-19: New York Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF)  Governor Cuomo has announced the New York Forward Loan Fund program (NYFLF) which is aimed at supporting New York State small businesses, nonprofits, and small landlords Small Businesses – Eligibility: Employ 20 or fewer full-time equivalent employees; Gross revenues of less than $3 million per year; Have not received either an SBA PPP or EIDL loan for COVID-19 in 2020; Have suffered a direct economic hardship as a result of [...]

COVID-19: Guide to Reopening & Helpful Links, Part 2; New York’s COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Guide to Reopening & Helpful Links, Part 2 The CDC has published a tool to assist employers in making reopening decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, available here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/workplace-decision-tree.pdf The Broome County Reopen Playbook, “A Guide for Safe Operations During the COVID-19 Crisis” is available here: [...]

CLIENT ALERT: PPP Loan Forgiveness Application The Loan Forgiveness Application (the “Application”) is now available.  The Application includes the following:  (i)                PPP Loan Forgiveness Calculation Form; (ii)              PPP Schedule A; (iii)             PPP [...]

CLIENT ALERT: New York Forward Business Reopening Lookup Tool Businesses in each region will be able to re-open in phases.  The New York Forward Business Reopening Lookup Tool will help you determine whether or not your business is eligible to re-open, and provides the public health and safety standards with which your business must comply.  The New York Forward Business Reopening Lookup Tool can be located here: https://www.businessexpress.ny.gov/app/nyforward *The Attorneys at [...]

COVID-19: Guide to Reopening & Helpful Links  NY Forward - https://forward.ny.gov/ Each business and industry must have a plan to protect employees and consumers, make the physical workspace safer and implement processes that lower risk of infection in the business Governor Cuomo has stated that businesses need to design a “new normal” based on these considerations: People: gathering size; social distance; PPE; vulnerable populations; employees & customers; [...]