On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo provided more detail on the state’s New York Forward regional approach to safely reopen communities. This plan stresses the importance of reaching critical public health benchmarks before gradually allowing certain industries and businesses to reopen. This ...

Last week, the application process for federal relief programs started again due to additional funding for emergency loans. Businesses and organizations in this community were busy checking on the status of their already submitted applications or spent time trying to figure out how to apply. ...

The speed at which funds were utilized for the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans is an alarming indication of how this pandemic has impacted the business community. While listening to a SBA webinar, chamber staff learned that the ...