Expenses covered by the grants can include payroll costs; commercial rent or mortgage payments; payment of local property or school taxes; insurance costs; utility costs; costs of personal protection equipment necessary to protect worker and consumer health and safety; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning costs; and machinery or equipment costs.
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Despite shrinking revenues and other challenges, there are many ways businesses can still give back to their communities, without breaking the bank.
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More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis and small businesses are slowly rebounding from its devastating effects.
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First-time homebuyers looking to purchase a home here can get up to $35,000 in down payment assistance.
Read MoreA new incarnation of the Paycheck Protection Program is available to small businesses and nonprofits.
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The Rental Relief Program, to be administered by the Community Development Corporation of Long Island, will give up to three months of unpaid rent for the period beginning in April 2020.
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Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine, in an event covered by media outlets worldwide.
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Rubin, the youngest male contestant to ever win on the reality/talent series, beat out four other finalists on Tuesday’s broadcast of the show.
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As NASA announced this week, Moghbeli will be part of its Artemis Program, which will send the first woman and the next man to the lunar surface.
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Here are six ways your company can work with nonprofits to help make an impact on Long Island.
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America’s VetDogs commissioned sculptor Susan Bahary to create the monument on the VetDogs Smithtown campus in recognition of Veterans Day.
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Up to 2.4 million New Yorkers are eligible for the program, including 435,000 who must submit an additional certification to qualify.
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The museum has teamed up with military historian Dr. Erik Villard from the U.S. Army Center of Military History to present his innovative reinvention of motivational posters first created by the War Department during World War II.
Read MoreTrade Winds, the small business reporting division of The Long Island Times, has extracted and compiled PPP loan data for Long Island companies in an effort to make the information more accessible to the public.
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Based on the timing of the earlier phases, Long Island should be on track to enter Phase 4 of reopening on Wednesday, July 8.
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Downloads of Fatherdude’s “Billions” soared after the artist — a.k.a. Mitch Conwell — performed the original song in front of Usher and the “Songland” panel.
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Long Island officially entered Phase 3 of the state’s ‘NY Forward’ reopening plan on Wednesday.
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The New York Forward Loan Fund offers up to $100,000 to small businesses, small landlords and nonprofits that did not receive funding from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
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The PUA program covers many people who work for themselves, such as independent contractors, gig workers, even those who have contracted COVID-19 or are caregivers for household members stricken with the virus.
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With schools closed in Nassau and Suffolk for at least the next two weeks, Long Island food banks are playing a critical role providing food to children and families impacted by the coronavirus health crisis.
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ReStore combines the fun of thrift store bargain-hunting with the utility of Home Depot and IKEA, all for a good cause.
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