Monday, April 13, 2015

City hosting business recovery meeting for merchants affected by the East Village explosion


[EVG photo from last week]

Via the EVG inbox this afternoon...

On Tuesday, April 14, at 9:30 am, the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) in partnership with Council Member Rosie Mendez will hold a Business Recovery meeting for small businesses impacted by the March 26 explosion in the East Village. Representatives from various government and nonprofit agencies will be available to answer questions and discuss assistance services available to affected businesses.

The SBS Emergency Response Unit has been conducting daily outreach and offering assistance to the 38 impacted businesses from East 7th Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues and 2nd Avenue between St. Mark’s and 6th Streets, including pro-bono legal services, help with insurance matters, navigating government, facility disruption, and retrieval of key business documents.

Impacted businesses in need of assistance should call 212-618-8810 or email here to see how the City can help.

WHERE: Middle Collegiate Church (Community Room)
50 East 7th Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 13, 2015 at 8:26 PM

    I hope this includes Stage Restaurant.

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  2. AnonymousApril 13, 2015 at 10:51 PM

    I heard on WNYC tonight that The Stage is being evicted for having an illegally tapped gasline.

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  3. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 8:33 AM

    ICON Realty just served an eviction notice to Stage Restaurant. We need to fight this!!!

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