WASHINGTON - Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet, will visit New York City on Thursday, January 21, 2016.
At an SBA disaster assistance office in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Contreras-Sweet will join Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7) to announce SBA available assistance to businesses and homeowners affected by Hurricane Sandy. She will highlight the most recent data on the impact this and other SBA assistance is having on the area.
Contreras-Sweet and Velázquez will announce the reopening of the SBA disaster assistance program and encourage entrepreneurs and homeowners throughout the City to apply for aid. Area business owners and others who previously received assistance or are applying will also speak.
New Yorkers that have an unmet financial need from Hurricane Sandy will now have until December 1, 2016 to apply for SBA disaster assistance.
| WHO: | Maria Contreras-Sweet, SBA Administrator Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7) |
| WHAT: | Press Conference |
| WHEN: | Thursday, January 21, 2016 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. |
| WHERE: | SBIDC Red Hook Office 402 Van Brunt Street Brooklyn. NY |
| HOW: | Media can RSVP to Sophia Kim at Sophia.Kim@sba.gov, phone: (202) 427-7841 |
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