After Months Of Closure Or Limited Business, Small Businesses Across The Country Are Struggling To Pay Rent, Utilities, And Mortgages; Senators’ Push Would Allow Small Businesses To Spend Up To 50% Of PPP Loan Proceeds On Allowed Non-Payroll Expenses
Decreasing Revenues During The Coronavirus Pandemic Have Left Local Governments Strapped; Dedicated Federal Funding for Local Communities Would Provide Necessary Relief for Lost Revenues, Increased Costs And Help Avoid Local Tax & Fee Increases; The Direct Support for Communities Act Will Complement Direct Relief to States and Governors
U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced $45,682,712 in federal funding allocated by the Environmental Protection Agency...
As New York and New Jersey’s first responders face perils on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D) and Chuck Schumer (D), along with New Jersey Senators Cory Booker (D) and Bob Menendez (D), introduced a bipartisan...
P-EBT Would Provide Critical Funds to Families Whose Children Usually Rely on Free or Reduced-Price School Meals; New York State Awaits Approval on March 25 Request; Other States’ Programs Have Been Approved
Coronavirus Pandemic Has Caused A Two-Fold Problem In the Food Supply Chain: Farms Face A Surplus of Crops As Restaurants, Hotels, and Schools Remain Shuttered; Meanwhile Food Banks Are Experiencing Unprecedented Demand, With Millions of Newly Unemployed Americans; The Food Bank Access to Farm Fresh Produce Act Will Connect Food Banks’ Demand With Farmers’ Supply
With Normal Supply Chains Disrupted by the Coronavirus Pandemic, Farmers to Families Food Box Program Would Give Fisherman and Aquaculture Farmers Essential Support to Distribute Their Goods
CARES Act Funding Will Aid Those Seeking Housing During the COVID-19 Health Crisis
CARES Act Funding Will Aid Those Seeking Housing During the COVID-19 Health Crisis
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $980,062 in federal funding to provide telehealth services for New Yorkers affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The funding was allocated through the Federal...
