Chinanews.com, March 30th. According to the US "World Daily" report, the new crown pneumonia epidemic caused heavy losses to some small businesses. The Flushing BID in New York has set out the relevant explanations for the three subsidies that Chinese businesses can apply for. On the official website, we also provide a brief introduction to Chinese applications, which has attracted many merchants to deliver applications in the past few days. Flushing's Executive Director of the Business Improvement Area Yu Minsong said that a Chinese service hotline will be opened on the 30th, and merchants are welcome to ask for help.
Yu Minsong said that most Flushing small businesses are eligible to apply for the Employee Retention Grant Program and the Small Business Continuity Fund. Businesses have delivered applications and won Approve funds for the "Retain Employee Benefits Plan". He also encouraged that those with no more than four employees should apply for two subsidies at the same time. "As long as documents are provided to prove that their business has been affected by the epidemic and the income has been reduced by 25%, in addition to the maximum retained employee subsidy plan of $ 27,000, the maximum Interest loan of $ 75,000. "
However, he also emphasized that the two funds are only open to operators with stores located in the five districts of New York City. Recently, Chinese merchants in Long Island area called to inquire. Unfortunately, they are not eligible.
Flushing Chinese-American merchant Ms. Li stated that she is eligible to apply for the "Small Business Sustainable Development Fund" and has completed the questionnaire filling in recently. She will communicate with the accountant to submit materials such as business damage in the near future. "I hope the city government can approve the loan as soon as possible Otherwise, the store will not be able to support the closure, plus the owed tens of thousands of yuan in rent, the amount of emergency loans approved will not help much. "
The small business Chinese service hotline provided by Flushing Business Reform District is scheduled to start on the 30th. Merchants can call for help from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm on weekdays, or log on to the official website of the business reform district or visit the official WeChat public account. Chinese version application instructions.
In addition, regarding the newly announced details of the "Federal Disaster Loan" on the 27th, Yu Minsong also said that whether it is a private non-profit organization, a small manufacturing enterprise with less than 500 employees, a small wholesale enterprise with less than 100 employees, or an annual After confirming that the place of business is in the quake-hit area, retail companies with revenues between $ 4.5 million and $ 32.5 million and construction companies with annual income of between $ 14 million and $ 33.5 million can download application forms and mail them to the U.S. Federal Small business disaster loan processing and payment center to apply for a loan. (Lai Yuyu)