China News Service, February 21. According to the US "Overseas Chinese News" report, on February 18, Kevin Kim, director of the New York City Small Business Bureau, visited small businesses in Flushing, accompanied by City Councilman Huang Minyi.

Kevin Jin listened to and answered several issues raised by small business owners that the community is more concerned about, such as complicated tickets, network certification for small businesses, and bus lanes on Main Street.

　　Huang Minyi raised three issues that Flushing small businesses and the community are currently concerned about.

One is how to deal with complicated tickets and the simplification of procedures. At present, small businesses are tired of dealing with multiple government agencies. It is hoped that the Small Business Bureau can integrate resources and become a center that can solve small business-related problems at one time. The second is about small business The third is the 24/7 bus lane problem on Main Street in Flushing.

Huang Minyi hopes that the city government and the Small Business Bureau will have an intuitive understanding of the survival status of small businesses in Flushing, because it is related to the prosperity of Flushing.

　　Kevin Kim responded that at the direction of Mayor Adams, he and Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer formed an interagency working group. Businesses are regulated.

These agencies are looking for a wide variety of violations.

Public safety and health are two non-negotiable priorities, and other regulations unrelated to this can be an undue burden on small business owners.

There are more than 20 regulators, many of which are not related to small business.

And the focus of violations in each district is different.

So the city has been working with community partners, chambers of commerce and bidders.

Community partners and small business councils, etc. need to be informed about the community's most common violations.

The Small Business Bureau can then make recommendations to the mayor to regulate and unify the behavior of inspectors across departments.

Once the fine is determined, the Small Business Administration can help reduce or replace or even waive the fine.

　　Jin Kevin said that regarding the online certification of small businesses, it is very difficult to calculate operating income due to labor shortages and high inflation.

He thinks ISPs can do better because Flushing has more than 1,000 small businesses that employ no more than five people.

The Small Business Bureau can help in working with city agencies, but small businesses that don't have access to the contracts or accounting departments are vulnerable.

　　Ms. Zhao, the owner of the ice cream factory store, raised the problems faced by small businesses in Flushing, such as limited labor, rising costs, and people's lack of security. Although she understands the need for supervision, she still hopes that the policies of the relevant departments will be moderately relaxed.

　　The owner of New World Shopping Mall, surnamed Huang, emphasized that the 24-hour bus lane on Main Street has caused great harm to small businesses since the trial operation, which made the small businesses in Flushing even worse during the epidemic.

I hope the city government can see small businesses struggling to survive and make improvements in line with public opinion.

(Jin Yuyi)