Information on COVID-19 assistance is on the ESD website.

https://esd.ny.gov/resource-guide-covid-19-sba-disaster-loans

Empire State Development Resource Guide to COVID-19 SBA Disaster Loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout New York State.

Available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses and most private non-profit organizations.

The SBA will work directly with state governors to provide targeted, low-interest loans to small businesses and non-profits that have been severely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provides small businesses with working capital loans of up to $2 million that can provide vital economic support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing.