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Small Business Services Directory
CPSBPD provides on-site training and on-campus training to businesses and corporations on a contractual basis. Rates are less expensive than commercial firms.
Through this program owners or developers of manufacturing facilities may finance the acquisition of buildings and equipment, renovation and construction.
Cypress Hills LDC provides technical assistance to small businesses along Fulton St., Liberty Avenue, and Glenmore Avenue commercial strips from the Queens border to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Through its web site, the Department of Labor offers information and services to both employers and job seekers. Employers can post openings for all levels of employees (laborers to executives), which are then available online to job seekers throughout the country. Job seekers can create and maintain their resume, search and apply for jobs, and set up Job Scouts.
The Division of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development performs three major functions: encourage and assist state agencies that are engaged in contracting activities to award a fair share of state contracts to MWBEs; review applications by businesses seeking certification as an MWBE and maintain a directory of certified MWBEs; and promote the business development of MWBEs through education and outreach to agencies and MWBEs.
In addition to standard Empire Zone [EZ] benefits, businesses in this zone receive additional security and maintenance services and human resources development assistance. The zone covers zip codes 11207 and 11208 and borders 11212, 11233 and 11239.
The East Brooklyn In-Place Industrial Park [IPIP] covers 120 acres near the eastern boundary of Brooklyn, within the communities of East New York and Brownsville. There are 100 businesses in the park, including metal fabricators, furniture manufacturers, wholesale distributors of durable goods, and manufacturers of non-ferrous metals. Liaison services between area businesses and city agencies are also available. The IPIP is located in The East Brooklyn Economic Development Zone and standard EDZ benefits- tax and utility savings- are available. The IPIP is contiguous with a New York City Business Improvement District [BID].
The New York State Empire Zone program was created in 1986 to help qualified companies reduce their cost of doing business. North Brooklyn was designated as an Empire Zone in 1998, and recently expanded in 2006 to include parts of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. As an Empire Zone certified business, firms are eligible to claim various credits against their New York State Tax liability. These credits are tied to employment and investment, and are available to industrial and manufacturing businesses located within the zone boundaries. There is a certification process which includes an application, review by a local Zone Administrative Board, and a state review to ensure each application is accurate and each business meets the State
EWVIDCO serves industrial businesses located in Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick. It offers general business development assistance; real estate, financing; ombudsman services; and employment job training and placement services through its affiliate Williamsburg Works. EWVIDCO manages the NYC North Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone and the Greenpoint-Williamsburg Industrial Business Zones, Williamsburg Valley In-Place Industrial Park, listed separately, and the NYS North Brooklyn / Brooklyn Navy Yard Empire Zone.
Southwest Brooklyn (SBIDC) current programs are focused business and workforce development in Sunset Park, Red Hook, and Gowanus. We administer the Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Business Zones (IBZ). For businesses in these areas and those wishing to locate to Southwest Brooklyn, SBIDC provides free technical and real estate assistance, referrals, employment services, assistance with incentives and an ombudsman program connecting businesses with government agencies and services.
