The SBA expanded its Express Bridge Loan Program to include all small businesses impacted by COVID-19 Emergency Declarations. Its Express...

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan's latest video address on the ongoing local response to the coronavirus pandemic includes - along with a lot...

Empire State Development clarified that residential and commercial showings along with back office real estate work, appraisal services...

The state Department of Labor has been overwhelmed by the flood of New Yorkers filing for unemployment benefits due to the economic...

The Department of Treasury has announced that eligible small businesses will be able to apply to the CARES Act Paycheck Protection...

An investment of $2.5 million from Verizon is being administered by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to offer support to...

The Small Business Development Center is kicking off three days worth of information sessions on the $2 trillion federal stimulus package...

The Empire State Development Board of Directors has approved $7.5 million in COVID-19 Business Counseling support to 70 non-profit...

OUR LATEST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE PUTS MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF AMERICANS WHO NEED IT MOST March 28, 2020 Dear Friends, For several weeks,...

As expected, President Donald Trump has signed the largest stimulus package in American history into law today to juice up a flailing...

Update: March 25, 2020 (4:40 a.m.) The Albany Common Council is going to have a special meeting tomorrow night (Thursday, March 27) at...

Update: March 24, 2020 (1:04 p.m.) The UAlbany Small Business Development Center is offering free online information sessions for...

Update: March 26, 2020 (9:33 a.m.) New unemployment numbers were released this morning by the U.S. Labor Department, and they are - as...

Update: March 26, 2020 (5:42 a.m.) After days of around-the-clock negotiations, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved $2 trillion in...

Update: March 25, 2020 (12:42 p.m.) The governor announced today that 6,175 mental health professionals have voluntarily signed up to...

The big news thus far today is that the White House and Senate leaders struck a major deal early this morning over a $2-trillion package...

Update: March 25, 2020 (4:40 a.m.) Congress early this morning reached a deal on a $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, believed to be...

ICYMI, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order issued early this month declaring the a state of emergency for New York in the face of the...

A disaster declaration for New York State was approved last week, the disaster declaration makes U.S. Small Business Administration...

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted earlier, attention at both the state and federal levels is starting to turn toward a dual track of both...