Special SBA Info Session

Special SBA Info Session

New City, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Director of Economic Development & Tourism Jeremy Schulman announce an informational session on SBA Disaster Loan Assistance for Rockland Small Businesses that will be livestreamed for viewing on Friday, March 20, 2020, at 1 PM at the following links: Rockland County YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48YNprrojq7LolZWwETR4w/featured Rockland County […]

Rockland County’s Procurement Center for Excellence to Host Forum on Government Contracting and Networking Assistance

Rockland County’s Procurement Center for Excellence to Host Forum on Government Contracting and Networking Assistance

New City, NY, – County Executive Ed Day and Director of Purchasing Paul Brennan announced that the County’s Procurement Center for Excellence and Purchasing Division will host a MWBE, DBE, SDVOB and Small Business Forum on Thursday, November 8 from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., at the Rockland County Procurement Center for Excellence in Pomona, […]

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WIN SOME AND LOSE SOME UNDER NEW TAX BILL

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WIN SOME AND LOSE SOME UNDER NEW TAX BILL

BY PHIL GOLDSTEIN Managing Partner Goldstein & Lieberman There are many highly palatable advantages to the 2018 Tax Bill but businesses may find one provision difficult to swallow: the IRS is no longer serving up a 50 percent deduction for “directly related and associated entertainment”. That means there will be no more write offs if […]

State Senators Hold Public Regulatory Reform Forum at Nanuet Library Small Business Industry Discussed at Rockland Meeting

State Senators Hold Public Regulatory Reform Forum at Nanuet Library Small Business Industry Discussed at Rockland Meeting

BY CHERYL SLAVIN The bi-partisan state Senate Majority Coalition, seeking to identify and eliminate the most costly government regulations that inhibit business and job growth and drive up local taxes, hosted one of 10 public forums on regulatory reform at the Nanuet Public Library last Monday. The panel consisted of David Carlucci (D, Rockland/Westchester), Kathleen […]

REDC’s New Small Business Center Opens

REDC’s New Small Business Center Opens

BY MICHAEL CAHILL The Rockland County Economic Development Corporation (REDC) celebrated the opening of its new small business center last Wednesday, with a ribbon cutting at their headquarters in Pearl River. The new small business center is sponsored by First Niagara Bank, a relative newcomer to the banking community in Rockland County. First Niagara sponsored […]