NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Kurtz
From: Florence Adu
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:56 PM
To: Dan Kurtz; Liza Kent
Subject: FYI
read below.
I am doing a survey of Digital Space readiness for our next marketing meetng next Friday.
What are our options in terms of the Digital Budget to assist with pre-built space not
yet
ready in areas closer the the Manhattan CBD? LIC? Harlem?
STATE OF NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
GEORGE E. PATAKI, GOVERNOR
Press Office
518-474-8418
212-681-4640
http://www.state.ny.us <http://www.state.ny.us>
FOR RELEASE:
IMMEDIATE, Thursday
September 27, 2001
WTC RESPONSE UPDATE: GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES RECOVERY CENTER TO ASSIST SMALL
BUSINESSES DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY ATTACK
Governor George E. Pataki today announced the creation of a Small
Business
Recovery Center in Yonkers to provide temporary, free office space to
small
businesses displaced or otherwise directly impacted by the World Trade
Center attack.
"New York State is committed to helping the many small businesses that
were
impacted by the World Trade Center attack," Governor Pataki said. "By
providing these companies with a place to work, along with the basic
tools
to conduct business, the Small Business Recovery Center will enable them
to -
get back on their feet and resume operations in New York State."
Empire State Development (ESD), the Governor's Office for Small Cities,
the df
New State Office of General Services (OGS) and the Yonkers Industrial
Development Agency are partnering with private-sector companies such as
IBM,
Cablevision and IKEA to equip the 130,000-square-footCenter, which is
located in the Yonkers Ridge Hill office building.
The Center currently has 50 available workstations, each equipped with
phones and IBM computers, with more available as demand warrants. No
rent
will be charged to the small businesses that utilize the space from now
until March 31, 2002. Businesses interested in learning more about the
Small
Business Recovery Center or scheduling an appointment should call
1-518-292-5200, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Senator Nick Spano said, "Many thousands of New York City's workforce
were
displaced in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. I commend
Governor Pataki for his constant attention and intervention with this
crisis. All levels of government should follow his lead in pitching in
to
1
NYC-WTC 000136460
OCR can misread numbers and units. Confirm readings against the page image before using them.