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PUBLISHED 5:50 AM ET Feb. 09, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:50 AM EST Feb. 09, 2021
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Small businesses in New York hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic could be in store for some relief with a measure introduced this week that would use up to $100 million in federal disaster funds for an emergency small business grant program.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Peter Harckham and Assemblyman Steve Otis, would set aside the anticipated COVID-19 stimulus funding that Congress is debating now and is expected to pass within the next four weeks.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking up to $15 billion in aid from the federal government to close a budget gap and make up for the revenue lost by the pandemic and measures imposed to restrict the spread of the coronavirus.