December 3, 2021

Submitted by: Joseph D Bowen Brewer

COVID HELP - Is it really helping?

I write in regards to the recent help that has been offered to Business Owners and the Residents of New York State. COVID, as many know, has hit us hard. With the promise of help surfacing, a light should be formed at the end of the tunnel, but is it? SBA has the promise of issuing grants for hurting businesses, but the Target Advance Grants have taken over 5 months to distribute funds, and some are still waiting. New York State has offered Rental Assistance, with many applications from 3 months ago still under review, and the statement that applications have already exceeded the federal funds, Is this really there? 

The option for help is a great notion to many and appreciated; however, as we await for federal and state governments to update processes, tenants, business, and landlords are losing everything. What can we do to correct this? How can we help? When will we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel? 

I reach to our government and our congressmen to assist us in this matter. We call the technical support number and get told - they have no answers, there is no timelines? This is a problem for many at large. let us become NEW YORK STRONG AGAIN AND BECOME THE LEADER WE WERE DURING COVID.