Unlocking the Power of Women Entrepreneurs in City

Appendix: Sample of based organizations serving women entrepreneurs November 2015 Table of Contents

• Alternative Lenders, Credit Unions, and Grant Providers 3

• Banks 4

• Mentorship and Networking Organizations 5

• Accelerators, Incubators, and Working Spaces 6

• Worker Cooperatives 8

• Law Firms and Legal Advisory 9

• Corporate Programs 10

• Colleges & Universities 11

• Economic Development Corporations 13

• Chambers of Commerce 14

• Community Organizations 15

• Business Improvement Districts (BID) 18

• Government Agencies 20

2 Alternative Lenders, Credit Unions, and Grant Providers • Accion East, http://us.accion.org/accion-near-you/new-york-city • Ashford Finance, http://www.ashfordfinance.com/ • , https://betaworks.com/ • Bethex Credit Union, https://www.bethexfcu.org • Business Outreach Center (BOC) Capital Corp, http://www.bocnet.org/boc/micro_loan_program.html • Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Unions, http://www.brooklyn.coop/ • Business Center for New Americans, http://www.nybcna.org/ • CAN Capital, https://www.cancapital.com/ • Ethnic Majority , http://www.ethnicmajority.com/ • Fusion Funding Group, http://fusionfg.com/about-us/ • Grameen America, Inc, http://grameenamerica.org/about-us • Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund Society, https://www.harlemcommonwealth.org/index/harlem-entrepreneurial- fund • Hebrew Free Loan Society, http://hfls.org/about/ • Kiva Zip, https://zip.kiva.org/borrow • Lower East Side Peoples Federal Credit Union, https://lespeoples.org/about-us/ • National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, http://www.cdcu.coop/ • Neighborhood Trust Credit Union / Financial Partners, http://www.neighborhoodtrustfcu.org/about.htm • Newtek, https://www.thesba.com/newtek/ • Nonprofit Finance Fund, http://nonprofitfinancefund.org/about-nff/our-vision-mission • New York Women’s Foundation , http://www.nywf.org/ • New York City Financial Network Action Consortium, http://www.nycfnac.org/index.html • Operation Hope, https://www.operationhope.org/aboutus • People’s Alliance Federal Credit Union, http://www.pafcu.org/loan-center/ • Project Enterprise, http://www.projectenterprise.org/who-we-are/mission-history/ • Rocket Hub, http://www.rockethub.com/education/faq • The Robin Hood Foundation, https://www.robinhood.org/programs/get-funding • The Working World, http://www.theworkingworld.org/us/what-we-do/ • TruFund Financial Services, http://www.trufund.org/ • Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation, http://www.whidc.org/index.html • Women’s Venture Fund, http://womensventurefund.org/about-us/

3 Banks

• Amalgamated Bank, https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/ • Banco Popular, https://www.popularcommunitybank.com • Bank of America, https://www.bankofamerica.com/smallbusiness/business-financing.go • Bank of East Asia, http://www.hkbea-beany.com/html/en/beany-about-bea-company-profile.html • CapitalOne, http://www.capitalone.com/small-business-bank/financing/ • Carver Federal Savings Bank, https://www.carverbank.com/branch-locator • Chase Bank, https://www.chase.com/business-banking/business-loans • Citi, https://online.citibank.com/US/JRS/pands/detail.do?ID=CitiBizOverview • Empire State Bank, http://www.esbna.com/AboutUs.asp • First American International Bank, https://www.faib.com/ • Flushing Savings Bank, https://www.flushingbank.com/about-us/investor-relations/corporate-profile.html • General Motors Acceptance Corp, https://www.gmfinancial.com/about-us.aspx • HSBC Bank, https://www.us.hsbc.com/1/2/home/business/business-banking • Independence Bank, http://www.1776bank.com/business-banking/business-loans/#small-business-loans • M&T Bank, https://www.mtb.com/business/Pages/BusinessHome.aspx • Marathon Bank, https://www.myinvestorsbank.com/home/business • Navy Credit Union, https://www.navyfederal.org/about/about.php • New York National Bank, http://www.nbnyc.com/default.aspx • Santander, https://www.santanderbank.com/us/business/borrowing/small-business-borrowing • TD Bank, http://www.tdbank.com/net/small_business.aspx • Victory State Bank, https://www.victorystatebank.com • Wells Fargo Bank, https://www.wellsfargo.com/biz/

4 Mentorship and Networking Organizations

• Business Mentor NY, http://businessmentor.ny.gov/#how-it-works • Endeavor Global, Inc, http://www.endeavor.org/ • Google Plus - Small Business Community, https://plus.google.com/communities/109232418125793730353 • In good company, http://ingoodcompany.com/ • Ladies who launch, http://www.ladieswholaunch.com/nyc • Savor the Success, http://www.savorthesuccess.com/ • SCORE, https://newyorkcity.score.org/ • The Ben AppelBaum Foundation, http://www.benappelbaumfoundation.org/ • WAM Ventures, http://www.wamventures.com/ • Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals Network, http://www.meetup.com/wepn-com/

5 Accelerators, Incubators, and Working Spaces

• Audobon Biomedical & technology Center, http://www.auduboncenter.org/index.html • Bat Haus Bushwick Coworking, http://www.bathaus.com/ • Brooklyn Army Terminal , http://www.bklynarmyterminal.com/ • Blueprint Health, http://www.blueprinthealth.org/ • BMW iVentures, http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/corporation/bmwi_ventures/index.html • Bronx Business Bridge Incubator, http://www.lehman.edu/bronx-business-bridge/ • Brooklyn Creative League, http://brooklyncreativeleague.com/ • Brooklyn FoodWorks, http://thebrooklynfoodworks.com/ • BXL Business Incubator, http://bxl.nyc/ • Council of Fashion Designes (CFDA) Fashion Incubator, http://cfda.com/programs/cfda-fashion-incubator • Chashama Artist Studios, https://www.chashama.org/ • DeamIt Ventures, http://dreamit.com/ • DUMBO Incubator, http://engineering.nyu.edu/business/incubators/dumbo • DUMBO Startup Lab, http://dumbostartuplab.com/ • Ensemble Coworking Space, http://letsensemble.com/ • Entrepreneurs Space, https://www.queensny.org/qedc/EntrepreneurSpace/aboutus/ • Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, http://eranyc.com/ • Etsy, https://www.etsy.com/ • FinTech Innovation Lab, http://www.fintechinnovationlab.com/ • First Growth Network, http://venturecrush.com/fg/index.html • Founder Labs, https://www.founderlabs.org/ • Founder’s Institute, https://fi.co/ • Green Desk, http://www.green-desk.com/ • Greenspaces Incubator, http://greenspaces.com/ • Grind Spaces, http://grindspaces.com/ • Harlem Biospace, http://harlembiospace.com/ • Harlem Garage, http://harlemgarage.com/#signup • Hatchery, http://hatchery.vc/ • Hot Bread Kitchen, http://hotbreadkitchen.org/ • ImpactHub, https://nyc.impacthub.net/ • Industry City, http://industrycity.com/ • Ingk labs, http://ingk.com/ • Made in NY Media Center, http://nymediacenter.com/ • Mi Kitchen es su Kitchen , http://www.mikitchenessukitchen.com/ • MicroOffice, http://www.microoffice.com/ 6 Accelerators, Incubators, and Working Spaces (cont’d) • New Work City, http://nwc.co/ • New York Digital Health Accelerator, http://digitalhealthaccelerator.com/ • New York City Business Acceleration, http://www.nyc.gov/html/nbat/html/home/home.shtml • New York City Seed, http://www.nycseed.com/ • New York City Urban Future Lab, http://urbanfuturelab.com/ • Projective Space, http://www.projective.co/ • SoTechie Spaces, http://sotechiespaces.com/ • South Bronx Business Incubator, http://sunshineny.com/bronx • Startl, http://startl.org/ • StartUp Health Academy, https://www.startuphealth.com/ • State University of NY Downstate Medical Center Biotechnology Incubator, http://research.downstate.edu/ biotech/plan.htm • Staten Island MakerSpace, http://www.makerspace.nyc/ • , http://sunshineny.com/bronx • TechSpace, http://www.techspace.com/ • , http://www.techstars.com/ • The Alexandria Center for Life Science , http://alexandrianyc.com/ersp.html • The Yard, http://workattheyard.com/locations/flatiron/ • Varick Street Incubator, http://engineering.nyu.edu/business/incubators/varick • Welltech Funding, http://www.welltechfunding.com/ • WeWork, https://www.wework.com/ • Asha Group LLC, https://www.facebook.com/AshaGroupLLC • Beyond care, http://www.beyondcare.coop/about.html • Bookkeeping Coop, http://www.nycworker.coop/bookkeeping/ • Bronx Farmers, https://communitygreen.wordpress.com/bronx-farmers%E2%80%99-markets/ • Build with Prospect, http://www.buildwithprospect.com/ • Caracol Interpreters Cooperative, http://www.nycworker.coop/interpretationtranslation/ • Co-lab, http://www.colabtheatergroup.com/ • Community Health Care Association of New York State, http://www.chcany.org/ • Dog Walking for Rainforests, http://www.dogwalkingforrainforests.com/Service.html • Eco Mundo, http://ecomundo.coop/ • Émigré Gourmet, http://emigregourmet.weebly.com/ • Ginger Moon, http://www.ginger-moon.com/our-services/ • Golden Steps Elder Care Cooperative, http://goldensteps.coop/ • Green Coop / Green Worker, http://www.greenworker.coop/mission/ 7 Worker Cooperatives

• ICA Group, http://ica-group.org/ • Owned Rockaway Cooperatives and The Working World, http://www.theworkingworld.org/us/341-2/worker- owned-rockaway-cooperatives/ • Palante Cleaning, http://www.palantecleaning.coop/about.html • The Working World, http://ica-group.org/contact-us/ • Trusty Amigos, http://trustyamigos.coop/ • We Can Do IT, http://www.wecandoit.coop/ • City Bar Justice Center, http://www2.nycbar.org/citybarjusticecenter/ • Lawyers Alliance for New York, http://www.lany.org/ • Legal Aid Society, http://www.legal-aid.org/en/home.aspx • Legal Services NYC, http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/ • MFY Legal Services, http://www.mfy.org/ • New York City Bar Assoc., http://www.nycbar.org/ • South Brooklyn Legal Services, http://www.sbls.org/ • Volunteers of Legal Services, http://volsprobono.org/about-us • Blackstone Charitable Foundation, http://www.blackstone.com/citizenship/the-blackstone-charitable- foundation/overview • Coca-Cola, http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/5by20/coca-cola-increases-focus-on-womens- empowerment-in-north-america • Goldman Sachs Group, Corporate Giving Program, http://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000-small- businesses/US/about-the-program/impact-of-10ksb/index.html

8 Law Firms and Legal Advisory

• http://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000-small-businesses/US/news-and-events/10ksb-program- impact.html • Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Corporate Giving Program, https://www.guardianlife.com/ about-guardian/corporate-social-responsibility • Mizuho USA Foundation, http://www.mizuhobank.com/americas/community/foundation/index.html • Oppenheimer Funds, Corporate Giving Program, https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/investors/article/ philanthropy • Qualcomm, https://qualcommventures.com/qprize/

9 Corporate Programs

• Tory Burch Foundation, http://www.toryburchfoundation.org/ • Walmart, http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/womens-economic-empowerment/ • Whole Foods – whole planet foundation , https://www.wholeplanetfoundation.org/ • Baruch College (CUNY) - Small Business Development Center, http://www.baruched.com/static/registration/ default.aspx#certificateregistration • Bronx-Lehman College - Small Business Development Center, http://lehman.edu/academics/adult-continuing- education-division/index.php • Brooklyn - NYC College of Tech - Small Business Development Center, http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/ adminfinance/businessOffice/bo_sbdc.shtml • Columbia University - Harlem - Small Business Development Center, http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/sbdc/ • LaGuardia College (CUNY) - Small Business Development Center, http://www.laguardia.cuny.edu/home/ • Manhattan - Pace University - Small Business Development Center, http://www.pace.edu/about-us/directions- to-all-campuses/nyc-campus • College of Staten Island - Small Business Development Center, http://www.csi.cuny.edu/ • York College (CUNY) - Small Business Development Center, https://www.york.cuny.edu/ • Barnard, http://barnard.edu/about/about-the-college • Berkeley College, http://berkeleycollege.edu/

10 Colleges and Universities

• Borough of Manhattan Community College, http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/j2ee/index.jsp • Bronx Community College(CUNY), http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/ • Brooklyn College (CUNY), http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about.php • City College (CUNY), http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/ • CUNY Graduate Center, http://www.gc.cuny.edu/About-the-GC • CUNY Law School, http://www.law.cuny.edu/about.html • CUNY Professional Studies, http://sps.cuny.edu/about/ • CUNY School of Journalism, http://www.journalism.cuny.edu/ • Fashion Institute of Tech., http://www.fitnyc.edu/AboutFIT.asp • Fordham University, http://www.fordham.edu/info/21200/school_of_professional_and_continuing_studies • Hostos College (CUNY), http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/ • Hunter College (CUNY), http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/ • John Jay College (CUNY), http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/ • Kingsborough College (CUNY), http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/Pages/default.aspx • Manhattan College (CUNY), https://manhattan.edu/ • Medgar Evers College (CUNY), http://www.mec.cuny.edu/ • New York University, http://www.nyu.edu/ • Pratt Institute, https://www.pratt.edu/the-institute/ • Queens College (CUNY), http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Pages/home.aspx

11 Colleges and Universities (cont’d)

• Queensborough College (CUNY), http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/about/index.html • St. Joseph’s College, http://www.sjcny.edu/ • Startup Institute , https://www.startupinstitute.com/ • The New School, http://www.newschool.edu/ • Yeshiva University, http://www.yu.edu/ • Bridge Street Development Corporation (Canarsie), http://www.bsdcorp.org/ • Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, http://www.nycedc.com/project/brooklyn-cultural-district • Bronx Overall Economic Development Center, http://waterfrontalliance.org/partners/bronx-overall-economic- development-corporation-boedc • Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation, http://www.chinatownpartnership.org/Gui/Content. aspx-Page=AboutUs.htm • East New York Local Development Corporation, http://www.ldceny.org/home.html • Greater Jamaica Dev. Corp., http://www.gjdc.org/center.html • Harlem Community Development Corporation, http://www.harlemcdc.org/ • Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, http://www.renewnyc.com/ • New York Business Development Corporation, http://www.nybdc.com/ • Northfield Community Local Development Corporation, http://www.northfieldldc.org/ • New York City Economic Development Corporation, http://www.nycedc.com/ • New York Women’s Business Center, http://nywbc.org/

12 Economic Development Corporations

• Queens Economic Development Corporation, https://www.queensny.org/ • Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, http://www.renaissance-ny.org/ • Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation, http://www.rdrc.org/ • South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SOBRO), http://www.sobro.org/ • Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation, http://www.sbidc.org/ • Staten Island Economic Development Corporation, http://siedc.org/ • Valley Economic Development Corporation, http://www.vedc.org/ • WBC / Local Development Corporation of East NY, http://westbrightonldc.com/about-us/ • Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corp, http://www.whedco.org/ • Bronx Chamber of Commerce, http://www.bronxchamber.org/ • Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, http://www.ibrooklyn.com/ • Brooklyn Kings County Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce, Inc., http://www.brooklynhcc.org/ • Caribbean Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CACCI), http://www.caribbeantradecenter.com/ membershipservices.htm • Chinese Chamber of Commerce of NY , http://www.ccbanyc.org/member/05e.htm • Greenwich Village Chamber of Commerce, Inc., http://www.villagechelsea.com/ • Hispanic Chamber of Commerce , http://www.nychcc.com/ • Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, http://www.manhattancc.org/ • New American Chamber of Commerce, http://www.mynacc.org/ • New Bronx Chamber of Commerce, The, http://www.bronxchamber.org/ • New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Inc., http://nywcc.org/ • Queens Chamber of Commerce dba Chamber of Commerce Borough of Queens, http://www. queenschamber.org/Local-Chambers-of-Commerce/New-Bronx-Chamber-of-Commerce,-The-1022

13 Chambers of Commerce

• Staten Island Chamber of Commerce, http://www.sichamber.com/ • AARP, http://www.aarp.org/ • Abyssinian Development Corp, http://www.adcorp.org/ • Actor’s Work Program, http://www.actorsfund.org/ • African Services Committee, http://www.africanservices.org/ • Alliance for Coney Island, Inc., http://www.allianceforconeyisland.org/#!community-development/c20ao • Arab American Association of New York , http://www.arabamericanny.org/ • Ariva , http://ariva.org/ • Asian American Business Development Center, http://www.aabdc.com/ • Asian Americans for Equality, http://www.aafe.org/ • ASPIRA of New York, http://www.aspirany.org/content/about-us • Association Tepeyac de New York, http://www.tepeyac.org/about/ • Bensonhurst Business Club, http://www.jchb.org/bensonhurst-business-club/#sthash.SYy5yLul.dpuf • Bridge Fund of New York City, http://www.thebridgefund.org/ • Bronxworks, http://www.bronxworks.org/mission-statement

14 Community Organizations

• Brooklyn Business Library, http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/business/smallbiz/ • Brooklyn Navy Yard, http://brooklynnavyyard.org/the-navy-yard/bnydc-mission/ • Brooklyn Public Library, http://www.bklynlibrary.org/ • CAMBA, http://www.camba.org/ • Carroll Gardens Association, http://www.carrollgardensassociation.com/ • Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of N.Y. , http://www.catholiccharitiesny.org/ • Center for Family Life, http://sco.org/ • Center for NYC Neighborhoods , http://cnycn.org/ • CEO - Center for Employment Opportunities, http://ceoworks.org/about/ • Chhaya Community Development Corporation, http://chhayacdc.org/ • Chinatown Manpower Project , http://www.cmpny.org/ • Chinese American Planning Council, https://www.cpc-nyc.org/ • Citizens Committee for NYC, http://www.citizensnyc.org/ • Coalition for Queens Inc., http://www.c4q.nyc/ • Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, http://chcfinc.org/ • Community Service Society, http://www.cssny.org/issues/entry/economic-security • Corona Community Action Network, http://realbigevents.wix.com/corona-can • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (LDC) , http://www.cypresshills.org/chw/about/ • Defy Ventures, http://defyventures.org/what-we-do/our-mission/ • East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development Corporation, http://www.ewvidco.com • El Centro del Inmigrante, https://elcentronyc.wordpress.com/aboutus/ • Family Network, http://www.familynetworkcenter.org/?q=node/8 • Far Rockaway Public Library, http://www.queenslibrary.org/ql_findabranch • Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, http://fpwa.org/our-work/policy-advocacy-research/ • Fifth Avenue Committee , http://www.fifthave.org/ • Flushing Chinese Business Association , http://www.fcbainc.org/ • Garment Industry Dev. Corp., http://www.fashionsourceny.com/ • Good Shepherd Services, https://www.goodshepherds.org/ • Goodwill Industries of Greater NY & NNJ, Inc., http://www.goodwillnynj.org/ • Grand Street Settlement , http://www.grandsettlement.org/ • Community Organizations, continued • Guyanese-American Business & Professional Council, http://www.gabpc.org/contact.php • Haitian American Business Network (Haitian Creole) , http://habnet.com/index.php?option=com_ content&view=article&id=131&Itemid=141

15 Community Organizations (cont’d)

• Haitian Centers Council INC , http://www.hccinc.org/ • Harlem Business Alliance(HBA), http://www.hbany.org/about.html • Harlem Commonwealth Council, https://www.harlemcommonwealth.org/ • Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, http://www.hcci.org/home.aspx • Henry Street Settlement, http://www.henrystreet.org/ • Heritage Heights, http://heritagenyc.org/ • Hispanic Federation of New York City, http://www.hispanicfederation.org/ • Hispanics Across America , http://www.haamerica.net/ • Jackson Heights Bangladeshi Business Association, http://www.jbbany.com/ • Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater Coney Island, http://www.jccgci.org/ • Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst - Bensonhurst Business Club (Russian) , http://www.jchb.org/ • Make the Road NY , http://www.maketheroad.org/whoweare.php • Mercy center, http://www.mercycenterbronx.org/ • National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), http://www.nawbonyc.org/ • National Minority Business Council, http://nmbc.org/membership • Nazareth Housing, Inc. , http://www.nazarethhousingnyc.org/ • Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica, http://www.nhsj.org/ • Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, http://www.nhsnyc.org/en/ • Net Impact, http://netimpactnyc.org/ • New York Immigration Coalition, http://www.thenyic.org/ • New York Public Library -, http://www.nypl.org/help/services/smallbiz • New York State Restaurant Association , http://www.nysra.org/ • New York Urban League, http://www.nyul.org/ • Nkonde & Associates, http://www.mutalenkonde.com/ • Northeast Brooklyn HDC, http://www.nebhdco.org/ • Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, http://nmic.org/About.html • Opportunity for a Better Tomorrow, http://www.obtjobs.org/index.php/31 • Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), http://phinational.org/policy/state-activities/phi-new-york • Phipps Community Development Corporation, http://www.phippsny.org/ • Pratt Area Community Council, http://pacc.publishpath.com/examples-of-economic-development • Puerto Rican Family Institute, http://www.prfi.org/ • Queens Public Library, http://www.queenslibrary.org/ • Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Center, http://www.rbscc.org/rbscc/? • Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, http://www.rbscc.org/rbscc/?

16 Community Organizations (cont’d)

• Sakhi For South Asian Women, http://www.sakhi.org/ • Sapna NYC (Bengali) , http://www.sapnanyc.org/ • St. Nick’s Alliance Corporation, http://stnicksalliance.org/SNA/ • Start Small Think Big, Inc., http://startsmallthinkbig.org/ • STRIVE , http://striveinternational.org/who-we-are/our-history/ • The Osborne Association, http://www.osborneny.org/ • Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, http://www.twobridges.org/ • Union Settlement, http://unionsettlement.org/ • United Women in Business, http://uwibfoundation.org/ • University Neighborhood Housing Program, http://www.unhp.org/ • Urban Justice Center / Street Vendor Project, http://streetvendor.org/ • Women Builders Council, http://www.wbcnyc.org/ • Women’s Center for Education and Career Advancement, http://www.wceca.org/ • Women’s Health and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDCo), http://www.whedco.org/ • Workforce1 Career Centers, http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/wf1/html/about/about.shtml • Workshop In Business Opportunities , http://www.wibo.org/ • 125th Street BID, http://www.125thstreetbid.com/about-us/our-mission • 161st Street BID, http://161bid.org/ • 165th Street BID, http://165thstreetmall.com/ • 180th Street BID, http://www.180thstreetbid.com/ • 34th Street BID, http://www.34thstreet.org/bid-programs/overview.html • 47th Street BID, http://www.diamonddistrict.org/ • 82nd Street BID, http://www.82ndstreet.org/visit-82nd-street/ • 86th St BayRidge BID, http://www.bayridgebusinessdirectory.com/about.php • Bay Ridge 5th Ave. BID, http://bayridgebid.com/bid/ • Bayside Business Association BID, http://www.baysideba.com/ • BedStuy Restoration Corp. BID, http://bedstuybid.org/ • Brighton Beach BID, http://www.bidbrightonbeach.com/ • Bryant Park BID, http://www.bryantpark.org/ • Church Avenue BID, http://www.churchavenue.org/

17 Business Improvement Districts (BID)

• Columbus / Amsterdam BID, http://columbusamsterdambid.org/ • Columbus Avenue BID, http://www.columbusavenuebid.org/ • Court Liv. Scherm. BID, http://downtownbrooklyn.com/about/cls-bid • Downtown Alliance BID, http://www.downtownny.com/ • Downtown Flushing Transit BID, http://www.flushingbid.com/ • DUMBO BID, http://dumbo.is/home • East Brooklyn BID, http://www.eastbrooklynbid.org/ • East Midtown BID, http://www.eastmidtown.org/ • Fashion Center BID, http://garmentdistrictnyc.com/ • Fifth Avenue BID, http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/ • Flatbush - Nostrand Junction BID, http://www.flatbushjunctionbid.com/ • Flatbush Avenue BID, http://www.flatbushavebid.com/ • Flatiron / 23rdSt. Partnership BID, http://www.flatirondistrict.nyc/ • Fordham Road BID, http://www.fordhamroadbid.org/about/ • Forest Avenue BID, http://www.forestavenuebid.com/ • Fulton Street Mall BID, N/A • Grand Central BID, http://www.grandcentralpartnership.nyc/ • Grand Street BID, http://grandstbklyn.com/ • HUB / 3rdAvenue BID, N/A • Jamaica Center BID, http://jamaicacenter.org/ • Jerome - Gun Hill Road BID, http://www.jeromegunhillbid.org/ • Kings Highway BID, http://www.kingshighwaybid.org/ • Kingsbridge BID, http://www.kingsbridgebid.org/ • Lincoln Square BID, http://www.lincolnbid.org/ • Lower East Side BID, http://lowereastside.org/bid-member-resources/ • Madison Avenue BID, http://madisonavenuebid.org/ • Metro Tech BID, http://downtownbrooklyn.com/about/metrotech-bid • Montague Street BID, http://montaguebid.com/ • Myrtle Avenue (Brooklyn) BID, http://www.myrtleavenue.org/ • Myrtle Avenue (Queens) BID, http://ridgewood-ny.com/ • NoHo BID, http://noho.bid/ • North Flatbush BID, http://nfbid.com/ • Park Slope 5th Avenue BID, http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/ • Pitkin Avenue BID, http://www.pitkinbid.org/ • Queens Plaza / Court Square BID, http://www.bidrm.org/org/queens-plaza-court-square 18 Business Improvement Districts (BID) (cont’d)

• Southern Boulevard BID, http://www.southernblvdbid.org/ • Steinway Street BID, http://steinwaystreet.nyc/ • Sunnyside BID, http://www.sunnysideshines.org/ • Sunset Park / 5th Avenue BID, http://www.sunsetparkbid.org/ • Sutphin Boulevard BID, http://www.sutphinblvdbid.org/ • Times Square BID, http://www.timessquarenyc.org/index.aspx • Union Square BID, http://unionsquarenyc.org/ • Village Alliance BID, http://villagealliance.org/ • Washington Heights BID, http://whbid181.org/ • WhitePlainsRoad BID, http://www.pelhamparkway.com/ • Woodhaven BID, http://www.woodhavenbid.com/ • Woodhull / Graham Avenue BID, http://grahamavenuebid.net/ • Buildings (DOB), http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/about/about.shtml • Business Integrity Commission, http://www.nyc.gov/html/bic/html/home/home.shtml • Business Link, http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/businesslink/html/job/job.shtml • City Clerk, http://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml • City Planning (DCP), http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/ • Citywide Admin Services (DCAS), http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/home/home.shtml • Community Affairs Unit (CAU), http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/home/home.shtml • Consumer Affairs (DCA), http://www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/index.page • Contract Services (MOCS), http://www.nyc.gov/html/mocs/html/home/home.shtml • Corrections (DOC), http://www.doccs.ny.gov/ • Cultural Affairs (DCLA), http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/home/home.shtml • Education (DOE), http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm • Emergency Management (OEM), http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml • Empire State Development Corporation, http://www.empire.state.ny.us/

19 Government Agencies

• Environmental Coord. (MOEC), http://www.nyc.gov/html/oec/html/home/home.shtml • Environmental Protection (DEP), http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml • Export - Import Bank, http://www.exim.gov/ • FDA, http://www.fda.gov/ • Finance (DOF), http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/index.page • Fire Dept. of New York (FDNY), http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/home2.shtml • Health and Hosp. Corp. (HHC), http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/home/home.shtml • Health&Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml • Housing Authority (NYCHA), http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/index.page • HPD, http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/about/about-us.page • Human Resources Admin (HRA), http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/home/home.shtml • I.R.S, http://www.irs.gov/ • Industrial Dev Agency (IDA), https://www1.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/description/new-york-city-industrial- development-agency-benefits • Intergovernmental Affairs, https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/iga • Labor Relations (OLR), http://www.nyc.gov/html/olr/html/home/home.shtml • Long Term Planning & Sustain., http://www.nyc.gov/html/oltps/html/about/about.shtml • Management & Budget (OMB), https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb • Mayor’s Office of Operations, http://www.nyc.gov/html/ops/html/home/home.shtml • MOIA, http://www.nyc.gov/html/imm/html/about/about.shtml • New York U.S. Export Assist., http://www.export.gov/newyork/newyorkcityexportassistancecenter/ • NYS Dep’t Environment Conserve., http://www.dec.ny.gov/ • NYS Dept of Finance, http://www.tax.ny.gov/ • NYS Dept of Health, https://www.health.ny.gov/ • NYS Dept of Labor, http://www.labor.ny.gov/home/ • NYS Dept of Public Services, http://www.dps.ny.gov/ • NYS Dept of State, http://www.dos.ny.gov/ • NYS Health Insurance, https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/ • NYS Liquor Authority, https://www.sla.ny.gov/ • NYSERDA, http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/ • Parks & Recreation (DPR), http://www.nycgovparks.org/ • SBS (Small Business Services), http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/home/home.shtml • Small Business Association (SBA - NY District Office), https://www.sba.gov/ • Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/ • Transportation (DOT), http://www.dot.gov/ 20 Government Agencies (cont’d)

• Youth & Comm Dev (DYCD), http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/home/home.shtml

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