Unlocking the Power of Women Entrepreneurs in New York City

Appendix: Sample of New York City based organizations serving women entrepreneursNovember 2015

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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

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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/• Betaworks, 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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/• Sunshine Suites, http://sunshineny.com/bronx• TechSpace, http://www.techspace.com/• TechStars, 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/

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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

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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/

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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/

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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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

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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/?

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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/

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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

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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/

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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/

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Government Agencies (cont’d)

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