Workforce Development & COVID-19 – Today’s Update
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April 29, 2020
Additional Guidelines for Phased Reopening Plan Revealed

On April 28, Governor Cuomo outlined additional details on a phased in business reopening plan for New York State. A 12 point guideline for businesses to follow was revealed.
  
Read more Here
Democratic Presidential Primary Canceled
The New York Board of Elections announced that they are canceling the Democratic Presidential Primary in June to avoid spreading COVID-19.
Local and Congressional primaries will still be occuring on June 23.
Absentee ballot applications for the June election will still be mailed to registered voters.
Economic Injury Disaster Loan Funding

Last Friday, the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act, a $484 billion COVID-19 economic stimulus package, was signed into law. 
This law includes funding for hospitals, increased testing capabilities, and renewed funding for the Small Business Administration loan and grant programs - the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL).

This act also expanded the eligibility of the EIDL program and now allows farms and other agricultural enterprises to apply. 

Eligible agricultural enterprises are now defined as: “those small business concerns [with 500 or fewer employees] engaged in the production of food and fiber, ranching, and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural-related industries.”

However, the SBA announced that applications for EIDL and advances cannot be accepted at this time due to a lack of available funding.
 
Applications already submitted will continue to be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

The agency advises that if you previously submitted an EIDL application, received correspondence from SBA and have a loan number that begins with 3, you are in the queue.

For updates, visit their website
**Unemployment Insurance**
Filing for Unemployment Insurance

Extended telephone filing hours as follows:
Monday through Thursday, 8am to 7:30pm.
Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm.
Saturday, 7:30am to 8:00pm.

  • Click HERE for the link to our website
  • Click on Covid-19 Workforce Resources
  • Unemployment Insurance Information
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