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Newark to dole out $2M in additional funds to small businesses
The Newark Emergency Small Business Grant Fund was created in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic to support the city's impacted enterprises. The program's latest round, its fourth, offers up to $15,000 for eligible companies.
Biden’s vaccine mandate could affect 1.4M NJ workers
Under the White House policy, part of a six-point plan to control the pandemic, companies would be required to provide paid sick time to recover from side effects of the COVID-19 shot, and employees that do not get inoculated would face weekly testing.
NJ partners with Uber, Lyft on rides for those who lost transportation due to Ida
For the next two weeks, state residents that suffered the loss of a vehicle can text NJIDARIDE to 898-211 to request a ride. Those without access to a smartphone can dial 2-1-1, the hotline for the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, from any phone line.
NY’s Hochul comes out for congestion pricing plan
The newly sworn-in governor of the Empire State, who is interested in the “shortest timetable we can follow," says collected proceeds will be used to finance sorely needed major upgrades to New York City’s sprawling subway system.
NJ expects to open applications next week for $10.5M of hurricane biz relief (updated)
This is the first in a massive wave of financial assistance for businesses as they rebound from Ida, which dumped record levels of rain across the Garden State last week.
Feds rolling out SBA loans for Ida-hit NJ businesses
Enterprises and nonprofits in six counties - Bergen, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Passaic and Somerset - can borrow up to $2 million in low-interest loans that owners can use to pay for storm-damaged property and machinery, equipment, inventory, and any other physical damage they suffered.
NJ poised to fully approve, roll out $10M Ida business relief Wednesday
Businesses with up to 50 employees that can demonstrate physical damage suffered from the storm can receive grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 from the NJEDA.
NJ’s COVID recovery unequal, lagging behind much of US, reports find (updated)
The Garden State's employment level declined 6.3% since 2019, according to Pew Charitable Trusts, placing it ahead of only Rhode Island, California, Hawaii and Nevada.
Weekly $300, other jobless aid ends over Labor Day weekend
According to the governor, continuing the payments would have cost the state $314 million per week and up to $1 billion each month.
Financial relief available for NJ’s small businesses impacted by Ida
The interim assistance will provide grants up to $5,000 to storm-impacted businesses/nonprofits with up to 50 employees.
2 more NJ Senate Dems back using federal COVID funds to prevent $250M tax hike
The increases are meant to refill the state’s unemployment trust fund, which was drained over the last year-and-a-half amid record-high joblessness and business closures stemming from the pandemic.
Gottheimer asks new NY gov to slow down congestion pricing
“New York City’s proposed congestion tax would endanger the economic recovery of the New York metropolitan region, add[ing] further expense to the already sky-high cost of commuting into New York City,” U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer wrote.
