Small businesses are the cornerstone of the New York State economy,
accounting for 98% of all businesses and employing 52% of the non-farm, private sector workforce.

Even in the best of economic times, New York Small Businesses are facing insurmountable challenges due to excessively high taxes, high regulatory costs, and burdensome processes. And, now those issues have become compounded during this time of recession. Small Businesses need to know where to turn for some answers, which is why BALCONY has taken on this challenge.

Featured Speaker
Adam Bradley
White Plains Mayor-elect and
NYS Assemblyman of the 89th Assembly District

On Friday, November 20, 2009, the Access for Small Business Forum – a four-panel discussion organized by BALCONY, the Business and Labor Coalition of New York and co-hosted with The Greater New York Chamber of Commerce – addressed these key small business concerns.

ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS

(Chris Levendos, Michael Ridley, Heather O’Donnell,
Chris Zawacki, Ron Koff, Lou Gordon)

ACCESS TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

(Christine Serrano Glassner, William Grinker, Rosemarie Klotz,
Jim Malski, Brian Moran, Barbara Weltman)

ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS

(Bruce Ventimiglia, Pravina Raghavan, David J. Conrad,
David Kornfeld, Paul Quintero, Louis Scamardella)

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR SMALL BUSINESS

(Lou Gordon, Troy Oechsner, Ben Geyerhahn, Vince Ashton,
Peter Slocum, Ernie Vitolo)

Read the full report from this BALCONY forum
and watch the presentation videos by clicking here: REPORT