ppp loans – Rakesh Sharma

How Did Washington Heights Spend its PPP Loan Money?

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans have proved to be a crucial lifeline to small businesses in New York City during the pandemic shutdown. Even as the novel coronavirus redefines the small business landscape of the city, the PPP loans have helped some businesses survive and retain jobs in an economy with record unemployment rates. But…

Brooklyn Has The Highest Number of PPP Loan Recipients, For Amounts <$150K, in New York City

For most New Yorkers, Manhattan is the city’s commercial heart. Its streets are crowded with small businesses – restaurants, retail establishments, and nonprofits – that serve a flood of tourists and locals of all hues. But Brooklyn, and not Manhattan, accounted for the biggest number of recipients for loans under $150,0000, disbursed as part of…