Monday:
Rep. Maloney & NYC Bar Association
to
Help Businesses Recover
from
Midtown Steam Pipe Explosion
Who: Congresswoman
Carolyn B. Maloney, NYC Bar Association, Manhattan
Borough President Scott Stringer, Assemblyman
Jonathan Bing, Councilman Dan Garodnick, Representatives
of the U.S. Small Business Administration and
the NYC Department of Small Businesses
When: Monday,
August 20, 2007; 7-9 p.m.
Where: New
York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street,
2nd Floor (b/t 5th & 6 th
Avenues)
What: Forum
providing information to business owners affected
by last month's
steam
pipe explosion
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney and the New
York City Bar Association are joining forces
to help small business owners affected by the
July 18th steam blast in Midtown. Monday's
forum will include a Q & A session and a
break-out session, where attendees can meet individually
with attorneys and representatives from the U.S.
Small Business Administration and the NYC Department
of Small Business Services.
The following topics will be covered at Monday's
forum:
* Reimbursement
by Con Edison
* Obtaining
low interest loans
* Filing
insurance claims
* General
negligence and liability issues
* Commercial
leasing issues
Last summer, Maloney and the City Bar Justice
Center's Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project
held a successful legal clinic following the
Queens blackout.
About the Association
The New York
City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org)
was founded in 1870, and since then has been
dedicated to maintaining the high ethical
standards of the profession, promoting reform
of the law, and providing service to the profession
and the public. The Association continues to
work for political, legal and social reform,
while implementing innovative means to help
the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the
Association’s highest priorities.
