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City National Bank

68 S. Service Road, Suite 100

Melville, NY 11747 cnb.com

Los Angeles-based City National Bank offers a full complement of banking, trust and investment services through 72 offices, including 19 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada, New York City, Nashville, Atlanta, Minne

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“A company that might have been ineligible in early April could be eligible in May or June,” he said.

Asset Enhancement Solutions provides not just consulting services, but also functions as an agent for a number of different lenders and a “trouble-shooter,” Seiden said.

While lenders and agents are not prohibited from charging applicants a fee for accepting and processing PPP loans, and lenders get a processing fee from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the Long Island-based firm does not charge for many of its PPP-related services.

“We discussed it as a team, and we unanimously decided that it was our obligation to help businesses,” Seiden said. “It’s our way of giving back to the business community and the community at large.”

Last week, Congress passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act to provide more help to small businesses and nonprofits that apply.

According to Seiden, the new law changes the cover period of the loan from eight weeks to 24 weeks, ending on December 31.

Initially, businesses that receive a PPP loan had to use 75 percent of the funds for payroll purposes. The new law lowers that amount to 60 percent, which allows businesses to use the funds on other expenses like rent, lease payments and interest.

Any part of the loan that is not forgiven will now be paid back over a five-year period, instead of a two-year period. That lowers the monthly payment for applicants.

Seiden said the flexibility will eventually allow companies to convert close to 100 percent of the loan into a grant that will be forgiven.

“It’s really a win-win for companies,” he said. “It’s a way to get some free money to keep them afloat until things get back to normal.”

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Holt Construction

50 E. Washington Avenue

Pearl River, NY 10965 holtcc.com

Founded in 1919, Holt Construction is celebrating 100 years in business with our 3rd generation of Holt family leadership. Holt thrives on its reputation as a quality construction company that maintains its core values and “family” atmosphere while providing the best services to our clients.

Horticultural Creations, Inc.

2 Gold Street, 2nd Floor

New York, NY 10038 hcinc.org

Proudly servicing New York City ’s largest corporations and finest hotels, HC long ago flourished from being the small family business we started as almost 40 years ago, leading the industry with our ground-breaking design and technology. Over the years what we at HC, have never outgrown is the original promise made back in 1976, to provide the finest quality product and unparalleled customer service to each and every client. To this day Steve and Harold still oversee every account, from initial design to final installation.

Pi Capital Partners

136-18 39th Avenue, 12th Floor

Flushing, NY 11354 picapitalpartners.com

Pi Capital Partners is a real estate investment and development firm located in New York City. The firm develops and manages over 40 properties and over 800 apartments, offices, and retail units.

Pi Capital is privately and independently owned with no equity partners and no outside investors.

Securitech Group, Inc.

54-60 46th Street

Maspeth, NY 11378 securitech.com

Renowned for multi-point locking and the best deadbolt locks, Securitech prides itself as America’s leading “Go-To” high-security door hardware manufacturer. From schools and behavioral healthcare facilities to worldwide retailers, government institutions, and infrastructure, Securitech’s proven lock security solutions provide for a unique niche in various industries and markets

Soter Technologies, Inc.

113 Comac Street

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 sotertechnologies.com

The Soter name is inspired by Greek mythology wherein Soter is the personification of safety, deliverance and preservation from harm. Using advanced sensor and software technology, Soter Technologies develops and delivers innovative solutions for environmental and social intelligence – to make the world a safer place.

Sterling Sanitary Supply Corp.

32-32 57th Street

Woodside, NY 11377 sterlingsanitarysupply.com

Sterling Sanitary Supply Corp. is a respected pioneer in the environmentally friendly, green cleaning industry. We are dedicated to further developing environmentally responsible solutions which do not sacrifice performance. Sterling Sanitary Supply Corporation has been serving the needs of its customers for over 65 years. Sterling operates state-of-the-art distribution centers in Woodside, NY and Farmingdale, NY.

INTRODUCTORY

Enlightened Energy Consultants, LLC 655 Meadow Court, Unit #15 Southhold, NY 11971

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Journey to 116-35 225th Cambria Height, NY 11414

Moxie Group 197 Manorhaven Blvd., Rear Port Washington, NY 11050

Shiftyy Technologies, Inc. 3503 29th Street, 6G Astoria, NY 11106 shiftyyHealth.com

Sats Trucking and Courier, Inc. 115-44 125th Street South Ozone Park, NY 11420 satsservice.com

Venture Promotions & Marketing Corp. 157-51 11th Avenue Whitestone, NY 11357 venturepromotions.com

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Thomas Santucci Chairperson Nash Roe Vice Chairperson Patrick Yu Treasurer Susan Browning Secretary Richard Dzwlewicz Associate Treasurer Fran Biderman-Gross Associate Secretary Mayra DiRico Immediate Past Chair EXECUTIVE STAFF

Thomas J. Grech President & CEO Joanne M. Persad Chief of Operations Alejandra Espejo Financial Controller Neil Wagner Business Service Program Manager Brendan Leavy Business Development Manager Jacqueline Donado Strategic Program Coordinator Jef Gross Manager of Committee Development SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Michelle Stoddart

ResortsWorld Casino New York City michelle.stoddart@rwnewyork.com

Jayson Simba

Festival of Cinema NYC FestivalofCinemaNYC@gmail.com COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP

ENERGY Marshall Haimson E-Capital Development marshall@e-capitaldevelopment.com Jay Solly Sol Strategies jaypsolly@gmail.com

HOSPITALITY Jim Quent Statewide Public Affairs jquent@statewidepublicaffairs.com Vincent Gentile Vassilaros & Sons Coffee vincent@vassilaroscoffee.com

BANKING & LAW Margaret T. Ling, Esq. Big Apple Abstract Corp. mling@bigappleabstract.com Paul Harrison Chase paul.harrison@chase.com

COMMUNICATIONS

Cody Fisher

Blue Ox Marketing, LLC cody@blueoxmarketing.com ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION

Bill Staniford

bill@staniford.com

Michael Grella

Grella Partnership Services mike@socialquityventures.com

HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Susan Browning

Long Island Jewish Forest Hills sbrowning1@northwell.edu

Bert Lurch

E Central Medical Management bertl@ecmmgt.com MANUFACTURING

Lina DeLaCruz

Control Electropolishing Corp. lina@controlpublishing.com

NONPROFIT Larry Grubler Transitional Services of NY lgrubler@tsiny.org Maria Odysseus Investors Bank modysseus@myinvestorsbank.com

Levine Builders Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Association, Inc. Luxury Office Suites LLC Lyons Mortgage Services, Inc. Madison Realty Capital Manpower McBride Consulting & Business MCT Fine Wine & Spirits, LLC Medisys Health Network Mega Contracting Group LLC MetroPlus Health Plan Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade MicroGrid Neworks, LLC Millennium Dae Dong, Inc. Molloy College Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens Mr. T Carting Corp. Muss Development LLC My Benefit Advisor, LLC NEOLEDGE Neuman’s Kitchen Newtown Creek New York + Atlantic Railway New York Health Plan Association New York Oil Heating Association Northwell Health NYC Ferry Operated by Hornblower Olympia Court Real Estate OneGroup Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates Patrizia’s Italian Restaurant Petro PGA Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Piermont Bank Premier Paint Roller Co LLC

REAL ESTATE Martin Cottingham Avison Young martin.cottingham@avisonyoung.com Kevin Louie Cushman & Wakefield kevin.louie@cushwake.com Michael Wang Politan Real Estate mwang121@gmail.com

TECHNOLOGY Bobby Giurintano TGI Office Automation bgiurintano@tgioa.com Fred Canone Telehouse mwang121@gmail.com

TRANSPORTATION

Kris Amato

TD Bank Kristin.amato@td.com

William Harris

Edge Auto Rental william@edgeautorental.com Henry Wan Patrick Yu Daniel Zausner

Premier Payroll Solutions Prime Storage Priority 1 Security LLC ProHEALTH Care QSIDE Federal Credit Union Queens Center Mall Queens Public Communications Corp. Quontic Bank RCG Mortgage Receivable Collection Services, LLC Rego Park Seniors Club LLC Related Retail Corporation Rochdale Village Community Center Royal Waste Services, Inc. Safeguard Global Safety Facility Services Samaritan Daytop Village Santander Bank SBT Advantage Bank Seagis Property Group, LP Signature Bank Sive, Paget & Riesel P.C. Skyline Risk Management, Inc. SL Green Realty Corp. Solomon Agency Corp. Spring Hill Suites New York Jamaica/JFK Airport Squad Security Inc. St. Francis Preparatory School St. John’s Episcopal Hospital St. John’s University Sterling Risk Structural Engineering Technologies, P.C. Suffolk Sussman-Automatic Corporation Target TC Electric TGI Office Automation Thales The Andy Li Team at Compass The Botanist The Durst Organization The First National Bank of Long Island The Flying Locksmiths -Queens NY The Heskel Group The Liquidity Source The Lovett Group The Marcal Group T-Mobile TSC Traning Academy, LLC Ultrasound Solutions Corp. United Airlines United American Title Agency United Construction & Development Group Corp United Public Adjusters & Appraisers, Inc. USTA National Tennis Center, Inc. Valley National Bank Vanguard Building Solutions, LLC Vassilaros & Sons Coffee Vic Kessler Signs LTD Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP Watch Guard 24/7 LLC White Coffee Corp Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C. YMCA of Greater New York / Queens Branches York College - CUNY Young Nian Group, LLC Zara Realty

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