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Support the Small Business Jobs Survival Act

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Councilmember Adrienne Adams
Councilmember Diana Ayala
Councilmember Inez Barron
Councilmember Joseph Borelli
Councilmember Justin Brannan
Councilmember Fernando Cabrera
Councilmember Margaret Chin
Councilmember Andrew Cohen
Councilmember Costa Constantinides
Councilmember Robert Cornegy Jr.
Councilmember Laurie Cumbo
Councilmember Rubin Diaz
Councilmember Daniel Dromm
Councilmember Chaim Duetsch
Councilmember Rafael Espinal Jr.
Councilmember Mathieu Eugene
Councilmember Vanessa Gibson
Small Business Committee Chair Councilmember Mark Gjonaj
Councilmember Barry Grodenchik
Councilmember Robert Holden
Speaker Corey Johnson
Councilmember Ben Kallos
Councilmember Andy King
Councilmember Peter Koo
Councilmember Karen Koslowitz
Councilmember Rory Lancman
Councilmember Brad Lander
Councilmember Stephen Levin
Councilmember Mark Levine
Councilmember Alan Maisel
Councilmember Steven Matteo
Councilmember Carlos Menchaca
Councilmember I. Daneek Miller
Councilmember Francisco Moya
Councilmember Bill Perkins
Councilmember Keith Powers
Councilmember Antonio Reynoso
Councilmember Donovan Richards
Councilmember Carlina Rivera
Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez
Councilmember Deborah Rose
Councilmember Helen Rosenthal
Councilmember Rafael Salamanca
Councilmember Alicka Ampry Samuel
Councilmember Ritchie Torres
Councilmember Mark Treyger
Councilmember Eric Uhlrich
Councilmember Paul Vallone
Councilmember James Van Bramer
Councilmember Jumaane Williams
Councilmember Kalman Yeger

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Support the Small Business Jobs Survival Act

Dear [Decision Maker],

I strongly urge you to support and approve the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA) (Int 0737-2018)

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Small businesses in our city are under tremendous pressure, and we are losing them on a daily basis.  Longtime stores and restaurants that have been an integral part of the success of our neighborhoods are being forced out, in many ways a victim of their own success.  Other small independent businesses that provide necessary services to local communities are being pushed out by ever-increasing rents and competition from chain stores.  Our city and our neighborhoods are losing these vital and necessary institutions which keep them livable while providing invaluable jobs and economic opportunity.

The Small Business Jobs Survival Act will help even the playing field and give small businesses a greater opportunity to remain in place and secure reasonable rents they can afford.  The bill is fair, and allows the market to determine rents while protecting tenants from gouging and discourages the warehousing of commercial space.  Without such action, we will likely only see the rate of loss of small businesses in our neighborhoods accelerate beyond the already disturbing pace. I urge you to sponsor the bill if you have not already, and to attend the City Council hearing on it on October 22nd and support a vote on the bill right away.

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