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Please support Senate Bill S8865/Assembly Bill A10901

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Dear [Decision Maker],

Please support S 8865 / A 10901, which would help small businesses and non-profits affected by COVID-19 and the related shutdown by providing rent relief from state and federal funds and requiring the small businesses/non-profits and landlords to share the burden of the shortfall during this time. This is the fairest and most rational way of addressing this crisis which, if left unchecked, will result in countless small businesses and non-profits shutting their doors permanently.

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Many small businesses and non-profits have been required by Executive Orders to shut their doors or operate at limited capacity for months. This has greatly reduced or eliminated their ability to generate revenue, even as they continue to be responsible for rent. An astounding but unsurprising number of businesses and non-profits have already gone under as a result. If government doesn't act soon, the numbers will only grow exponentially.

S 8865 (Hoylman)/A 10901 (Epstein) provides a fair and reasonable way of addressing this. By earmarking state and federal money for COVID-19 relief to be used to help cover rent costs for businesses and non-profits that have been certified to be affected by COVID-19 and the shutdown, it will assist both property owners and the small businesses and nonprofits. By requiring the property owners and small businesses and nonprofits to share the responsibility for the shortfall, it ensures neither is unduly burdened and gives each a fighting chance to survive until the pandemic is over.

The cost to our city, state, and communities if something like this is not done and done soon would be too devastating to contemplate. I urge you to act swiftly to support these bills, and ensure that they are enacted in to law to help support small business owners, nonprofits, and the property owners who house them in our state.

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[Your Address]

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