* § 16-gg. Small business seed funding grant program. 1. Definitions.\nAs used in this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Small business" shall mean a business which is resident in this\nstate, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and\nemploys one hundred or less persons, was started on September 1, 2018 or\nlater and has been operational for a minimum of six months prior to\napplication.\n (b) "Micro-business" shall mean a business which is a resident in this\nstate, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and\nemploys ten or less persons.\n (c) "The program" shall mean the small business seed funding grant\nprogram established pursuant to subdivision two of this section.\n (d) "Applicant" shall mean a micro-business, small business, or\nfor-profit independent arts and cultural organization, including\nindependent arts contractors submitting an application for a grant award\nto the program.\n (e) "For-profit independent arts and cultural organization" shall mean\na small or medium sized private for-profit, independently operated\nlive-performance venue, promoter, production company, or performance\nrelated business, including independent arts contractors, located in New\nYork state negatively impacted by COVID-19 health and safety protocols,\nand having one hundred or less full-time employees, excluding seasonal\nemployees.\n 2. Small business seed funding grant program established. The small\nbusiness seed funding grant program is hereby created to provide\nassistance to early-stage small businesses to succeed in a recovering\nNew York state economy.\n 3. Authorization. The corporation is hereby authorized, using\navailable funds, to issue grants and provide technical assistance and\noutreach to micro-businesses, small businesses, for-profit arts and\ncultural organizations including independent arts contractors and\ntechnical assistance partners for the purpose of aiding the recovery of\nthe New York state economy, and may promulgate guidelines to effectuate\nthe purposes herein.\n 4. Selection criteria and application process. (a) In order to be\neligible for a grant or additional form of support under the program, an\neligible small business shall:\n (i) be incorporated in New York state or licensed or registered to do\nbusiness in New York state and must be resident in the state of New\nYork;\n (ii) be a currently viable micro-business, small business, for-profit\narts and cultural organization including independent arts contractors\nthat started business on September 1, 2018 or later and has been\noperational for at least six months before an application is submitted;\n (iii) have between five thousand and one million dollars in gross\nreceipts or be able to demonstrate five thousand dollars in business\nexpenses;\n (iv) be in substantial compliance with applicable federal, state and\nlocal laws, regulations, codes and requirements; and\n (v) not owe any federal, state or local taxes, or have an approved\nrepayment, deferral plan, or agreement with appropriate federal, state,\nand local taxing authorities.\n (b) (i) Grants awarded from this program shall be available to\neligible micro-businesses, small businesses, and for-profit arts and\ncultural organizations including independent arts contractors that do\nnot qualify for business assistance grant programs under the federal\nAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or any other available federal COVID-19\neconomic recovery or business assistance grant programs, including loans\nforgiven under the federal Paycheck Protection Program, or are unable to\nobtain sufficient business assistance from such federal programs, with\npriority given to socially and economically disadvantaged business\nowners including, but not limited to, minority and women-owned business\nenterprises, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, and\nveteran-owned businesses, or businesses located in communities
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