Coronavirus Information:
Immediate Needs
Lower Manhattan stores delivering groceries (from Downtown Alliance)
Stay Current
Text COVID to 692-692 to get SMS text updates with latest news and developments in New York City
Sign up for COVID-19 email updates from New York State
Service and travel updates from the MTA
Health
Health tips from the NYC Department of Health
Parents & Children
Updates from the NYC Department of Education
Application for Department of Education loan of iPad for student remote learning. Download multilingual application instructions.
Coronavirus related resources for mothers and expectant mothers from Hudson River Park Mothers Group
Free day-by-day projects to keep at-home kids reading, thinking, and growing from Scholastic
Money & Business
Small Business Paycheck Protection Program
The Paycheck Protection Program provides small businesses with fully forgivable loans to pay up to 8 weeks of payroll costs including benefits. Funds can also be used to pay interest on mortgages, rent, and utilities. Small businesses with 500 or fewer employees—including nonprofits, veterans organizations, tribal concerns, self-employed individuals, sole proprietorships, and independent contractors— are eligible.
Here's a link help locate eligible PPP lenders: https://www.sba.gov/paycheckprotection/find
Free one-on-one counseling for SBA loan application assistance is available from the New York Small Business Development Center: http://www.nyssbdc.org/selector/ReqForCons/formo.aspx
Information on resources for business owners from the NYC Department of Small Business Services
Taxi driver guidance from the Taxi & Limousine Commission
The 7-day waiting period for unemployment assistance has been waived. If you were recently laid off (even if it's only temporary), you can file for unemployment here
More
Have COVID-19 questions? Ask a scientist
Have Coronavirus anxiety? Resources for anxiety and your mental health
Elected Officials
Federal:
U.S. Senator for New York, Kirsten Gillibrand
https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov
U.S. Senator for New York, Charles E. Schumer
https://www.schumer.senate.gov
U.S. Congressman, 10th District, Jerrold Nadler
https://nadler.house.gov
U.S. Congresswoman, 7th District, Nydia M. Velazquez
https://velazquez.house.gov
U.S. Congresswoman, 12th District, Carolyn B. Maloney
https://maloney.house.gov
Lookup Your Congressmember
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
New York State:
NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo
https://www.governor.ny.gov
NYS Lieutenant Governor, Kathy Hochul
https://www.governor.ny.gov/aboutlieutenantgovernor
NYS Attorney General, Letitia James
https://ag.ny.gov
NYS Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli
https://www.osc.state.ny.us
NYS Senator, 27th SD, Brad Hoylman
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/brad-hoylman
NYS Senator, 26th SD, Brian Kavanagh
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/brian-kavanagh
NYS Assemblymember, 66th AD, Deborah J. Glick
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Deborah-J-Glick
NYS Assemblymember, 65th AD, Yuh-Line Niou
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Yuh-Line-Niou
Lookup Your NY State Senator
https://www.nysenate.gov/find-my-senator
Lookup Your NY State Assemblymember
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
NYS Committee, 65th AD, Christopher Marte
http://www.martenyc.com
NYS Committee, 65th AD, Jenny Lam Low
NYS Committee, 66th AD, Ben Yee
http://www.benjaminyee.com
NYS Committee, 66th AD, Rachel Levine
Manhattan County District Leaders
http://manhattandemocrats.org/about/district-leaders/
New York City:
NYC Mayor, Bill de Blasio
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/
NYC Comptroller, Scott M. Stringer
https://comptroller.nyc.gov
NYC Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams
https://pubadvocate.nyc.gov
Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer
http://manhattanbp.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml
NYC City Council Speaker and District 3 Councilmember, Corey Johnson
https://council.nyc.gov/district-3/
NYC City Councilmember, District 1, Margaret S. Chin
https://council.nyc.gov/district-1/
NYC City Councilmember, District 2, Carlina Rivera
https://council.nyc.gov/district-2/
Lookup Your City Council Member
https://council.nyc.gov/districts/
Get Neighborhood Information
https://www1.nyc.gov/apps/311utils/addressinfo.htm
Find Your Poll Site
https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search
Community Boards
Manhattan Community Board 1: Financial District, Seaport/Civic Center, Tribeca, Ellis Island, Governor's Island, Liberty Island
http://www.nyc.gov/mcb1
Manhattan Community Board 2: Greenwich Village, SoHo, NoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, Hudson Square and Gansevoort Market
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/html/home/home.shtml
Manhattan Community Board 3: Lower East Side, Chinatown, Two Bridges, Tompkins Square and East Village
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb3/html/home/home.shtml
NYPD
1st Precinct: WTC, Tribeca, Wall Street and west side of Broadway in SoHo
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/1st-precinct.page
5th Precinct: Chinatown, Little Italy, Bowery, east side of Broadway in SoHo
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/5th-precinct.page
6th Precinct: Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/6th-precinct.page
7th Precinct: Lower East Side
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/7th-precinct.page
9th Precinct: NoHo, East Village
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/9th-precinct.page
311 Online
NYC 311 Online
https://www1.nyc.gov/311/
NYC Public Schools
Find my public school
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/find-a-school
Universal Pre-Kindergarten
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/pre-k
Register for Public Kindergarten
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/kindergarten
Apply to Public Middle School
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/middle-school
Apply to Public High School
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/high-school
Downtown Public Elementary Schools
BPC
PS / IS 276 (Battery Park City School)
PS 89
Tribeca
PS 234
PS 150
Seaport
PS 343 Peck Slip School
Downtown
PS / I S 397 Spruce Street
PS 130 Hernando DeSoto School
LES
PS 1 Alfred E. Smith
PS 2 Meyer London
PS 42 Benjamin Altman
PS 124 Yung Wing
PS / IS 126 Jacob August Riis / MAT
Affordable Housing
Apply for Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE)
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/rentfreeze/tools/scrie-applications.page
Apply for Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE)
https://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1522/disability-rent-increase-exemption-drie-program
Subscribe to NYC Housing Connect to find out about upcoming affordable housing lotteries
http://lb.benchmarkemail.com/listbuilder/signupnew?rL7EU6XzCdqrMyPWA5knThBOtDtY377c7Z3ArGOgkV5oHob%252BACS9Ug%253D%253D
City Council Speaker Johnson's Free Housing Clinic
http://www.coreyjohnson.nyc/free-housing-clinic-service/
Mobilization for Justice Advocacy & Legal Services
http://mobilizationforjustice.org
Healthcare
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/index.page
NYC HHC, Gouverneur Medical Center
227 Madison Street
https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/gouverneur/contact-us/
NY Presbyterian, Lower Manhattan Hospital
170 William St.
https://www.nyp.org/lowermanhattan/contact-hospital
Planned Parenthood
26 Bleecker
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/new-york/new-york/10012/margaret-sanger-center-3325-91110
Apicha Community Health Center
400 Broadway
https://www.apicha.org