carlo Archives - Good News! https://goodnewsplanet.com/tag/carlo/ Life Affirming Good News Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:37:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://goodnewsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-Earth-1200-×-1200-px-32x32.png carlo Archives - Good News! https://goodnewsplanet.com/tag/carlo/ 32 32 STATEMENT BY CARLO A. SCISSURA, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON CITY’S PLANS TO REVAMP RESTAURANT GRADING SYSTEM https://goodnewsplanet.com/statement-carlo-scissura-president-ceo-brooklyn-chamber-commerce-citys-plans-revamp-restaurant-grading-system/ Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:37:45 +0000 http://goodnewsplanet.com/?p=41530 “Brooklyn’s marvelous restaurant community is dedicated to the health and well-being of their customers, but punitive fines levied by the City drive up costs and make it incredibly difficult to stay in business.  As a result, many restaurants are forced to decide between raising prices on their customers, letting go of hard-working employees or shutting …

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]]> “Brooklyn’s marvelous restaurant community is dedicated to the health and well-being of their customers, but punitive fines levied by the City drive up costs and make it incredibly difficult to stay in business.  As a result, many restaurants are forced to decide between raising prices on their customers, letting go of hard-working employees or shutting their doors for good.  We have long called for a reduction in both restaurant fines. We applaud Mayor DeBlasio and City Council Speaker Mark-Viverito for taking these bold measures to ensure clear rules and a fair process that protects consumers without balancing the budget on the backs of our businesses. We continue to call for better coordination between the Department of Health and restaurant owners in order to reduce the window of time in which inspectors conduct visits.”

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]]> 41530 Statement on the One Year Anniversary of Sandy https://goodnewsplanet.com/statement-one-year-anniversary-sandy/ Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:09:41 +0000 http://goodnewsplanet.com/?p=38569 from President & CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Carlo A. Scissura “It was a year ago that Hurricane Sandy hit Brooklyn’s coastline, leaving in its wake a path of unprecedented death and destruction. My staff and I walked through flooded streets across the borough and spoke with scores of business owners who had …

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]]> brooklyn_chamberfrom President & CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Carlo A. Scissura

“It was a year ago that Hurricane Sandy hit Brooklyn’s coastline, leaving in its wake a path of unprecedented death and destruction. My staff and I walked through flooded streets across the borough and spoke with scores of business owners who had lost everything. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce wasted no time in helping those business owners fill out loan and grant applications as well as navigate the process.

“Alongside our partners in City and State government – in particular NYC Small Business Services Commissioner Rob Walsh and Empire State Development President & CEO and Commissioner of the New York State Department of Economic Development Ken Adams – we were on the ground in Red Hook, Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Canarsie, and other neighborhoods that had been impacted.

“Thanks to the generosity of the TD Bank Foundation, we accepted a $200,000 grant to help establish the Citywide Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Project. The grant enabled us to help businesses grow across New York City – many of which were located in Sandy-affected areas like Red Hook and Sheepshead Bay – giving us the ability to empower local communities at a time when they needed it most.

“We are also proud to have partnered with Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Brooklyn Community Foundation to raise money for the affected areas in the borough, ensuring that help go directly to the neighborhoods and shopping districts that need it most.

“Over the past 12 months, many businesses in Brooklyn have rebuilt and reopened. Despite the progress, there is still work that needs to be done. Brooklynites are tough and resilient. We showed it in the days and weeks after Sandy and we will continue to show it as we rebuild bigger and better than before.”

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