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Small Business and Micro Enterprises

CDP’s low-income entrepreneur clients receive assistance in choosing the appropriate business form, incorporation, tax, real estate, securing loans to preserve and expand their businesses, regulatory compliance, employment and intellectual property. By fostering the creation of small businesses, CDP aims to increase the income and stability of low-income entrepreneurs, and to create jobs and economic activity that will benefit the community as a whole.

IIs your small business ready to obtain legal services from the CDP?

To find out, please answer the following questions:

1. Do you have a well-defined business idea and a realistic business plan or an on-going business?

2. Do you have a business plan that includes a statement of what the business does, who runs the business, where the business will be located, a budget, a plan for financing and a marketing plan?

3. Is your business located in Upper Manhattan or the Bronx? (The CDP also accepts matters with exceptional community development merit from elsewhere in the five boroughs).

4. Is your income equal to or less than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines?

The CDP requires its clients to have a business plan, though it need not be a sophisticated or lengthy document. For technical assistance in starting or operating your small business, please see the Resource List for Small Business.

Past Clients

Click here to learn more about past small business clients.