New York City Launches a Black-Owned Business Directory

New York City Launches a Black-Owned Business Directory

June 27, 2023

New York City created a great way to highlight all the Black-owned businesses in the city.

The New York City Department of Small Businesses Services created an online business directory, titled The Shop Black NYC, which lists over 3,000 Black-owned businesses across the city, New York Amsterdam News reported. Sponsored by the SBS’s Black Entrepreneurs NYC, the website filters the businesses by borough – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island. It was created in 2019 and launched strategically on Juneteenth.

Supporters of the website called the Shop Black initiative “positive” for the community, entrepreneurs, and the general economy. Black people make up 22% of the city’s population but only 2% of the city’s small businesses. Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services, Kevin D. Kim, says the initiative is encouraging for aspiring Black business owners.

Read the source article at blackenterprise.com

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