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City’s Industrial Support Plan Sparks Concern | New York City News
New York City is phasing out its decades-old IBSP program, which funded neighborhood-based groups that helped industrial businesses navigate permits, financing, and regulations — a lifeline for many manufacturers and small shops. The city’s new plan replaces these local hubs with a single citywide coordinator, but critics say the structure excludes existing providers and lacks the deep local knowledge they offer. Business owners, especially immigrants and people of color relying on these jobs for upward mobility, fear the loss of vital support. While the city claims it’s modernizing…
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