The Greater NY Chamber hosted a small business fair & forum at the conveniently located TKP NY Conference Center in Midtown Manhattan just steps away from beautiful Bryant Park. Close to four hundred businesses came by to take advantage of this important day of networking, workshops and to gather free resources & information from close to fourty exhibitors; including many representatives from city, state and federal agencies.

Chamber member -TOTO hosted a cocktail reception in their SOHO showroom. Businesses enjoyed cocktails and delicious food while networking in the largest plumbing manufacturer in the world. For the past 100 years, the TOTO Global Group has been the recognized leader in innovation, technology and precision engineering in elegant, high-design products that enhance the bath space. Serving both the residential and commercial sectors, the company's Americas Division, TOTO USA, Inc., is reinventing the exclusive bath experience with its revolutionary People First approach to product innovation.

Business and consumers are no longer engaging through traditional channels for getting news, banking, shopping at brick and mortar stores or how they learn new skills. The new economy requires a different way of thinking about your whole business from clients, products, services, marketing, technology, processes, people all encapsulated in a holistic quality assurance program. Digital transformation is a journey that leverages the internet, data & algorithms in-sights for personalizing the client engagement journey. Many companies will have one shot at getting this right or risk becoming irrelevant in their market.

Encuentro Northeast’s committee composed of prominent New York and New Jersey business and civic leaders honored leading Latino Leaders. This years's New York City awards program was in the historic General Society Library. 2019 Award Recipients were: Environmental Advocate Award Recipient-New York Congressman, José E. Serrano, Small Business Advocate Award; New York Congresswoman -Nydia M. Velázquez, Congressional Legacy Award-Former New York Congressman, Charles B. Rangel

The Consulate General of Nepal New York, Nepalese American Foundation & Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolitan City of Nepal hosted a Nepalese Festival & Reception. Amrit Bahadur Rai, the new Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations was speaking about the importance of the direct flights top Nepal and how it would stimulate the relationship between US and Nepalese Businesses.

Elias Li, Founder CEO of Fyllan discusses a new technology platform that enables local service based businesses to monetize their time. It's all about time and how businesses need to start looking at their business in a different way and how to best monetize their time. Fyllan wants to create a community where local businesses can thrive by leveraging the best technology and maximizing their time and resources

The FY 2020 Budget highlights; makes 2% Property Tax Cap Permanent, Includes Landmark Criminal Justice Reforms, and MTA Reform Plan that Includes Central Business District Tolling, Increases Education Aid by Over $1 Billion, Bringing Total Education Funding to $27.9 Billion, and Introduces New Education Equity Formula to Ensure Funding for Poorer Schools,Agreement to Enact Public Campaign Finance System, State Spending Kept at 2% for the Ninth Straight Year