Save Time and Money with the NYC Business Express Service Team (BEST)!

Through NYC BEST, you will be connected to a single point person to help you:

• Get licenses and permits faster
• Avoid/reduce fines and violations

Services are available in multiple languages.

Neighborhood businesses keep New York going 24/7. Here are the top 3 ways you can support the small businesses that make our city a unique place to live:

1. Shop in person
2. Shop online
3. Buy a gift card

Find options to help you Shop Your City here.

Through strategic outreach, public engagement, business services, and advocacy efforts, Cannabis NYC supports the creation of good jobs, successful small businesses, and sustainable economic opportunity to address historic harms of cannabis prohibition.

To stay connected, visit nyc.gov/cannabisnyc, call our hotline at 888-SBS-4NYC (888-727-4692) and sign up for email updates.

The Online Directory of Certified Businesses is a searchable list of M/WBE, LBE, and EBE certified businesses across the New York City area. Directory listings include company details (including what goods/services they sell or provide) and contact information.

As part of the City's commitment to spur economic growth, SBS released The New Normal: Adapting Your Small Business Playbook, a handbook filled with tools, technologies, and strategies to help entrepreneurs stabilize their business, protect their staff and customers, and build and grow beyond the pandemic.