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Downtown firms get help, for a fee; Lawyers, marketers blitz area, competing with scores of free services available.

Publication: Crain's New York Business
Publication Date: 15-JUL-02 		Format: Online - approximately 861 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Downtown firms get help, for a fee; Lawyers, marketers blitz area, competing with scores of free services available.(Brief Article)

Article Excerpt
A number of marketers, accountants and lawyers are trolling downtown Manhattan, promising to help small firms hurt by the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in securing grants, loans and tax credits-for a hefty fee.

The businesses say they are providing a convenience to companies that are already overwhelmed with day-to-day operations.

``Gathering documents and preparing financial statements and historical information is where the time and effort comes in,'' says John Sattler, a principal in Levy Gold Sattler & Fein, an accounting firm in Great Neck, L.I.

But similar or identical help is available for free from numerous nonprofit and government organizations. These include city and state walk-in centers, small business development centers and grassroots organizations.

The marketing initiatives come at a time when the city and state are actually...

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