QUESTION
How does the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) utilize the data collected under local laws related to storefront vacancies?
0:23:56
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The SBS deputy commissioner explains that the data gathered from local laws like Local Law 152 on storefront vacancies helps inform the department's program designs. It allows them to identify areas with high vacancy rates that need focused attention. The data aids SBS in engaging community partners on the ground to develop strategies for addressing vacancy issues in their respective districts.
- The data collection occurs every 90 days
- It enables tracking of both long-term and short-term vacancies
- The collected data guides program development at SBS
- It pinpoints neighborhoods requiring targeted efforts to reduce vacancies
- The information facilitates collaboration with local community groups and stakeholders
Oswald Feliz
0:23:56
And how does SPS use the data gathered for each of these local laws?
Calvin Brown
0:24:02
For local law 152 I mean and just the data that we collect on storefront vacancy, it it helps inform our program designs.
0:24:11
It helps us identify where we see areas that we need to focus on, where there's high vacancies, and then, you know, engaging our community partners on the ground in those various areas about different strategies that they may be able to employ to, you know, a vest those vacancy levels in their districts.
Oswald Feliz
0:24:32
Okay.
