The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), with support from the City and the New York City Council, assists the
Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative (WCBDI), which offers innovative ways for New Yorkers to overcome economic and social inequality. Worker cooperatives are businesses that are run and operated by the people who work in them (worker-owners). Worker cooperatives allow New Yorkers to build businesses together, therefore allowing all the workers to gain access to upward mobility and better working conditions.
Contact a Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative organization today for help to start or maintain a worker cooperative business.
START A WORKER COOPERATIVEGet help with starting and managing a worker cooperative. The WCBDI will help you start a business from scratch. We provide not only training on the basic skills to run a business, but we'll help you launch an operational worker cooperative.
Center for Family Life
443 39th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Green Worker Cooperatives1231 Lafayette Avenue, 2nd Floor
Bronx, NY 10474
Urban Upbound4-25 Astoria Boulevard
Astoria, NY 11102
Worker's Justice Project50 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10004
WORKER COOPERATIVE ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT If you're already in a worker cooperative, we can help you operate and grow your business. One-on-one support services are available in the following areas: business plan development, marketing and market research, governance and internal manuals assistance, strategic planning, translation services, bookkeeping, financial planning, and succession planning.
Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative2431 Morris Avenue
Bronx, NY 10468
Business Outreach Center Network
85 S. Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
FPWA40 Broad Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10004
New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives136 Lawrence Street, Suite 3B
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Other services: trade association for worker co-ops
WORKER COOPERATIVE LEGAL SUPPORTFrom incorporating your business to creating a patent, the WCBDI can help your worker cooperative with a variety of legal needs through specialized one-on-one legal consultations.
Community Economic Development Clinic (CUNY Law) 2 Court Square| Long Island City, NY 11101-4356
Community Development Project, Urban Justice Center123 William Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10038
CONVERT YOUR BUSINESS TO A WORKER COOPERATIVEWe can help you build a succession plan to pass off your business to the right people once you leave. We can also help you create a business structure that can allow your employees to run your business with you.
Democracy at Work Institute394 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10013
The ICA Group244 Fifth Avenue, Suite C230 New York, NY 10001
Other services: business creation; legal assistance; financing assistance; one-on-one support
WORKER COOPERATIVE FINANCING SUPPORTWe offer specialized financing support for worker cooperatives.
The Working World394 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Other services: business creation; business conversion; one-on-one support
LEARN MORE Reading our reports highlighting the successes of the WCBDI.
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