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Amber Lasciak, founder of REDU NYC, received a $5,000 loan from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce in 2017 after her old shop was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. Photo: Paul Frangipane/Brooklyn Eagle

For Brooklyn’s smallest businesses, a lending lifeline

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is providing micro loans up to $25,000 to small businesses that don’t qualify for commercial loans, including to certified “minority-and-women-owned businesses,” the chamber president announced on Tuesday. The chamber’s Brooklyn Alliance Capital Loan Fund has issued 18 loans with a backing of $25,000 from the chamber since 2017. The new program was awarded $125,000 from

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