# Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of New York
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Small Business Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of New York dated March 13, 2025.
*Incident:* Five Alarm Apartment Building Fire.
**DATES:**
Issued on March 13, 2025.
*Incident Period:* January 10, 2025.
*Physical Loan Application Deadline Date* : May 12, 2025.
*Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date:* December 15, 2025.
**ADDRESSES:**
*Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov* to apply for a disaster assistance loan.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Notice is hereby given that as a result of the Administrator's disaster declaration, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal *https://lending.sba.gov* or other locally announced locations. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at *[email protected]* or by phone at 1-800-659-2955 for further assistance.
The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:
*Primary Counties:* Bronx.
*Contiguous Counties:*
New York: Nassau, New York, Queens, Westchester
New Jersey: Bergen
The Interest Rates are:
| | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere | 5.125 |
| Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere | 2.563 |
| Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere | 8.000 |
| Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
| | |
| Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere | 4.000 |
| Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere | 3.625 |
The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 209895 and for economic injury is 209900.
The States which received an EIDL Declaration are New Jersey, New York.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)
James Stallings,
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.