Free educational event presented by the Staten Island Small Business Development Center to take place April 22 in the Third County Courthouse, Historic Richmond Town
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Is private information about your business not private enough? Would you know if a restricted area of your commercial premises had been violated? Do criminals see your business as an easy target?
New York City business owners wanting to protect their enterprises from crime are invited to attend a special gathering on April 22.
Presented by the Staten Island Small Business Development Center (SI SBDC), the free seminar, “Security and How to Protect Your Business,” will feature prominent experts from the fields of law enforcement, banking, and high-tech security systems. Guests will learn about the ways modern-day criminals can threaten the well-being of business owners, employees and commercial enterprises, as well as ways to avoid being victimized.
The event will take place on April 22, 9 to 11 a.m., in the Third County Courthouse, Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Ave., Staten Island. Refreshments will be served.
“This seminar will enlighten business operators who are unfamiliar with the variety of scams and other crimes commonly perpetrated upon businesses,” said Dean L. Balsamini, director of the Staten Island Small Business Development Center. “Guests will learn how to better protect themselves, their workers and their enterprises.”
Speakers at the seminar will include:
- David Frey, an assistant district attorney (ADA) and one of two deputy bureau chiefs of the Investigations Bureau, Office of Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan. The ADA, who has garnered more than 16 years as a prosecutor in the borough, will discuss “The Importance of Security within Your Business.”
- Steve Coppola, founder and president of long-established APB Security Systems, will address the advantages of protecting a business with surveillance and central monitoring, and some of the latest safeguards available.
- Christopher Donahue, vice president and security officer, Northfield Bank (New York and New Jersey), who has more than two decades of fraud investigations to his credit, will highlight “The Risks Associated With Business Identity Theft.”
PRE-REGISTRATION
Seating for the seminar is limited. For additional information or to pre-register, contact Christine Purelis of the SI SBDC at 718-982-2560, or via email at: Christine.Purelis@csi.cuny.edu.
About the Staten Island Small Business Development Center
The Small Business Development Center at the College of Staten Island (SBDC at CSI) is part of the New York State Small Business Development Center, which is administered by the State University of New York.
The center operates as a full-time enterprise during weekday business hours, assisting small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs with a wide array of cost-free confidential guidance and technical assistance.
Since launching in 1993, the experienced advisers of the Staten Island SBDC have worked directly with more than 6,500 businesses, helping them to invest over $146.5 million in the area’s economy, and creating or saving more than 4,500 jobs.
The Staten Island SBDC is located at: The College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Building 3A, Room 105; Staten Island, NY 10314-9806.
The Staten Island SBDC additionally operates two outreach sites: The Small Business Development Center, Bay Ridge Satellite Office, in the Santander Building, 9512 Third Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11209, and the Small Business Development Center, Staten Island Office, in the Empire State Bank Building, 1361 North Railroad Ave., Staten Island, NY 10306.
For information about business counseling on Staten Island, the SBDC at CSI may be reached at 718-982-2560, or via email at Christine.Purelis@csi.cuny.edu. The Brooklyn office may be contacted at 718-619-5603; the Staten Island satellite office may be reached at 718-873-4496.
Dean L. Balsamini, director of the Staten Island Small Business Development Center
Steve Coppola, founder and president of APB Security Systems
Christopher Donahue, vice president and security officer, Northfield Bank
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