COVID-19 Resources

Federal Updates

• Coronavirus Resources (US Department of Labor)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources (US Small Business Administration)
• Coronavirus Emergency Loans: Small Business Guide and Checklist (US Chamber of Commerce)
• Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (AIA)
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act FAQ (HR Workplace Services)

Local and State Updates

• Metrics to Guide Reopening New York (New York State)
• Guidance on Executive Order 202.6 (New York State)
• Assistance & Guidance for Businesses Impacted Due to Novel Coronavirus (NYC Small Business Services)
• Webinars: Resources for Small Businesses and M/WBEs Impacted by COVID-19 (NYC Comptroller)
• Latest City/Municipality Agency Updates and Closures under COVID-19 (Milrose Consultants)
• DOB COVID-19 Updates (NYC Department of Buildings)
• Essential Active Construction Sites (NYC Department of Buildings)
• Temporary Procedure for Plan Intake Unit during COVID-19 (New York City Fire Department)
• LPC Public Hearings  (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission)
• COVID-19 Updates (New York State Education Department)

Industry Updates

• COVID-19 and Real Estate: How the Coronavirus Is Impacting the AEC Industry (Building Design + Construction)
• Coronavirus Industry Information  (New York Building Congress)

• Reopening New York (New York State)

• Reopening America: Strategies for Safer Buildings (AIA)

• Risk Management Plan for Buildings (AIA)

• AIA COVID-19 ArchMap (AIA)

• Disaster Resource Center (IICRC)

• Re-occupancy Assessment Tool (AIA)

• Reopening NYC: What Workers Need to Know (NYC Consumer and Worker Protection)

• Webinar: Navigating Key Legal & Business Issues Posed by COVID-19  (AIANY)
• Webinar: COVID-19 Financial Advice for Architects (AIANY)
• Webinar: Payment Protection Program: Navigating Loan Forgiveness (AIANY / Ingram LLP / Grassi Advisors & Accountants)
• Straightforward Advice on Preserving Cash Flow (AIA Trust)
• Small Firm Exchange (AIA)
• Shifting Focus During Radical, Unprecedented Change (Practice of Architecture)
• Keeping Equity a Priority During the COVID-19 Crisis (AIA Minnesota)
• AIANY Marketplace website listings are now FREE for members. You can use this platform to request or offer services or assistance. Email cschaulsohn@aiany.org to list your service

Legal

• LegaLine – AIANY has a component subscription to LegalLine. Contact membership@aiany.org for the number
• Legal Issues Affecting Your Business Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak and Market Turmoil (Kramer Levin)
• Coronavirus: Be Prepared Contractual Impacts and How To Address Them (JD Supra)
• Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application (SBA)

Human Resources

• Navigating COVID-19: HR Advice for Architects (AIANY)
• Coronavirus and COVID-19 (Society of Human Resources Management)
• COVID-19 And Workers Compensation Considerations (HR Workplace Services)
• Furlough v. Layoff Considerations (HR Workplace Services)
• EEOC Guidance on COVID-19 (HR Workplace Services)
• COVID-19 Furlough/Layoff Sample Letter (HR Workplace Services)
• A five-layered defense for workplace reopening (The Harvard Gazette)

• Provisions Related to Unemployment Compensation in the Senate-passed CARES Act (House Committee on Ways and Means)
• Continuation of Health Coverage / COBRA (US Department of Labor)
• Unemployment Insurance (NYS Department of Labor)
• NY State of Health (New York State) – New Yorkers without health insurance can apply through NY State of Health through May 15, 2020; must apply within 60 days of losing coverage.
• FAQ on Stimulus Checks, Unemployment and the Coronavirus Plan (The New York Times)
• Letting Go—Moving Forward After Being Fired (Medium)
• What’s the government done to relieve student loan borrowers of their burden during the corona crisis? (Brookings Institution)

• Good Samaritan State Statute Compendium (AIA)
• How architects can stop COVID-19 from spreading indoors (Fast Company)
• Design Advocates

Health Facilities

• COVID-19 Alternative Care Sites Assessment Tool (AIA)
• COVID-19 ArchMap (AIA Knowledge Net)
• Disaster Assistance Handbook (AIA)
• Alternate Care Sites (US Army Corps of Engineers)

PPE Manufacturing and Materials Donation

• COVID-19 Emergency Supply Sourcing & Manufacturing (NYC Economic Development Corporation)
• 3D Printing of Medical Devices Q&A (FDA)
• Personal Protective Equipment (GetUsPPE)
• Donate 3D printing materials to local universities
• COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund (New York City)

• Architecture Firm Best Practices, Resources, & Templates for Communications and Temp Policies in Response to COVID-19 (Practice of Architecture)
• An Architect’s Guide to Virtual Practice (AIA Trust)
• Work from Home Recommendations from a Multi-Office Firm (AIA California)
• COVID-19 Autodesk Resource Center  (Autodesk)
• Free Software and Tools to Support Working Remotely (ARCHITECT Magazine)

• Update from the New York State Education Department:In response to COVID-19 and for individuals whose registrations are due to renew between March 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021, NYSED will allow all licensees to complete 100% of their continuing education as self-study so long as they are taken from an approved provider and in an acceptable subject area.Find further details on this and future updates on the NYSED website here and on what self-study means for architects here under Question 13.
• As of Thursday, June 4, 2020, testing for the ARE has resumed at Prometric facilities. Testing capacity in the New York City area is limited. Check which sites and dates are available by logging into My NCARB.
• NYSED Update on Continuing Education Requirements (New York State Education Department)
• AIA and state requirements for continuing education (AIA)
• AIAU Courses Now Free for Members (AIAU, AIA’s online continuing education center)

• COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline: Call 1-844-863-9314 for mental health counseling.
• Dealing with Coronavirus Anxiety: Expert Tips (Psychology.org)

• Webinar: Town Hall: Coping with COVID-19 Together (AIANY | Center for Architecture)
• Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19 (Federal Government)
• CDC on COVID-19 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (NYC Department of Health)