Given the code of silence that Wall Street firms impose on their employees, it is difficult to get mid-level bankers to speak openly about what they do.

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The city received the largest number and total amount of loans approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration for any one ZIP Code in New York or New Jersey, according to agency data viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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