BOROUGH CABINET TO BE BRIEFED ON NYC SNOW REMOVAL PLAN, NEW MOME MEDIATION PROGRAM
Tuesday, November 17 at 9:30AM
(November 16, 2020 at 2:35pm)
QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Cabinet, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, will hear a presentation by the New York City Department of Sanitation on its boroughwide snow removal plan for the 2020-21 winter season. The Department will discuss its pre-winter planning process, plow routes, storm response, snow removal priority, staffing and more ahead of the upcoming winter months.
In addition, the New York City Office of Nightlife, part of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), will deliver a presentation on its Mediating Establishment and Neighbor Disputes (MEND NYC) program, a new Citywide initiative that provides free mediation and conflict resolution services to address neighborhood disputes between nightlife establishments and their neighbors. This program aims to facilitate direct communication and compromise and establish respectful and ongoing relationships to help City residents live peacefully in their communities, while ensuring that small businesses thrive.
This meeting will be conducted virtually, with Borough Cabinet members participating via videoconference. The meeting will also be live-streamed to the public on the Borough President’s website at www.queensbp.org/community-boards.
WHAT: Borough Cabinet to be Briefed on NYC Snow Removal Plan, New MOME Mediation Program
WHEN: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 9:30 AM
WHERE: Public live stream at www.queensbp.org/community-boards
WHO: SHARON LEE, Acting Queens Borough President
Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET
ROGER LEAHY, Borough Chief, Queens East, NYC Department of Sanitation
IGGY AZZARA, Borough Chief, Queens West, NYC Department of Sanitation
HENRY EHRHARDT, Director, Bureau of Community Affairs, NYC Department of Sanitation
ARIEL PALITZ, Senior Executive Director, NYC Office of Nightlife.
About the Borough Cabinet
The Queens Borough Cabinet is chaired by the Borough President under the New York City Charter and comprised of the District Managers of each Community Board in the Borough and representatives from city agencies. It focuses on city service delivery and agency responsiveness across the borough and hears presentations on these issues from City officials and others.
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