*ADVISORY* DOHMH, CENSUS BUREAU TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD

Monday, April 20

(April 17, 2020 at 12:53pm)

QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Acting Borough President Sharon Lee, will hear a presentation from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) on the City’s response and priorities for Queens, the epicenter of the COVID-19 global pandemic.  The Board will also hear an update from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Census 2020 count that began nationwide on March 12, and the evolving efforts to ensure a full and accurate count in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This meeting will be conducted virtually, with Borough Board members participating via WebEx videoconference. The meeting will also be live-streamed to the public on the Borough President’s website at www.queensbp.org/community-boards.

WHAT:          NYC DOHMH, U.S. Census Bureau to Brief Queens Borough Board

WHERE:        Public live stream at www.queensbp.org/community-boards

WHEN:          Monday, April 20, 2020 at 5:30 PM

WHO:             SHARON LEE, Acting Queens Borough President

Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD

DR. JANE BEDELL, M.D., Assistant Commissioner and Medical Director, DOHMH

JEFF T. BEHLER, Director, New York Region, U.S. Census Bureau.

About the Borough Board

The Borough Board is chaired by the Borough President under the New York City Charter and comprised of the borough’s City Council members and the chairperson of each Community Board in the borough.  The Board focuses on issues dealing with land use, development, public policy, budget, and other important matters with potential borough-wide implications. The Board hears presentations from City officials and others and, as part of the land use review process, is sometimes called upon to vote on land use questions that impact more than one Community Board District.

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