QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD AND QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET TO BE BRIEFED ON ASYLUM SEEKERS; HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
Monday, July 10 at 5:30 PM
(July 7, 2023 at 12:30pm)
QUEENS, NY – The Queens Borough Board and the Queens Borough Cabinet, both chaired by Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., will hold a joint meeting on Monday, July 10, at 5:30 PM.
The meeting will include a presentation the New York City Department of Social Services regarding efforts to provide emergency shelter to asylum seekers.
The meeting will also include a presentation from NYC Emergency Management about hurricane preparedness and the city’s efforts to provide resources to New Yorkers to help them respond to severe weather.
This meeting will be conducted in-person in the Borough President’s second-floor conference room at Queens Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens. The meeting will also be live-streamed to the public on the Borough President’s website at www.queensbp.org.
WHAT: Queens Borough Board and Queens Borough Cabinet to be Briefed About Asylum Seekers and Hurricane Preparedness
WHERE: Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens
Public live stream at www.queensbp.org
WHEN: Monday, July 10, 2023 at 5:30 PM
WHO: DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President
Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD and QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET
MARRICKA SCOTT, Deputy Commissioner Intergovernmental & Legislative Affairs, NYC Department of Social Services
ANASTACIA PAL, Deputy Director, Government Relations NYC Emergency Management
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.
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.
Follow the Office of the Queens Borough President via @QnsBPRichards on Twitter and @QueensBPRichards on Facebook and Instagram
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