QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS ON OPEN RESTAURANT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

Monday, December 6, at 5:30 PM

(December 3, 2021 at 9:20am)

QUEENS, NY –The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., will hold a virtual meeting on Monday, December 6 at 5:30 PM.

The meeting will include a presentation from the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) and the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) on the proposed design guidelines for the City’s Open Restaurants program, which the City is looking to make permanent.

Also during the meeting, a representative from the technology company BusPatrol will review the company’s technology for deterring motorists from illegally passing stopped school busses during the pick-up and drop-off of students.

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

WHAT:         Queens Borough Board to Hear Presentations on Open Restaurant Design Guidelines and Student Transportation Safety

WHERE:       Public live stream at www.queensbp.org

WHEN:         Monday, December 6, 2021 at 5:30 PM

WHO:           DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President

Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD

EMILY WEIDENHOF, Director of Public Space, DOT

ERICK GREGORY, Chief Urban Designer and Director of Urban Design, DCP

JEAN SOULIERE, Founder and CEO, BusPatrol

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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