QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD TO VOTE ON OPEN RESTAURANTS TEXT AMENDMENT AND HEAR PRESENTATION ON REDISTRICTING

Monday, October 4, at 5:30 PM

(October 1, 2021 at 4:30pm)

QUEENS, NY –The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., will hold a virtual meeting on Monday, October 4 at 5:30 PM.

The meeting will feature a Borough Board vote on the Permanent Open Restaurants Text Amendment, a zoning text amendment proposed by the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) and the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), which would remove geographic restrictions where sidewalk cafes are located.

The meeting will also include an update from the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission on its efforts to redraw the state’s legislative districts in response to the results of the 2020 Census.

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 Vote on Open Restaurants Text Amendment and Hear Presentation on Redistricting

WHERE:       Public live stream at www.queensbp.org

WHEN:         Monday, October 4, 2021 at 5:30 PM

WHO:            DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President

Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD

ALBERT SILVESTRI, Deputy Borough Commissioner, DOT

BENJAMIN HUFF, Senior Transportation Project Manager, DCP

AHSIA BADI, MPH, Director of Public Engagement, NYS Independent Redistricting Commission

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.

Follow the Office of the Queens Borough President via @QnsBPRichards on Twitter and @QueensBPRichards on Facebook and Instagram

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