QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET TO HEAR ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT TEAMS; RECEIVE UPDATE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS

Tuesday, March 5 at 9:30 AM

(March 4, 2024 at 5pm)

QUEENS, NY –The Queens Borough Cabinet, chaired by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., will meet tomorrow, March 5, 2024, at 9:30am.

The meeting will include a presentation from Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit (CAU) about the development of Neighborhood Support Teams (NSTs). These teams will work with a number of local neighborhoods to clearly identify and understand neighborhood issues and to create and execute action plans to address those issues.

It will also include a presentation from the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) about Silver Corps, a newly launched workforce development program for older adults.

In addition, the meeting will include updates from representatives from other city agencies about recent developments at their agencies.

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 and on the Borough President’s YouTube page.

WHAT:         Queens Borough Cabinet to Hear About Neighborhood Support Teams,

Receive Update on Workforce Development Program for Senior Citizens

WHERE:       Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens

Public live stream at www.queensbp.org

WHEN:         Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM

WHO:            DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President

Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET

REY O. CARRERO, Director of Quality of Life, CAU 

SIVEEM EL NASHAR, Senior Director of Older Adult Workforce, DFTA

EMILY ZUNIGA, Recruitment, Assessment & Enrollment Associate for Silver Corps, DFTA 

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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