QBP RICHARDS TO CHAIR JOINT LAND USE HEARING AND BOROUGH BOARD MEETING

Monday, June 5 at 5:30pm

(June 2, 2023 at 10:45am)

QUEENS, NY – Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. will hold a joint Queens Borough Board meeting and Land Use Hearing on Monday, June 5, 2023.

The Borough Board meeting will feature a Land Use Hearing on a proposed citywide zoning text amendment entitled “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality.” The New York City Department of City Planning will make a presentation on the proposal during the meeting and the Borough Board, chaired by Borough President Richards, is slated to vote on it after it hears public testimony.

The event will be held virtually and will be viewable on the Borough President’s website at www.queensbp.org.

Members of the public can sign up to testify by emailing [email protected] or calling 718-286-2860 and leaving a voice message, which will be returned by a member of Borough President Richards’ planning staff within 24 hours with a confirmation of speaking time.

Written testimony is welcome from those who are unable to testify during the meeting. All written testimony must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 30th and may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] or by conventional mail sent to the Office of the Queens Borough President at 120-55 Queens Boulevard – Room 226, Kew Gardens, NY 11424.

WHAT:         Join Land Use Hearing and Borough Board Meeting

WHEN:         Monday, June 5, 2023 at 5:30pm

WHERE:       Public live stream at www.queensbp.org

QUIÉN: DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Presidente del Distrito de Queens

Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH HOARD

Representatives from the NYC DEPARMENT OF CITY PLANNING

Acerca de la Junta Municipal

La Junta del Distrito está presidida por el Presidente del Distrito, de acuerdo con la Carta de la Ciudad de Nueva York, y está compuesta por los miembros del Consejo Municipal del distrito y el presidente de cada Junta Comunitaria del distrito. La Junta se centra en cuestiones relacionadas con el uso del suelo, el desarrollo, la política pública, el presupuesto y otros asuntos importantes con posibles implicaciones para todo el distrito. La Junta escucha las presentaciones de los funcionarios de la ciudad y de otras personas y, como parte del proceso de revisión del uso del suelo, a veces se le pide que vote sobre cuestiones de uso del suelo que afectan a más de un distrito de la Junta Comunitaria.

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