QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD TO HEAR UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND PRESENTATION ON URBAN DESIGN

Monday, January 10, at 5:30 PM

(January 7, 2021 at 9am)

QUEENS, NY –The Queens Borough Board, chaired by Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., will hold a virtual meeting on Monday, January 10, 2022 at 5:30 PM.

The meeting will include an update from NYC Test & Trace Corps and the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on the COVID-19 situation currently facing New York City. Data on the transmission of the COVID-19 virus will be presented, along with updates on the City’s efforts to encourage people to get vaccinated against the disease and tested for possible exposure.

The meeting will also include a presentation from the New York City Department of City Planning on the principles of good urban design.

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 an Update on COVID-19 and a Presentation on Urban Design

WHERE:       Public live stream at www.queensbp.org

WHEN:         Monday, January 10, 2022 at 5:30 PM

WHO:            DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President

Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD

LAURA ATLAS, Director of External Affairs, NYC Test & Trace Corps

CHELSEA CIPRIANO, Executive Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

EUGENIA DI GILORMA, Deputy Director of Urban Design, NYC Department of City Planning

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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