CENSUS BUREAU TO BRIEF QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD AND CABINET Monday, July 15

USANEWSONLINE.COM, QUEENS, NY – A joint meeting of the Queens Borough Board and Queens Borough Cabinet, chaired by Borough President Melinda Katz, will hear a presentation from the U.S. Census Bureau on an overview of the Bureau’s plans for conducting the 2020 Census and ensuring an accurate count.

Conducted every ten years as mandated by the U.S. Constitution, the Census aims to count every person residing in the United States.  The Census determines the borough’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as how much federal funding Queens receives for schools, infrastructure, health services and more.

Also during the meeting, some members of the Borough Board will review and vote on a pair of land use items. One item is an application from the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) on a proposed disposition of property to Bartlett Dairy for the development of a 54,000-square-foot dairy distribution center on a City-owned property immediately north of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The second item is an application from the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) for the City to buy certain properties damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The goal of the purchases is to provide financial relief to property owners impacted by Hurricane Sandy while also allowing the City to acquire land for open space or redeveloped residential use in ways that mitigate future storm-related risks.

WHAT:          Queens Borough Board & Cabinet to Review Plans for 2020 Census and Issue Votes on Land Use Items at Annual Joint Meeting

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

WHEN:           Monday, July 15, 2019 at 5:30 PM

WHO:             MELINDA KATZ, Queens Borough President

                         Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD

                            Members of the QUEENS BOROUGH CABINET

                            JEFF BEHLER, Director, New York Regional Office, U.S. Census Bureau

                            WAHEERA MARDAH, Project Manager, Government & Community Relations, EDC

                         DEBORAH MORRIS, Executive Director of Resiliency Planning, Policy and Acquisitions, HPD.

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.

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. Press Release.