By Bill Parry
This week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced “City Hall in Your Borough” will be in Queens beginning Monday, July 17. This will be the initiative’s third stop, following a week in Staten Island and one in the Bronx earlier this year.
The mayor, his deputy mayors, and senior administration officials will run the city from Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens for a week, concentrating on the borough’s people and their concerns. The week will include a cabinet meeting, a resource fair and town hall, as well as various stops and events throughout the Queens.
“As we move City Hall from borough to borough, we hope to continue building a closer relationship between New Yorkers and their city government,” de Blasio said. “In Queens, we will continue focusing city resources on the borough’s most pressing needs.”
More details about the Queens edition of “City Hall in Your Borough” will be made public in the coming weeks, according to the mayor’s office.
“Queens welcomes the administration to Borough Hall and the opportunity to engage on the needs and challenges unique to the World’s Borough,” Borough President Melinda Katz said. “With 2.3 million residents, there will be much ground to cover for the families of Queens.”
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