Information on Long Island City’s Community Board & meeting times
This week’s discussion about the potential CUNY dorm site caused a little stir, and it was requested of liQcity to post information about LIC’s Community Board 2, which “serves the communities of Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, and Maspeth”. There is a website (click on CB2) but it doesn’t really provide much information.
There is a Community Board 2 meeting TONIGHT, Thursday, March 6 at 7pm. The location is the Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St (2nd floor), Sunnyside, NY 11104. The next Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 3rd, in the same location at 7pm. Essentially CB2 meetings are held the first Thursday of every month.
If you would like to contact the CB2, they’re located at 43-22 50th St, 2nd floor, Woodside, NY 11377. The phone number is 718.533.8773, and email addresses listed are: qn02@cb.nyc.gov and commboard2@nyc.rr.com.
Do they publish an agenda? Would be nice if it was reproduced here.
If you click on community board 2 at this website — there is some information on meetings and agenda.
It seems the CB is a non-elected body which contributes to governmental decisions that affect our community, such as granting liquor licenses or determining the height/use of new building developments. Granted, the CB has no statutory power but it probably has some power of persuasion, as it nominally speaks for “us”, the community.
I think it would be helpful to know the names and contact info of all CB members, so that people who are not on the board, or can’t attend the monthly meetings, can make their voices heard.
Working late so certainly won’t make it tonight (this makes me a yuppie now?)… it doesn’t sound like the “dorm” issue is going to be brought back until spring according to the Daily News anyway, though.