Queens Borough President

A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT

Dear Friends: The 2020 Census is a top priority for my administration and our entire borough. The response rate will determine how much federal funding we receive and how much representation we will have in the U.S. House of Representatives for the next ten years. Queens is the most culturally diverse county in the United CONTACT US Queens Borough President States, and this is a source of strength and pride for us all. Yet, our diversity poses unique challenges when it comes For more information on the Melinda Katz’s to ensuring that every Queens resident is counted in the Queens Complete Count Committee, decennial Census. please contact: This is why I have formed my Queens Complete Count Committee – a network of trusted community leaders and concerned residents who are committed to helping The Queens Borough President’s Immigrant & maximize the 2020 Census count in Queens. In the frst Intercultural Affairs Offce: QUEENS phase (January through June 2019), Queens CCC members will receive information disseminated through monthly programs, and they will report this information back to Susie Tanenbaum COMPLETE their communities. (718) 286-2741 or In the second phase (September 2019 through May 2020), [email protected] COUNT Queens CCC members will partner with government and nonprofts on developing strategies and appropriate Timothy Chubinidze messaging to promote the Census in every community in COMMITTEE Queens. (718) 286-2649 or [email protected] I want to thank my Queens CCC members for the important work that they are doing with my offce. Preparing for the 2020 U.S. Census Melinda Katz President Borough of Queens A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT

Sudha Acharya, South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) Michael Hannibal, Community Board 8 – Queens Nuala O’Doherty, Jackson Heights Beautifcation Group Rokeya Akhter, New American Women’s Forum of New York Lourdes Villanueva Hartrick, Bellerose Commonwealth (JHBG) Vincent Arcuri, Community Board 5 – Queens Civic Association Theo Oshiro, Make the Road New York (MRNY) Anisia Ayon, Community Board 6 – Queens Larinda Hooks, East Elmhurst Corona Civic Association Taina M. Pierce, Friends of Queens Library – Naheed Samadi Bahram, Women for Afghan Women Mohammed Fakrul Islam (Delwar), Jamaica Bangladesh Lefrak City Chapter Lorna Blancafor, YMCA New Americans Initiative Friends Society Rasel Rahman, Shetu, Inc. Betty Braton, Community Board 10 – Queens Shaikh Sirajul Islam, Bangladesh Institute of Ashook Ramsaran, Indian Diaspora Council International Carolyn Brown, Community Board 8 – Queens Performing Arts (BIPA) Sherry Reisner, Utopia Estates Civic Association Mark Buccheri, Performing Arts Conservatory of New York Mehreen Kagzi, Safe Horizon Quinn Rhi, MinKwon Center for Community Action Josefa Castro, Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens Bob Kaplan, Jewish Community Relations Council of Louise Roach, New Beginnings Church of Astoria Rachel Cerbone, Anti-Racism Committee at Safe Horizon New York (JCRC) Gloria Rochester, Jamaica NAACP Chaio-chung Chen, NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst Hospital Lalit Khanna, Hindu Temple of North America Tammy Rose, Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Community Advisory Board Jennie Kim, Legal Hand Jamaica Rabbi Hayim Schwartz, Rabbincal Seminary of America Narbada Chhetri, Adhikaar for Human Rights and Nancy Konipol, Community Board 1 – Queens Lynette Shelborne-Barfeld, Queens Chapter Social Justice Eva Kornacka, Polonians Organized to Minister to Rockaway YMCA Jean Ching, Community Board 4 – Queens Our Community, Inc. (POMOC) Patricia Simon, United Neighborhood Houses Johnny Ching, Community Board 4 – Queens Julieta Larsen, Queens Community House (QCH) Evgenia Soldatos, Hellenic Lawyers Association Rosemary Ciulla-Frisone, Community Board 10 – Queens Mark Laster, Community Board 6 – Queens Roslin Spigner, Queens Alumnae Chapter, Veronica Coronel, Latino Film Market Sharon Levy, YMCA of Greater New York Delta Sigma Theta Pastor Phillip Craig, Greater Springfeld Community Church Shiuho Lin, Taiwanese American Association of New York Penny Stern, Community Board 8 – Queens Angie Damlakhi, Arab American Community Adovcate Farzana Linda, Chhaya Community Development Corporation Perminder Thiara, School District 26 PTA Herold Dasque, Haitian Americans United for Richie Lipkowitz, Indian Diaspora Council Jeffrey Wice, Rockefeller Institute of Government (SUNY) Progress, Inc. (HAUP) Marcus Longmuir, Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Samuel Forrest Williams, New Americans Initiative, Bess DeBetham, Community Board 13 – Queens Network Flushing YMCA Karen Durgana, Central Library Advisory Board Angie Markham, Italian Federation of Queens (FIAO) Anna Xing, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center Renetta English, Community Board 3 – Queens Rosalinda Martinez, Mensaje de Silo (Silo’s Message) (CBWCHC) Crystal Feng, Asian Americans for Equality Antonio Meloni, Community Board 1 – Queens Minwen Yang, Community Board 4 – Queens Kevin Forrestal, Queens Civic Congress Jorge Mendizabal, Guatemalan Community in Wan Yanhai, Forest Hills Asian Association Fred Gitner, New Americans Program, Queens Library Brooklyn and Queens Cynthia Zalisky, Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC) Lucia Gomez, New York City Central Labor Council Melva M. Miller, Association for a Better New York (ABNY) Josette Grippo, Rockaway Women for Progress Sofya Minsariya, Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center Frank Gulluscio, Community Board 6 – Queens Abdus-Salaam Musa, Southeast Queens Muslim Collective, Inc. Adjoa Gzifa, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Michael Nussbaum, Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC)

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