50 Ideas for a Stronger and More Equitable Queens

While the Mayor is managing the integration of migrants at the city level, there is currently no tracking of the number of migrants in Queens- based shelters, the number of migrant children in the borough’s schools, the quantity of available housing, the number of patients in local hospitals, and what community institutions have space or are overwhelmed. [...] The lack of such an entity leaves the borough without a major source of funding for projects and programs related to the betterment of Queens and without a knowledge source regardless of which administration is in office. [...] To help small businesses and minority groups leverage the power of the internet in the modern age, the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) can create a comprehensive broadband subsidy and support program. [...] In 2004, the city’s Department of Design and Construction launched the Design and Construction Excellence program with the goal of creating high-quality, innovative, and inspiring buildings and infrastructure to enhance public spaces in New York City. The initiative has been a towering success, resulting in memorable new designs for the Queens Museum of Art, the Noguchi Museum, and several other c. [...] Incentivize tech businesses to come to Queens to develop the borough as a tech center Thomas Grech, President and CEO, Queens Chamber of Commerce Queens has a huge opportunity to capture a meaningful share of the future growth in the tech sector, which has added over 100,000 jobs citywide over the past decade and is poised to be an engine of growth in the years ahead.