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Queens Community Board 5 to host monthly meeting in Middle Village on Sept. 13

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Sep. 5, 2023 By Anthony Medina

Queens Community Board 5 (CB 5) will host its next board meeting inside the Christ the King High School, located at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, on Wednesday, Sept. 13. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The meeting will take place in the Christ the King High School Cafeteria. The entrance to the cafeteria is located at the rear of the building near the daycare/preschool. 

CB 5’s agenda includes the annual public hearing regarding the Fiscal Year 2025 Capital and Expense Budget Needs of the City of New York, which directly impacts the neighborhoods of Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood. Another hearing for the night will address an application to the city board of standards and appeals by the firm Rothkrug Rothkrug and Spector, LLP on behalf of Outreach Development Corp.

The public hearings will be followed by the public forum, a review of current applications for the sale of alcoholic beverages locally, a review of building demolition notices and committee reports. 

Speakers for the public hearings or the public forum are asked to register to speak in advance by emailing the Board at qn05@cb.nyc.gov, or by calling the Board office at 718-366-1834. Speakers must register before the meeting begins, either in advance or at the dais. 

This meeting can be viewed and heard on YouTube at  youtube.com/live/2cMOm9s82F8  or on the CB5Q Website Homepage at nyc.gov/qnscb5.

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