Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that his administration will create a new Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) and aim to award 30 percent of city contracts to MWBEs by 2021.
To help understand what that all means, a slew of Queens elected officials, including those in central, south and southeast Queens, are participating in a town forum to access credit and capital next week.
The event, hosted by The Black Institute, will feature the following pols: Councilman Daneek Miller, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Councilman Donovan Richards, Councilman Ruben Wills, State Senator James Sanders, State Senator Leroy Comrie and Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman.
The event will start promptly at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. at the Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica.
