By combining small in-person events throughout Long Island City with virtual offerings, over 3 days of festivities, we will showcase #LICLocal businesses and organizations through their fun, creative, and innovative activities that can be experienced safely by groups of all ages.

There are multiple ways to participate and we want to have as many businesses and organizations sign up as possible!

Raymond Webb is a former Senior Operations Executive and Regional Director of Facilities Management at the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Bridges and Tunnels. In his role at the MTA, he held various cumulatively responsible positions including Superintendent of Operations, General Manager of Bridges and Regional Director of Bridges and Tunnels.

His knowledge, skills, and abilities in transportation and infrastructure leadership recently saw him at the forefront of many regional innovative transportation solutions. Working together with many MTA community and civic partners, from his regional command office on 51^st Avenue in Long Island City, overlooking the Queens portals of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, a number of recent achievements were delivered safely and efficiently to best serve the connecting communities and the metropolitan area. Those initiatives included planning and implementation of Open Road Tolling (ORT), post-Superstorm Sandy infrastructure rebuilding and mitigation projects, and regional traffic coordination to minimize commuting impacts to tristate area residents and customers.

We are extremely excited to welcome him to the LIC BID team! You can contact Raymond at rwebb@licpartnership.org

*NEW* Proposal to Save Neighborhood Retailers– The NYC BID Association, which we are a member of, is calling upon Mayor de Blasio to implement a program to allow retail businesses to use public space in creative ways similar to the successful Open Restaurant initiative. The Proposal outlined a list of three specific recommendations that to help retailers struggling in the current pandemic. Click here to read the letter.

9/30: Indoor Dining Can Resume – Restaurants can resume indoor dining at 25% capacity beginning next Wednesday, September 30. The NYS Department of Health has released the Interim Guidance For New York City Indoor Food Services. For full detail, please access the Interim Guidance at this link.

Reopening Checklist - Our COVID-19: Reopening Checklist is a tool for businesses to use as NYC continues reopening. There are important forms to fill out prior to reopening and this checklist will help cover your bases. Click here to download the checklist.

Recovery Survey - We would like to remind you to please take COVID-19 Business Recovery Survey to help us get a further understanding of how your business or organization’s recovery efforts and the challenges you anticipate. Click here to fill out the survey.

Use #SupportLICLocal or #LICLocal on Instagram or Twitter to submit your photo of the week.