{"id":10508,"date":"2020-11-06T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/?post_type=committee&#038;p=10508"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:11:34","slug":"task-forces-and-working-groups","status":"publish","type":"committee","link":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/committees\/task-forces-and-working-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Task Forces and Working Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Budget Task Force<\/h2>\n<p>Community Boards are Charter mandated to produce an annual Statements of Community District Needs and Budget Requests. Together, these documents are intended to support communities in their ongoing consultations with city agencies, elected officials and other key stakeholders. In addition, MCB4 drafts a written response to the Mayor\u2019s Preliminary Budget. The Budget Task Force meets multiple times throughout the year. To learn more, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/about\/budget\/\">Budget &amp; Statement of District Needs page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Lee, Chair\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Roberta Barnett<\/p>\n<p>Christine Berthet\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kevin Collins<\/p>\n<p>Ella Kim\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chenise Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Greg Morris\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Maria Ortiz<\/p>\n<p>Delores Rubin\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Katy Stokes<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Chait<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #292b2c;\">Port Authority Bus Terminal Working Group<\/h2>\n<p>The Port Authority Bus Terminal Working Group is made up of MCB4\u2019s Land Use, Transportation, and Housing Committee leadership. Its goal is to collaborate with existing stakeholders, such as the PANYNJ, elected representatives, and the Hell\u2019s Kitchen South Coalition. In addition, The Working Group strategizes the Board\u2019s response as each next step of the project is reached. The Working Group meets on an as needed basis. Visit the<a href=\"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/all-committees\/port-authority-bus-terminal-expansion\/\"> PABT project page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Berthet\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Leslie Boghosain Murphy<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Chait\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Maartin de Kadt<\/p>\n<p>Jean Daniel Noland\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Joe Restuccia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>NYCHA Fulton and Elliot Chelsea Redevelopment Working Group<\/h2>\n<p>Greg Morris, Chair\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Joe Restuccia<\/p>\n<p>Maria Ortiz\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jessica Chait<\/p>\n<p>Josephine Ishmon\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kevin Collins<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Sloane<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Balanced Business Task Force<\/h2>\n<p>The Manhattan Community Board 4 Balanced Business Diversity Task Force explores ways to maintain the existing business mix of our neighborhoods, which give them a unique definition and quality, and ways to support the growth of new businesses. The Task Force meets on an as needed basis.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #292b2c;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\">Social and Racial Justice Working Group\\Task Force<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Social and Racial Justice Task Force engages the community to understand their concerns regarding racism and discrimination, and takes a proactive role in facilitating measurable progress towards social and racial equity and equality affecting our District. The Task Force meets on an as needed basis.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Forum on Health Disparities &amp; COVID-19: On March 23, 2021, the Social and Racial Justice Task Force, collaborating with MCB4&#8217;s HHHS Committee put together an amazing panel of experts that were able to share both professional expertise and personal experiences on the topics of maternal mortality, COVID-19 and vaccinations. Watch a recording of the forum on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gmNatc3WpGk\">Youtube page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/26-SJWG-Recommendations.pdf\">SRJWG\\TF Recommendations &#8211; 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">For further information on any of these Task Forces and Working Groups, please<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/contact\/\">contact the MCB4 office<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"card-text\">Budget Task Force Community Boards are Charter mandated to produce an annual Statements of Community District Needs and Budget Requests. Together, these documents are intended to support communities in their<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-auto\"><a class=\"btn btn-secondary mt-auto\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/committees\/task-forces-and-working-groups\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10508","committee","type-committee","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee\/10508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/committee"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee\/10508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16289,"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee\/10508\/revisions\/16289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us\/cb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}