AGENCY TESTIMONY
Serve pillar: Community Boards and Veterans Advisory Board
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Commissioner Hendon details opportunities for veterans to serve on Community Boards and the Veterans Advisory Board as part of the 'Serve' pillar.
- DVS encourages veterans to serve on their local Community Boards, providing information on application processes and deadlines for each borough.
- The Veterans Advisory Board, a 13-member body mandated by city charter, advises DVS, holds public meetings, and submits annual reports with policy recommendations.
- DVS promotes Veterans Advisory Board meetings and maintains information about the board, including meeting minutes and yearly reports.
James Hendon
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The 2nd pillar of r 3 is serve.
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Serving involves ways that our veteran community can become civically involved in existing boards commissions, and engagement platforms across New York City government, community boards.
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DBS Perenetry encourages veterans to serve on their local community board both in an official appointed capacity and in a non board member status.
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Each year, we update the 5 boroughs community board application guidelines and submission forms once they're available.
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Applications will be appointed to once community board if that board is located in Manhattan.
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The Bronx, Queens, or Brooklyn are due anywhere from mid February through early March.
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The deadline varies by borough.
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The appointment begins on April 1st.
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For Staten Island, there was a rolling application in no deadline, and we relayed this information online atnyc.gov/ vet community boards.
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Veterans advisory board.
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The 13 member New York City Veterans advisory board exists according to city charter.
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To assist to advise DBS, hold regular public meetings tailored to the veteran community, and submit an annual report to the mayor and city council, which includes policy and legislative recommendations for DBS and the council.
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Our agency promotes veterans advisory board meetings atnyc.gov/vetboard.
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We also maintain biographical information about the board.
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Prior meeting minutes, recordings, and yearly reports atnyc.gov/vetboard.
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We encourage more of our veteran community members to attend VAB meetings so that they can meet one another, raise issues, and be heard.
