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City agencies give short winter updates: DOH vaccination reminder; DOB warns on sidewalk sheds; Finance mails property‑value notices

Queens Borough Cabinet · January 13, 2026
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Representatives from DOH, DOB and Department of Finance offered brief updates: DOH urged flu/COVID vaccination; DOB noted changes to sidewalk‑shed renewals and enforcement; Finance said homeowners will shortly receive property‑value notices with March deadlines for exemptions.

Several city agencies offered brief updates to the Borough Cabinet.

Samantha Alvarez, the Department of Health Queens liaison, reminded residents it is cold‑and‑flu season and urged vaccinations for COVID and flu, handwashing and respiratory hygiene. "Cover your cough,…

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