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@NYCCouncil. @USNavy Vet & @mccNYU Alum. #NYC Veterans Advisory Board | @504Dems | VA Metro #CVEB. Advocate, sometimes writer. RT ≠ endorse
Sep 16, 2021 6 tweets 6 min read
🧵In 2013 the @NYCCouncil wrote legislation & @MikeBloomberg signed into law the creation of a report (a Roadmap) for @NYC_SBS with recommendations to help #veteran owned businesses? This report came out in late 2014. Report here: www1.nyc.gov/assets/sbs/dow… The report concluded a program for #NYC to contract w/ veteran-owned businesses was not recommended because the # was too small.

@eric_ulrich held joint Council #Veterans hearings on supporting Veterans Small businesses in 2015 and 2017 & many testifyed that the #’s were wrong. Image
Sep 10, 2021 7 tweets 8 min read
Personal news: Yesterday was my last OFFICIAL day as a paid employee at @NYCCouncil. A thread 🧵… Image I’m deeply grateful to @ChaimDeutsch for giving me the opportunity as the Citywide Veterans Director to help #veterans & their families throughout #NYC! I learned so much during my time, including city policies and how the proverbial “sausage gets made.” Image