Cruz takes helm at Community Board 10
New chairperson says, ‘We plow through and get things done’
The Community Board 10 meeting this week marked the official debut of the new chairperson, Doris Cruz, who took the oath of office from Councilmember Vincent Gentile and immediately issued a call for unity on the board and in the neighborhoods the board represents.
“When I look out at our board, I see an incredibly diverse community,” Cruz said, noting that the neighborhoods Board 10 covers, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton, have seen an influx of immigrants in recent years. “We have come together to work together,” she told the board at the meeting Monday night at Shore Hill at 9000 Shore Road.
Cruz, who has been a Board 10 member for more than 20 years, was elected by her peers in June to serve as their new chairperson for the 2016-2017 term. She actually became the chairperson on July 1, but the Sept. 19 meeting, the first of the new term for the board, marked her public debut.