Welcome to Community Board No. 9!
The District Office is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

Lisa Gomes is the Board's Office Manager / Community Associate, and serves as the board's Youth Coordinator. Lisa is responsible for reviewing and rerouting the daily mail. She types the District Manager's Needs Statement and Budget items as well as serving as our investigator outside the office. She is a full-time employee and is responsible for all work pertaining to the Board and mailings. She is responsible for the office purchasing system, maintaining of the books, and inventory. She is also responsible for contacting Applicants re: Liquor & Wine licenses, TLC For Hire Base Station licenses, and the boards database on Liquor Licenses, and correspondence to store owners (re: Liquor & Wine Licenses and TLC Licenses). She supervises office activity in the absence of the D.M.

As Youth Coordinator, Ms. Gomes acts as the board's liaison to the Department of Youth and Community Development. This agency funds most of the Youth Services in CB#9 as well as Citywide. She provides technical assistance to the board's Education & Youth Services committee re: funding, grant writing, RFP process, DYCD policies and procedures, etc. She also provides technical assistance and information and referral services to Community Based Organizations and the community at large. Ms. Gomes has also created and is responsible for the Board's Census Information Library at the District Office.

Irina Barayeva is the board's Community Assistant. Ms. Barayeva is responsible for the board minutes as well as the District Cabinet minutes and notices. She is responsible for the board's database on mailing lists, which includes all mailing lists, distributing these lists to board members, the Deputy Borough President, and the boards internal routing system. She also organizes and distributes the daily mail.

She processes all complaints which includes computerized Citynet, DEPAC, and BIS systems. Irina goes out on monthly building inspections with DOB employees.

The District Manager's first responsibility is the operation of the District Office and the delivery of City Services to the constituents. Once a project is approved by the Board or the Board sets a policy, the D.M. goes about implementing that policy. The D.M. works under the supervision of the Chairperson.

This is a brief overview of the office staff and their responsibilities. The office assignments have been broken down this way by the District Manager in an attempt to better serve the Board and the Community.

All staff members have many additional assignments delegated by the D.M. that are too numerous to list here. I hope that this assists you in your relationship with us.