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Initiatives
In the near term, the Council is seeking to build community through events, engaging and educating elected officials, working to expand tech education, and promoting existing startups in the borough. Longer-term initiatives include establishing incubators, creating an investment fund and hosting an annual conference.
Our Partners
We are proud to partner with our member companies and multiple organizations focused on making Queens a great home for tech. These include representatives from Amazon, Google, Facebook, Pursuit, LIC Partnership, Lyft, Microsoft, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Cornell Tech, Crown Castle and The Business Incubator Association of New York State.
“The Queens Tech Council provides
a tremendous opportunity for us
to help ensure the borough benefits fully and equitably from economic growth and digital innovation. We’re excited to be part of this discussion and thank the
Queens Chamber of Commerce for launching this new
“Pursuit is committed to creating economic
opportunity. We believe that tech can provide a pathway to the middle class and the American Dream. The Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Queens Tech Council will help connect talented individuals, businesses and communities
in Queens with the emerging opportunities being created by this rapidly expanding sector.”
—Pursuit Founder and CEO Jukay Hsu
“Cornell Tech greatly values its proximity to Queens, and over the long term, we have always imagined
the startups and
spin-out companies
from our Roosevelt
Island campus finding
a home right across
the river. As Queens and the whole city work towards recovery from the impact of the pandemic, we as educators and members of the community are looking to continue to produce top-tier talent and products and technologies that can benefit New York.”
—Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Government and Community Relations Jane Swanson
Explore incentive programs, tech apprenticeship programs, find space, research the market, and learn more about what Queens has to offer at www.QueensTechCouncil.com.
initiative.”
—Amazon New York
The Tech Incubator at Queens College
Located in a 7,000-sq-ft building on the 80-acre campus of Queens College in Flushing, The Tech Incubator at Queens College (TIQC) is a place for entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into viable businesses.
Supported by the New York City Council, TIQC aims to help startup companies and entrepreneurs to build successful tech-enabled companies, which in turn creates more job opportunities and drives innovation and technology development.
Startups at TIQC receive access to a network of business advisors, interns, accounting support, and other companies creating a hotbed of energy and innovation. TIQC’s on-campus location enables entrepreneurs to interact with a wealth of faculty, staff and students from diverse departments, such as computer science and media studies, as well as from various research centers.
Additional amenities include a full range of athletic and cultural activities available on-campus. A limited amount of on-campus housing is also available.
TIQC is especially interested in entrepreneurs who have tech-oriented ideas that they want to see commercialized.
Learn more at: https://techincubatorqc.com.
Head of External Affairs Carley Graham Garcia
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