Queens Unites to Assist Employees at the Soon to Close Elmhurst Dairy

QUEENS, N.Y. - Oct. 13, 2016 - PRLog -- The Queens Chamber of Commerce, along with our colleagues at York College and the Queens Borough Presidents Office of Economic Development, are jointly sponsoring a Career Opportunities Fair on Monday, October 17th . This event will be held in the York College, CUNY Atrium, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11451 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. This event has been organized to assist the employees of the Elmhurst Dairy, which is closing later this month. Many companies within Queens and NYC are exhibiting at the job fair.

After nearly 100 years in business, the iconic Queens dairy that provided milk cartons to New York City schools is closing October 31.  The owners of Elmhurst Dairy tried to keep the business in Queens but found it hard with constantly rising cost and many restraints of dairy regulations.
It has been operating in Jamaica for 80 years employed 273 workers.

Thomas Grech Director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce says, "The Queens Chamber needs to be involved to help these workers. We reached out to Deputy Borough President Melva Miller who is always there for the business community of Queens. Knowing the folks at York College well, their commitment to continuing education and the campus' proximity to the Elmhurst Dairy, we all agreed a job fair was in order. We had to get this done by the end of the month due to the closing of the facility and we are"

This job fair is also open to the general public but there is minimum space available.

For further information and to register, please email conted@york.cuny.edu or call 718.262.2790