New York state officials meet gov’t team

Roxanne Persaud (CH&PA photo)
Roxanne Persaud (CH&PA photo)

Minister of Housing & Water, Collin Croal and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Sherwyn Greaves, joined Prime Minister Mark Phillips for a meeting with the High-Level Delegation of New York State Officials.

The meeting was held at the Office of the Prime Minister this morning, a release from the CHPA said. The delegation gleaned insights into the national housing programme and transformative projects. The visiting team, in Guyana from October 25-30, 2023, is led by Senator Roxanne J. Persaud, Chair of Social Services, and Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman, Chair of the Committee of Standing Committees. Persaud is Guyanese.

Also at the meeting were: Dr. Frank Anthony, the Minister of Health;  Priya Manickchand, the Minister of Education;  Kwame McCoy, the Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister;  Robert Persaud, the Foreign Secretary; and  Germene Stewart, the Chief Development Planner at CH&PA.