Guyana – New York State Officials Meet with Government Officials

Prime Minister Mark Phillips met with a delegation of high-ranking New York state officials, which included Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Sherwyn Greaves.

According to a CHPA press statement, the meeting took place this morning at the Prime Minister’s Office. The team learned about groundbreaking initiatives and the national housing program. Senator Roxanne J. Persaud, Chair of Social Services, and Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman, Chair of the Committee of Standing Committees, are leading the visiting delegation that will be in Guyana from October 25–30, 2023. It is Guyanese, Persaud.

Among the others present at the meeting were the Ministers of Health (Dr. Frank Anthony), Education (Priya Manickchand), Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud, Kamme McCoy, and CH&PA’s Chief Development Planner, Germene Stewart.