Tag Archives: Ben Guttmann

#Newsflash | Five Businesses Win 2025 Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge: Each One Receives $20,000 Grant

  A dance studio, a gift-buying service, a map-based hiring platform, an artisanal chocolate company, and an E- bike share program were announced as winners of the 2025 Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge during a special event at Resorts World New York City in South Ozone Park on Wednesday, May 7. Each entity will receive…

#Newsflash | Seth Bornstein to Retire. Ben Guttmann Named QEDC’s New Executive Director.

The Queens Economic Development Corporation is happy to announce that Ben Guttmann will succeed Seth Bornstein as Executive Director on July 1, 2025. Bornstein joined QEDC as a program manager in 1979 after working for two Borough Presidents. He helped coordinate the borough’s first commercial revitalization programs which led to the founding of many local…