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"Tonight, we're going to talk trash, or as we call it, visual pollution," said Rose Marie Poveromo, president of the United Community Civic Association (UCCA). She alluded to the fact that New York City Department of Sanitation (DOS) Commissioner John Doherty and Queens Borough Commissioner of Transportation Maura McCarthy were featured guest speakers at the UCCA April meeting last week. More ... Legislation by Assemblymember Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) requiring notice of bedbug infestations to all parents at an affected school took a step towards becoming a law last week when it was reported favorably from the Assembly Education Committee. More ... (L. to r.): Assemblymember Jose Peralta, the Rev. Gilbert Pickett from Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate, Phillip Goldfeder from the Mayor's Community Assistance Unit, More ... In recognition of New York's large Greek- American community, Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr., joined by colleagues Jimmy Vacca, Vincent Gentile and Alan Gerson, celebrated the 186th anniversary of Greek Independence Day in Council Chambers at City Hall on Wednesday, April 11, commemorating the revolution that began on March 25, 1821 that led to the creation of the modern Greek nation. More ... City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. (r.) and Assemblymember Mike Gianaris, both of whom represent Astoria, the Queens neighborhood that boasts the largest Greek population outside Greece, marched up 5th Avenue in Manhattan together in the Greek Independence Day Parade April 22. The parade was held a week after its originally scheduled date due to the nor'easter storm that struck the tri-state area on April 15. More ... On Friday, April 13, at a location chosen based on its history of being a problematic area, a Losing Proposition operation was conducted utilizing undercover trained officers. Five arrests for soliciting a prostitute were effected. The 114th Precinct takes this crime very seriously and will continue to address this qualityof life issue. More ... The first Queens Green Awards were presented to four individuals considered outstanding leaders in environmental conservation in the borough on Monday April 23 by City Councilmember James Gennaro. Dorothy Lewandowski (second from l. More ... 108th Precinct Counterfeiters Bagged Police arrested a father and son team for peddling counterfeit designer handbags and wallets at a Sunnyside Street Festival on April 14. Yuan Qu, 44, and his son Xian, 20, displayed more than 100 handbags and other bogus items bearing labels from designers including Prada, Louis Vuitton and Coach on a table at 47th Street and Greenpoint Avenue. More ... City Councilmember Leroy Comrie presented a City Council Proclamation to Councilmember Helen Sears at the celebration of Elmhurst Hospital Center's 50th anniversary at Terrace on the Park on Thursday, April 12. Sears was a guest of honor at the event for the vital role she has played at Elmhurst Hospital Center and in the community. More ... Senator George Onorato (D-Long Island City) last Thursday expressed great pleasure at the April 18 decision by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to move forward with a prudence investigation into the events resulting in the July 2006 blackout in Western Queens. More ... "The Commission on Human Rights cares, so law-breakers, beware," said Robert Tilley. April is National Fair Housing Month, and Tilley, a Human Rights Specialist with the New York City Commission on Human Rights, was one of several speakers commemorating it at the April meeting of the Queens Borough Cabinet. More ... T he second annual School District 30 Parents as Partners Conference was held on Saturday, April 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at P.S. 11 on Skillman Avenue in Woodside. The Department of Education's Parent Support Office in collaboration with District 30's Community Education Council sponsored this conference to keep concerned parents aware of the resources available to them in the community. More ... JetBlue Airways, KaBOOM!, and Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens (VB&G) have joined together to build a Playworld™ Systems playground at VB&G in Long Island City. Build Day is Saturday, April 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Rd., LIC. More ... The 90th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I was observed Saturday morning, April 14, when members of the Woodside Civic Association and military veterans' groups, along with political figures and local citizens, gathered in Doughboy Park on Woodside Avenue in Woodside to dedicate the installation of a new plaque beneath the doughboy statue. More ... Atonement Lutheran: +Apr. 28, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Square Dance. +Sunday worship services in English at 10:15 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m.; Sunday worship service in Spanish, noon; Mondays, 2:30-6 p.m.,afterschool program, pre-K (free for 4-year-olds) enroll now for September, 30-61 87th St., Jackson Heights; 718.639.6074. More ... Queens District Attorney Richard Brown told the April luncheon audience of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce that he had just returned from a vacation spent fishing in Florida, an interlude he sought in the wake of the grand jury's indictments in the Sean Bell shooting case. More ... Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D-Queens/The Bronx) recently met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair (r.) at Blair's official London residence, 10 Downing Street, during a recent visit of a Congressional delegation to Ireland and England on the Irish peace process. More ... Mayor Michael Bloomberg's environmentfriendly plan to discourage drivers from coming into Manhattan and reduce pollution ran into a wall of opposition from Queens, manly because it would victimize the borough's commuters who suffer from poor public transportation. More ... The Big Apple Circus will dedicate one of its upcoming Queens performances of "Sweep Your Family Away to a Bygone World" to Outreach Project, with proceeds to benefit domestic violence training and counseling services. More ... |
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