Northwest Queens, according to United Community Civic Association (UCCA) President Rose Marie Poveromo, is “an area of Queens County oversaturated, overwhelmed and environmentally abused and assaulted cumulatively for years”. Those environmental abuses include La- Guardia Airport and the Buckeye Pipeline that carries fuel to the aircraft that take off and land at the facility, the malodorous Bowery Bay sewage treatment […]
Fatherhood His Greatest Role
It’s not what a father says that children learn from. It is by what a father does. Julian Wager wasn’t only a man that the community looked up to. He was father that I looked up to, a father adored, a father I loved so deeply, a father I will forever be grateful to have had in my life. I […]
LIC Hotel Developer Cited For Wind-Blown Debris
Firefighters responded to a nine-story hotel construction site in the Dutch Kills community on February 6 after strong winds caused debris to fall to the street. Firefighters who arrived at the site at 38-30 28th St. at about 10:30 a.m. quickly determined that the wind had loosened a piece of sheet metal attached to a deck on the ninth floor […]
Community Boards Belong In Charter Revision Plans
During his State of the City address at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in January 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans to appoint a new Charter Revision Commission. More than two years later, it has not yet been formed. Having recently delivered his 2010 State of the City speech, also in Queens, at the new Frank Sinatra H.S., Bloomberg is expected to […]
Onorato: Individuals, Families, Investigate EITC Eligibility
As the April income tax filing deadline approaches, state Senator George Onorato (DAstoria) is urging low- and moderate-income working families and individuals to determine their eligibility for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)–a program that could provide them with hundreds and even thousands of dollars in welcome tax relief. “The EITC is widely heralded as a valuable tool in […]
Energy Consumer Bill Of Rights Passes Assembly
Citing soaring numbers of complaints against energy service companies, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris reported that consumer aid could be on the way as the Assembly passed his Energy Consumer Bill of Rights legislation. The approved bill establishes consumer safeguards to end aggressive and deceptive tactics by energy companies offering supply contracts to residential and small business consumers, Gianaris stated. Citing the […]
Crowley Sees Passage Of ‘Paygo’ As Fiscal Discipline Legislation
A bill which would require Congress to pay for all tax cuts and new or increased programs with budget cuts has been passed by the House and sent to President Barack Obama for his signature, Congressmember Joseph Crowley reports. Because the measure sets up a pay-as-you-go arrangement, Crowley refers to it as the “paygo” bill. Crowley (D–Queens/The Bronx) says the […]
Gianaris Applauds Poletti Power Plant Shutdown
Assemblymember Michael Gianaris (DAstoria) hailed the January 31 closing of the Poletti power plant, officially celebrated on Friday, January 29, as an achievement reached through concerted community efforts over the last decade. “The era in which Western Queens was overburdened with the majority of New York’s power production is beginning to come to an end,” Gianaris declared. “The fight to […]
Vasilopita Held By SJU Greek Societies
More than 30 students and faculty at St. John’s University gathered on January 28 to partake of the traditional bread cutting ceremony known as the Vasilopita in celebration of the Greek Orthodox New Year. The event, which took place at Marrilac Hall, was sponsored by the POA Modern Greek Language Honor Society under the auspices of the Pan Arcadian Federation […]