Queens Borough President Helen Marshall joined Con Edison’s Green Team on June 15 at a Queens Village home to conduct an energy survey that will help the homeowner reduce costs and improve energy efficiency. Over 1,500 New Yorkers have signed up for the low-cost survey. The Green Team, which includes experts from Honeywell, performs onsite visits and visual assessments of […]
Queens Contractors Cited In Building Collapse
Federal regulators recently cited three Queens contractors for multiple safety violations following an investigation into a construction accident that left a 26-year-old worker dead and three others seriously injured in Elmhurst on January 10. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Sing Da Corporation, H-Rock Corporation and Vera Construction, Inc., for serious violations of workplace safety standards, following an […]
Anchors Away
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski inspect boathouse and dock in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park during their visit on Wednesday, June 8. Marshall’s office provided more than $6 million in capital funding for major reconstruction work on the much-needed project. The boathouse will be used by Row New York, The American Small Craft Association and the […]
Addabbo Presents Citations To Entrants In Earth Day Poster Contest
In recent weeks, state Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., visited elementary students in his district, including the students pictured from St. Pancras School in Glendale, to present citations to students who took part in the state senate’s Earth Day poster contest. The state senate held the contest to honor and celebrate Earth Day for children in Grades K-6, using the […]
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Flushing Resident Awarded Journalism Scholarship
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall congratulates Luke San Antonio (second from r.), the 2011 recipient of the $1,000 Mindlin Scholarship during a check presentation at Borough Hall on June 8. San Antonio, a resident of Flushing and student at Holy Cross H.S. is a member of the National Honor Society and the grandson of the late Jon San Antonio, of […]
Lawmakers Blast Proposed Meter Rate Hike
A Queens Councilmember last week renewed her opposition to a city Department of Transportation (DOT) proposal that would hike parking meter rates in Queens and the other boroughs by 25 cents an hour. Councilmember Karen Koslowitz joined Councilmembers James Vacca and Diana Reyna at a press conference on Austin Street in Forest Hills, where the lawmakers blasted the proposal that […]
107th Issues ‘10-13’ For Cop’s Family In Need
To law enforcement officials nationwide, a “10-13” call symbolizes a police officer down, or an officer in need of immediate assistance. Police at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are reaching out to the public with a special “10-13”, to help save the life of a fellow officer’s 12-year-old daughter. Manijeh Ryan, daughter of Police Officer Amos Ryan, has been […]
Seek Tougher Laws For Motorists
Assemblymember David Weprin (D-Little Neck) said last week he would push for new legislation that bans motorists from smoking in vehicles carrying children under age 14. “A child under the age of 14 is less likely to speak up,” Weprin said. “It is of utmost importance to protect our children, whose bodies are still developing and who often do not […]
Astoria Musicians Benefit For Japan
On June 16 Astoria musicians organized by Mina Nakajima-Wu gathered at the Tony Bennett auditorium of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts to put on a benefit concert to aid the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. All proceeds were donated to the Japan Society of New York. Local businesses that contributed include Big Picture Big Sound and Maria’s Hair […]
Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association Makes Donation To Queens Library
The Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association (KGHCA) has donated $4,000 to the Queens Library for book purchases at the Kew Gardens Hills branch, KGHCA President Patricia Dolan announced on June 9. The Queens Library Foundation is matching the KGHCA’s gift, which will also benefit the Kew Gardens Hills branch. “KGHCA is pleased to make this donation, made possible by the […]