Police, firefighters and the Coast Guard last Friday night abandoned a day-long search for a union painter who tumbled 140-feet from the Throgs Neck Bridge into the frigid waters of Long Island Sound. John Massas, 35, was working on a platform under the roadbed of the bridge at about 8:05 a.m. on March 30 when he stopped to adjust his […]
Vallone Fights Back With Library Surveillance Cameras
Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. continues to wrestle crime in his district, installing a series of surveillance cameras in the area to help snare unsuspecting criminals caught in the act. Vallone, who heads the City Council Public Safety Committee, last week kept his promise to install cameras at the Queens Library branch at 21-45 31st Street in Astoria, where a man […]
Crowley ‘Shocked’ As House GOP Reject Family Protections
Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D–Queens/The Bronx) expressed shock that House Republicans rejected his amendment intended to protect families from the hidden dangers posed by wireless audio and video baby monitors. Crowley said his amendment would have directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), when ruling on matters relating to baby monitors to require producers of analog baby monitors, to include packaging labels […]
Vallone Brothers Return To High School
On March 28, Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. returned to his alma mater, St. John’s Preparatory H.S., formerly Mater Christi, with his brothers Perry and Paul, where they spoke to students during their annual career day.
Flushing Bank Helps Build Foundation For Home Improvement Training
Flushing Bank’s John Siu visited a session of the Queens Economic Development Corporation’s Home Improvement Training Course on March 24 at the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce of America on 38th Avenue in Flushing. Siu, who manages the branch at 136-41 Roosevelt Ave., offered information about finance and lending to the roughly 40 contractors, who were taking the Mandarin-language course to […]
Woman Injured In LIC Motorcycle Accident
Photo Farrahlynn G. Kaval A car collided with a motorcycle on 34th Avenue between 21st and Crescent Streets on the evening of March 26. The collision caused the woman driving the motorcycle to launch off of her motorcycle and land a few feet away from her property and onto the hard pavement. The car she collided with was left with […]
Forest Hills Teenager Is Councilmember For A Day
Michelle Coleman, 16, of Forest Hills, enjoyed the experience of serving as the 29th District Councilmember for a Day. As part of Women’s History Month, members of the New York City Council’s Women’s Caucus each brought in their councilmember for the day. Coleman, an intern in Councilmember Karen Koslowitz’s office, is currently a junior at St. Agnes Academic H.S. in […]
Astoria Speaks Out Against Gun Violence
On March 27, Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. joined East River Development Alliance President Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor, Astoria Tenant Association President Claudia Coger, Teamsters Local 237 President Greg Floyd and local residents to denounce violence and respond to the murder of Tysheen Davis. Following the shooting death of 23-year-old Davis, a lifelong Astoria Houses resident on March 25, Coger […]
School Turnaround Protested
Elected officials gathered on the steps of Queens Borough Hall on March 30, to protest the Department of Education’s proposal to close 33 schools and reopen them under the Turnaround method. Assemblymember Catherine Nolan, chairwoman of the Assembly Education Committee said, “It is important that Queens elected officials and civic leaders stand united to support community schools. We stand against […]
