“Seventy-nine days after Hurricane Sandy hit our communities, Congress is finally doing what it should have done months ago—taking action,” declared Congressmember Joseph Crowley, after the House finally passed the $50 billion Sandy Disaster Relief package that will bring long-awaited hurricane relief to New York state and other areas of the Northeast part of the state. Also breathing a sigh […]
Electeds Hail Passage Of Sandy Federal Aid Package
Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney joined with other elected officials and civic leaders from around the city to hail the final passage on January 15 by the U.S. House of Representatives of a package of legislative measures delivering federal disaster aid to those areas of the New York metropolitan region devastated by the cataclysmic Superstorm Sandy last October. The leaders spoke […]
Langston Hughes Community Library A Literary Landmark
Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center will be nationally recognized on Saturday, February 9 as a Literary Landmark by United for Libraries. It is the first public institution named for the famed poet/author of the Harlem Renaissance. A plaque will be placed in the library at 100- 01 Northern Blvd., in East Elmhurst during the annual Langston […]
New P.S. 70 Addition To Provide 500 Seats
On Oct. 25, 2012, elected officials broke ground for the new building at P.S. 70 on 42nd Street in Astoria, which will provide 508 additional seats. Due to lack of space, the school had been utilizing portable classrooms in order to deal with overcrowding. The new addition, built in the footprint of the current mini school, is scheduled to be […]
CDEC 30 Hosts Walcott At Town Hall Meeting
Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. welcomed an overflow audience to a town hall meeting with Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott hosted by District 30 Community Education Council. “We’ve got the best CEC (Community Education Council) and superintendent (Dr. Philip Composto) in the city in the best borough in the world,” said Vallone at the January 14 event before about 300 people in […]
Girl Scouts Create Library For Hour Children
On January 5, the Girl Scouts of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Astoria held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a library / playroom in an Hour Children residence. The Girl Scouts, together with family and friends, planned, designed and built a new library / playroom for the families residing at the Hour Children home at St. Rita’s Parish […]
Queens Library Offers First Bengali Computer Workshop
Queens Library will be offering its first free computer workshop in Bengali on Saturday, January 26, 3 p.m. at the Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica. The topic will be how to use Google’s tools, including Internet searching, G-mail, Google maps and more. For more information, call 718-990-0883. The workshop joins an already-robust schedule of computer workshops given at many […]
QCC Candle Ceremony Honors Nursing Graduates
Queensborough Community College (QCC) graduated 45 nursing students at the semi-annual Candlelighting Ceremony on January 9. A procession of graduates in crisp white uniforms marched to the stage accompanied by a piano rendition of “Pomp and Circumstance”. Dr. Diane B. Call, interim president of Queensborough Community College, said, “Each of you exemplify academic excellence and the personal attributes essential for […]
DOT And DCP Talk Of Changes At MoMA PS 1 Meeting
A community meeting to discuss proposals to improve conditions and situations, from safety to entertainment, in Long Island City and Sunnyside, was held last week at MoMA PS 1. The first of the proposals, a text amendment from the Department of City Planning and Development (DCP), concerned with sidewalk cafés in Long Island City and Sunnyside, had been brought up […]