Assemblymember William Scarborough and D.L. Uma Sangupta hosted the 1st Annual New Americans Independence Day Celebration at Worlds Fair Marina on July 4th. Scarborough said it was only fitting that the celebration be held in Queens, the most diverse county in America where 170 languages are spoken. According to the most recent census figures, of the 2.27 million Queensites, over […]
AT&T Street Charge Hits The Beach
Solar mobile charging units arrive at some of the City’s most popular beaches this week, providing New Yorkers additional opportunities to recharge their devices as part of the AT&T Street Charge initiative. Coney Island, Rockaway, Brighton and Manhattan Beaches are among eight new locations citywide to receive solar mobile charging units. AT&T began rolling out the solar-powered units two weeks ago […]
Alumna Honored By National Academy Foundation
A 2009 graduate of the Academy of Finance and Enterprise (AOFE) in Long Island City, Ana Lucia Urizar, has been named one of two 2013 Alumni Award winners chosen by the National Academy Foundation (NAF). The award was given at this year’s annual NAF Conference held in Orlando, Florida.The Academy of Finance and Enterprise is an Academy of Finance (AOF) […]
Van Bramer First Elected Official To Complete Tour De Queens
On July 7, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer became the first elected official to complete Transportation Alternatives’ annual Tour de Queens. Van Bramer joined more than 1,200 cyclists from around the city for the 6th annual 19-mile borough bike tour which took riders through the neighborhoods of Astoria, Queensbridge, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Ridgewood, Maspeth, Rego Park, Middle Village, Forest […]
Van Bramer Welcomes Lincoln Center Local To Queens
On July 2, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, chair of the City Council Cultural Affairs and Libraries Committee, was joined by Thomas W. Galante, president and CEO of the Queens Library, Hillary McAndrew Plate, senior manager, Meet the Artist and Community Programming of Lincoln Center, local families and children to kick off the 2013 summer series of Lincoln Center Local Performances […]
Operation Feng Shui Launched In Little Flower
Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York partnered with The Mission Continues on Saturday, June 29 for Operation Feng Shui. Emmanuel Byron, a Mission Continues fellow and Little Flower Children Queens office volunteer, led over 20 other community volunteers to work alongside post-9/11 veterans in painting and gardening projects to give the Queens office a facelift. Byron’s ambitious […]
St. Mary’s Young Professionals Raise Funds For Kids
The St. Mary’s Young Professionals Committee – a group of young New Yorkers from the real estate, finance, construction, legal, and marketing industries – raised more than $3,000 for the hospital at a successful soiree June 27 at Penn 6 in Manhattan.The yearly event benefits St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, one of the New York region’s premier providers of […]
Debt Counseling Programs Can Help Seniors With Financial Problems
Dear Savvy Senior,What resources can you recommend to help seniors with financial problems? I hate to admit it, but I’ve fallen behind on my house payments and have accumulated quite a bit of credit card debt over the past few years. Where can we get help? In Debt At 70Dear In Debt,There are actually a number of free and low-cost […]
Paul Vallone Celebrates The Fourth Of July
This Fourth of July, we celebrated our blessed nation, and remembered and honored our Founding Fathers. I hope you and your families had a very happy Fourth of July weekend. As an update to our campaign, we continue to gather support from our local elected officials and citywide organizations. We also kicked off a new constituent group, Women for Vallone. […]
Offer $2G Reward For Armed Kid Sex Perv
Queens police are scouring neighborhoods in Jackson Heights for a child sex abuser who attacked a 13-year-old boy twice at gunpoint on July 3.Cops said the suspect approached the victim as he was walking home at about 11 p.m. on July 3, flashed a pistol and took the teen’s Ipod,The suspect then pointed the gun at the teen and forced […]