State Senator Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) urged the city Department of Transportation (DOT) to take steps to improve road and pedestrian safety in and around the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Junction Boulevard East Elmhurst. Peralta noted that, in light of last week’s hit-and-run accident that killed a 17-year-old teenager, the city must implement additional safety measures, including the installation […]
Brighter Days Ahead
This coming night of Monday, December 21 marks the Winter Solstice in New York. It will be the shortest day of the year in our corner of the world, in which we will have just slightly over nine and a half hours of daylight, and not much more than that immediately before and after. But we have it better than […]
Letters to the Editor
Right Wing Warpath To The Editor: On NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, a guest stated Grover Norquist was lying. Rehm responded angrily insisting it was improper to call anyone a liar…When John McCain was a candidate for President a woman stated that Obama was a Muslim. McCain could have earned support from the Far Right by agreeing with the false statement, […]
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’ At CC Moore Park
On Wednesday evening, Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Elmhurst, Jackson Heights), state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Queens), students from PS 13 and Newtown High School, members of Asian Americans for Equality, the Newtown Civic Association and others gathered at CC Moore Homestead Playground on Broadway, between 82nd Street and 45th Avenue in Elmhurst, for the neighborhood’s first official Holiday Reading and Tree […]
City Council Urges GOP: ‘Support Zadroga’
The 51-member New York City Council has appealed to US Senator Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, urging passage of the reauthorized Zadroga Act, which would continue health and compensation benefits for those made sick working to clean up the post 9/11 ruins of the World Trade Center. City Council Speaker Melissa Mark- Viverito summed up the plea to McConnell, […]
Avella Loses Senate Post As Committee Chair
State Senator Tony Avella, a Democrat, revealed earlier this week that he had been serving as Chairman of the Ethics Committee in the Republican-controlled Senate since last January, but was abruptly removed in May after Senate leader Dean Skelos was arrested on corruption charges. The strange story appeared in yesterday’s New York Post, where Avella revealed he had spoken with […]
Community Board 1 Meeting
City of New York Community Board 1, will meet on Tuesday, December 15, 7 pm at The Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd., Astoria. The Public Hearing Items are as follow: Department of Consumer Affairs 1. #14540-2015-ANWS Newsstand Application- An application to place a newspaper stand at the S/E/C 31st Street between Ditmars Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, in front of […]
QSAC Helps Feed Those In Need On Thanksgiving
For the 14th consecutive year, Paul Halvatzis, a licensed real estate broker and his friends have assisted St. Andrew Avellino Roman Catholic Church of Flushing with its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. This year more than $3,000 was raised with the help of 17 local businesses and individuals, including Halvatzis and Amorelli Realty, the St. Vincent De Paul Society, and Quality […]
QB Extended Care COO Honored For Community Service
Dr. Jonathan Mawere, DPT, MD, from Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility was honored by the Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home with the 2015 Community Service Award for his outstanding leadership and dedication to the Healthcare industry and community at large. Dr. Mawere is the Administrator and COO of the CMS five-star rated Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility located in Woodside. […]