City Council Member Costa Constantinides, joined by environmental groups and others, rallied in support of his bill INT. 642 on May 25. The legislation would ensure more sustainable energy consumption by increasing the use of biodiesel in home heating oil. The bill would increase biodiesel use from the current standard of 2% to a 5% blend, and then raise that […]
Queens Pride Grand Marshals
NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm joined Queens Pride Co-Chair Andrew Ronan and Queens Pride Business Manager Bill Meehan in announcing the selection of three remarkable leaders as Grand Marshals for the 24th Annual Queens Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade and Festival which will be held on Sunday, June 5 in Jackson Heights. The Grand Marshals are Council Member […]
Graduate Credits, Scholarship For Teachers
The Taft Institute for Government and the Museum of the City of New York will collaborate to offer a seminar for teachers, K-12, on civic education including attention to the presidential election, political activism, immigration, and city planning. Participating teachers, who may be experienced or new teachers, may take the seminar for graduate credit in education or political science at […]
Meng, NASA Discuss Airplane Noise Over Queens
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) met with NASA to discuss ways to combat airplane noise over Queens. The space agency is working on technology to mitigate aircraft noise, and is seeking funding to test and further develop these initiatives so that they can be made available for commercial use. “I’ll talk to anybody who can play a role in mitigating […]
Restoration Of Historic Flushing Property Starting
Restoration work is about to begin at 33-37 163rd Street in Flushing. The old Ferrigno historic Broadway-Flushing property was purchased by Dr. Kim. The architect in charge of renovations on the house is Donald Lang, AIA, Principal Architect of DLA Architecture. Lang is a historic architect and Chairman of the Newton Upper Falls Historic District Commission in Newton, Massachusetts and […]
114th Precinct To Get New Officers; Honors Top Cops
The 114th Precinct will receive five new police officers from this year’s crop of academy trainees. The recruits are currently at the 114th getting a feel for their next assignment. “(The recruits) will be with us for a few weeks and then go back to the academy to graduate,” said Lt. Nick Morales at the May 24 meeting of the […]
Katz Funds First Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial
At the Memorial Day Observance Ceremony on May 26 at Borough Hall, Borough President Melinda Katz announced that the long-awaited Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial project – the first borough-wide memorial to honor all Queens residents who died while serving in the Vietnam War – is now fully funded and ready to proceed. Borough President Katz’ recent $1.5 million allocation from […]