Following the failure of Senate Republicans’ proposals to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) hosted a roundtable at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue with healthcare professionals, patient advocates, and concerned constituents to discuss the future of the healthcare law. The group focused on steps forward, strategies for strengthening the ACA, and ways to combat the […]

In East Elmhurst, State Senator Jose Peralta joined Queens Library President and CEO Dennis Walcott on August 1 to announce state funding Peralta helped secure in this year’s budget. The funding will be used to cover different programs and classes at the six library branches located within the Senator’s district. Senator Peralta presented the $60,000 state allocation to President Walcott […]

NYC Councilman Peter Koo announced on August 3 the hiring of Elaine Yoonjung Kim as his Director of Community Affairs and his office’s second Korean Community Liaison. Kim is a Flushing resident, a National Merit Scholar and graduate of Cornell University, where she served as President of Cornell Shimtah, a Korean traditional drumming program. She previously worked as a research […]

Some local college students – many from Queens – are spending their summer vacations bringing excitement to hundreds of camp groups visiting the American Museum of Natural History. These students are Museum Education and Employment Program (MEEP) guides, creating imaginative guided tours for day campers through the amazing world of dinosaurs, lions and tigers and more, adding a personal touch […]

On Tuesday, July 25, Skanska USA used steel cables to lower the main span of the former Kosciuszko Bridge – a 300-foot-long, 89-foot-wide, and 50-foot-tall span weighing almost 5 million pounds – down 125 feet onto two barges below. The next day, the two barges were floated out to the East River, from where the main span was to be […]