SIMOTAS BILL BROADENS HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION PROTECTION: NYS Senator Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx) and Assembly Member Aravella Simotas (D-Queens) have introduced legislation, drafted in conjunction with the National Employment Lawyers Association of New York (NELA/NY), that will broaden harassment and discrimination protections for employees in New York State. Assembly Member Nily Rozic (D-Queens) is a co-sponsor of the legislation. New York State […]
Simotas Seeks Funding To Help Senior Citizens Stay In Their Homes
NYS Assembly Member Aravella Simotas is advocating that $100,000 be included in this year’s state budget to help support the Home Sharing and the Respite Care Programs of the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens. In a letter significantly supported by other members of the Assembly to NYS Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie, Simotas requested that the money be used […]
How to Cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about seasonal affective disorder? I have always hated wintertime, but since I retired and am home a lot more, the dark and cold winter months make me depressed and lethargic. Fighting the Blues Dear Fighting, If you get depressed in the winter but feel better in spring and summer, you may indeed […]
Banking Remotely And In Person, Still
Welcome to our banking issue! This week the Queens Gazette will highlight our community banks. Top-notch banks such as First Central Savings Bank, Queens County Savings Bank, Maspeth Federal Savings, Wells Fargo and TD Bank, provide services in our own neighborhoods that are as essential to our everyday lives as groceries and transportation. Fortunately, our banks have worked hard to […]
Letters to the Editor
Open Letter On Amazon Dear Queens Chamber Member, Friend & Colleague: We were all shocked by Amazon’s announcement on February 14th that they would be abandoning their plans to move to Long Island City. It was an enormous blow for our business community, as we’ve lost out on tens of thousands of jobs, the opportunity to further establish ourselves as […]
An Asset Not A Liability
There’s an old expression: “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” In our broken criminal justice system, we can just as easily say, “When all you have are career prosecutors as district attorneys, every problem looks like it needs prosecution.” That’s been the approach in most places for many years, with prosecutors learning at the […]
114th Precinct Reports Lower Crime Rates For February
It was a very good week in the 114th Precinct, with crime dropping by more than a third (34.21%) during February 18th through February 24th, according to the most recent NYPD CompStat numbers. In the major crime categories of felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny auto, numbers declined, respectively, by 57.1, 33.3, 17.6 and 80%. Crime is also […]
Pair Net $77G In Gems In Astoria Burglary Spree
Police are searching for a pair of burglars who broke into three homes in Astoria on February 8th, where they made off with $77,000 in gems, an NYPD spokesperson said. The thieves took a page from the fabled “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” first breaking into two of the homes near 49th Street and 31st Avenue, where they fled empty-handed. […]
Queens Women ‘Leading The Way’ At Resorts World Casino NYC
Resorts World Casino New York City has announced its partnership with the Queens Historical Society to celebrate Women’s History Month this month. The exhibit celebrates the life and works of six women who changed the world and called Queens home. The Red Wall Art Gallery will showcase photos, artifacts, documents, and letters in its Leading the Way exhibit until March […]