CUOMO TO FIGHT TRUMP ON NYS PIPELINE: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo pushed back against President Trump’s executive order limiting states’ authority over energy infrastructure projects in the following statement on April 10: “President Trump’s executive order is a gross overreach of federal authority that undermines New York’s ability to protect our water quality and our environment. States must have a […]
Moya Joins Immigration Committee
NYC Council Member Francisco Moya announced he has officially joined the New York City Council Committee on Immigration. He said, “I will continue to advocate for and defend the liberties of our immigrant communities. On my first day on the committee, we discussed an issue I’ve been talking about for years: getting ICE out of our courts. ICE’s presence in […]
City Council Poised To Pass Legislation On Climate Change
The City Council is expected to pass omnibus climate legislation at its next stated meeting on April 18, just days before Earth Day 2019 is observed on April 22. “@NYC Council is poised to enact sweeping legislation in the fight against #climatechange,” Council Member Costa Constantinides, chair of the Council Committee on Environmental Protection, tweeted on April 11. Intro 1253 […]
Happy Easter And Passover!
Two major holidays in the Judeo-Christian tradition are happening this week: Passover, beginning on the evening of April 19, and Easter Sunday, on April 21. Easter and Passover are associated in our minds and traditions with spring, and even though spring officially began a month ago, it’s only now that we are beginning to feel it. We are putting away […]
Letters to the Editor
LIC: The Sky Is The Limit To The Editor: On Thursday, January 24 my team at B6 Real Estate Advisors and I hosted a panel to discuss the state of the market in Long Island City, Opportunity Zones and the looming Amazon HQ2 effect. Some of the highlights we discussed were the quality of transportation, investors’ feedback on Opportunity Zones […]
Alternative Sentencing
Report To The People Of Queens:On June 1, District Attorney Richard A. Brown will retire due to health reasons, after 28 years as district attorney. The process of determining his successor is underway. Whoever the people choose to replace him will inherit an office that, with all due respect to our colleagues, is the best in the state. While I will not endorse or oppose […]
Mount Sinai’s Paws & Play Therapy Pets Program At MSQ
Visits from a friendly dog are an extraordinary way to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation for people in the hospital. As a result, pet therapy programs are being used in hospitals more often to bring patients the joy and comfort of a fluffy visitor. New evidence is showing that visits from a furry friend can benefit staff too. Moby, […]
Maloney, Nadler, King Announce Over Half Of House Cosponsors 9/11 VCF Renewal
Congress Members Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), chief House sponsors of the bipartisan Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Act, announced Monday that the bill has the support of more than half of the House of Representatives. 226 total members of the House are now cosponsoring the […]
Queens Library Rebrands
Queens Library is now Queens Public Library. The change, announced by President and CEO Dennis Walcott under a new library initiative called Our Renewed Promise to the Public, includes a new logo and colors – think purple, a new website and a renewed focus on customer experience. A kickoff was held on April 2 at Central Library in Jamaica with […]
Property Tax Relief Info For Seniors, Disabled
At the April meeting of the Dutch Kills Civic Association, Powell Griggs and Marcel Dixon, two men from the city Department of Finance, were there to explain a few things about property taxation, which as the relatively uninitiated could hear for themselves, is a complicated topic. But many of those in the room at the Growing Up Green School on […]