June 25, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Around 250 Long Island City residents attended a town hall hosted by Council Member Julie Won to share recommendations about the Long Island City Neighborhood Plan, “One LIC”, which aims to create a vision for the neighborhood encompassing affordable housing, job growth and public space investments. The… Read more »
June 19, 2024 By Angelica Vivas Over 1,000 New Yorkers dressed in colorful attire and holding rainbow flags gathered under the 7-train viaduct on Friday, June 14, to celebrate Pride Month in Sunnyside. The Sunnyside Shines BID organized the event for the third consecutive year, with Executive Director Dirk McCall de Palomá as the driving… Read more »
June 18, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan The street in front of where Sister Flora Marinelli lived as a devout member of the Sisters of St. Joseph for 35 years is now co-named in her honor. Long Island City Council Member Julie Won was joined by Marinelli’s family, her fellow sisters and representatives from St. Patrick’s… Read more »
June 11, 2024 By Bill Parry Council Member Julie Won and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez on Saturday rallied with their constituents, who were displaced by a massive five-alarm fire at their Sunnyside apartment complex just days before Christmas, to call on A&E Real Estate Holdings to extend tenants’ temporary leases. Families and individuals from at least… Read more »
May 31, 2024 By Bill Parry With the massive Malt Drive residential complex nearing completion behind her, Council Member Julie Won announced Thursday that construction on a new school in Hunters Point South will break ground this fall with completion by the 2027-2028 school year. The 572-seat school will be located at 2nd Street and… Read more »
Apr. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry At least 15 Woodside families were displaced by a two-alarm fire that tore through their apartment building early Monday morning. The FDNY received a report of a fire at a five-story building located at 39-06 63rd St. at 3:16 a.m. Firefighters arriving at the scene observed flames shooting from… Read more »
Apr. 18, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Over 135 Long Island City residents attended a town hall hosted by Council Member Julie Won on Monday evening to share recommendations about the Long Island City Neighborhood Plan, “One LIC,” which aims to attract investment to the neighborhood. The town hall, the second to take place… Read more »
Mar. 26, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Council Member Julie Won, who represents western Queens, and LaGuardia Community College/CUNY President Kenneth Adams co-hosted the “Celebrating the Women of Queens” event on Mar. 22, where nine women were recognized for their dedication and contributions to the Queens community. The ceremony, held during Women’s History Month at the…
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Mar. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry State Sen. Jessica Ramos, joined by other elected officials and safe streets advocates, rallied Friday to demand the NYS Assembly include Sammy’s Law and other traffic safety measures in the final state budget—just two days after 8-year-old Bayron Palomino Arroyo was struck and killed in her district while walking…
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Feb. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry As the city grapples with its worst housing crisis in more than half a century, the Adams administration announced plans to build another 850 to 900 apartments on public land—with at least 60% of the units to be affordable—in the fast-growing Hunters Point South community on the Long Island… Read more »