Nov. 27, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Queens Center and The Shops at Atlas Park partnered with local leaders and organizations to help brighten the holidays for families in need across the borough by distributing turkeys in the lead-up to Thanksgiving. The Queens Center, located at 90-15 Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst, gave out 900…
Aug. 28, 2024 By Anthony Medina Council Member Lynn Schulman, who represents City Council District 29, has secured over $10 million in capital funding for her district, marking a significant achievement in the fiscal year 2025 budget. The council member directed these funds toward improving the quality of life for residents in her district,…
May. 21, 2024 By Anthony Medina Council Member Lynn Schulman has announced Richmond Hill High School, P.S. 62Q Chester Park School and the NYPD as the winners of nearly half a million dollars each in capital funds for improvement projects through Participatory Budgeting. Schulman, who represents Richmond Hill residents in the city council, announced the…
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Apr. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan As Pro-Palestinian encampments emerged at over a dozen college campuses across the country following in the footsteps of Columbia University, local elected officials pushed out statements in response. The “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” built on the campus’s south lawn, drew strong voices of support, as well as objection, from Queens…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Anthony Medina The surge of smoke shops across New York City is likely to be coming to an end. A new initiative announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul last week would allow New York City and local municipalities across the State to shutter and padlock the raft of illegal cannabis stores that…
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Apr. 5, 2024 By Anthony Medina The City Council passed legislation introduced by Council Member Lynn Schulman last month, solidifying the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s HealthyNYC initiative to extend the life expectancy of New Yorkers to 83 years over the next six years. Schulman, who serves as the Chair of the Committee of…
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Mar. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres A coalition of nonprofit organizations, local officials and business owners announced on Tuesday their plan to launch a series of monthly community cleanups along Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills. This initiative, which is set to run from March through at least the end of June, aims to bring together the community in a collective effort to enhance the neighborhood’s cleanliness and aesthetic appeal. The collaborative effort includes Metro Village of Forest Hills, Queens Community Board 6, Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi, Council Member Lynn Schulman, state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr., the Forest Hills Green Team and…
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Feb. 8, 2024 By Rachel Butler Queens elected officials and CUNY (The City University of New York) staff joined forces to host a citizenship application event at P.S. 60 in Woodhaven on Saturday Feb. 3. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr and Council Members Joann Ariola and Lynn Schulman hosted the event that 140 people attended,…
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Jan. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Elected officials unveiled a new Mahatma Gandhi statue outside a South Richmond Hill temple to replace the one that was toppled at the site last year as part of a hate crime. Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar, the first Hindu-American elected to New York State Office, led a ceremony Sunday afternoon outside of Shree Tulsi Mandir, located at 103-24 111th St., following the destruction of the original statue in August 2022. The statue was toppled and smashed with a sledgehammer, with the vandals also spray painting it. Rajkumar, who played a pivotal role in having the August…
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Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Blood Center declared a donor emergency on Jan. 11, following a holiday season of low donor turnout and recent inclement winter weather.