What’s Up In Southeast Queens: May 19-25, 2017
MAY 19 Paint Night, Wine and Cheese Join Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning for a Creative and Fun Night with friends, loved ones, wine, cheese and a casual …
Federal Gov’t Steps In To Aid Sandy Relief Efforts
BY RODNEY D. GANTT Local and state officials recently announced that city agencies will receive nearly $47 million in federal funding as reimbursement for …
Build It Back Misses Initial Deadline
BY TRONE DOWD Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last Thursday that the original plans for the Build It Back program will not come to fruition as he hoped they …
Jamaica Artist Pioneers New Creative Outlet
BY RODNEY D. GANTT From painting history to making history, a local painter from Queens has expanded his artistic talents creating unique landscape designs, …
Officials Discuss L & M Closures in Queens
MTA officials came out to Ridgewood to hold a forum about the upcoming reconstruction projects on the L and M trains. The long-term projects will shut down …
Union Workers Grease The Wheels Of City Life
BY ALFREDO ALVARADO District Council 37 is the city’s largest labor union, representing 121,000 municipal employees and 50,000 retirees. Its members keep the …
Officials: Eroding Rockaway Shores Need Better Protection
BY JON CRONIN Urging the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to release their draft report of the proposed Rockaway Reformulation study, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer …
$67M For Storm Mitigation In Rockaway
In an ongoing effort to help communities and residents affected by Superstorm Sandy, local and state officials have procured the necessary for a new $67 …
Goldfeder Backs Pheffer-Amato For Assembly
BY JON CRONIN Two weeks after announcing his retirement from the state assembly, Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) has endorsed Stacey Pheffer-Amato as his …
Phil Goldfeder Will Not Run For Reelection
BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer Last Friday, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) announced that he would not seek re-election when his term is up at the …