By Ryan Schwach
Queens may no longer be in possession of the City Council speaker’s office, but several members of Queens’ Council delegation were appointed to significant leadership roles by Speaker Julie Menin on Thursday.
Southeast Queens Councilmember Nantasha Williams was named deputy speaker, and Councilmember Sandra Ung was tapped to serve as one of two deputy majority leaders.
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Co-sponsored by Council Members Christopher Marte and Lynn Schulman, the legislation would protect people and pets from landlord’s anti-furball animus.
By Brian Berger
Christopher Marte may not have won the race for City Council speaker, but he’s not lifting a hind leg on his constituents, or the people and pets of greater Gotham.
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Jewish people must be vigilant but proud, area and faith leaders say
By Stephanie G. Meditz
Jewish people in Queens and beyond are grieving during the Festival of Lights, after Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades, which was named a terrorist act, killed 15 people and injured dozens more.
The Dec.
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By Bill Parry
Queens Public Library hosted a kickoff for a $39 million project to replace the Rego Park library branch with a groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 9 that was more than 30 years in the making.
The city’s Department of Design and Construction will manage the project that doubles the size of the current branch at 91-41 63rd Dr.
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By Shane O’Brien
Council Member Lynn Schulman teamed up with the Met Council on Jewish Poverty to provide over 250 turkeys to healthcare workers at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center last week.
Schulman and the Met Council provided more than 250 turkeys and all the Thanksgiving fixings to Jamaica Hospital staff on Friday, Nov. 21, including nurses and first responders such as EMTs and paramedics.
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By Kristen Guglielmo
In what Councilmember Lynn Schulman, center, called a “historic first,” a New York City intersection last Saturday was co-named “Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Marg Way,” in honor of the ninth Sikh Guru. The site, at 114th Street and 101st Avenue in Richmond Hill, is said to be the first street location named after him outside of India.
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By Bill Parry
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital partnered with the River Fund to distribute more than 14,000 feminine hygiene products for women in the southeast Queens community earlier this month.
One in five women suffers from period poverty, where they simply cannot afford to buy feminine hygiene products, according to the hospital.
“Our team at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills is deeply connected to the Queens community, and we believe in showing up for one another in meaningful ways,” said Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital President Lorraine Chambers Lewis.
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Expectant mothers struggling with housing gifted the essentials at event
By Kristen Guglielmo
A dozen pregnant women experiencing housing insecurity were treated to a heartwarming community baby shower on May 29 at the Volume Seventeen Event Venue in Richmond Hill.
The event, organized by the nonprofit Nyasha’s Promise, was co-sponsored by Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills), Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), Amazon and Planned Parenthood, and provided essential baby supplies helping expectant mothers prepare for their new arrivals.
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By Athena Dawson
A group of Queens elected officials gathered at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in Jamaica on Tuesday, March 18, to rally against a Republican-led budget resolution that they say could jeopardize Medicaid benefits for hundreds of thousands of local residents.
The Medicaid Day of Action press conference, part of a coordinated series of events held nationwide, was led by U.S.
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By Stephanie G. Meditz
Forest Hills residents can once again participate in sustainable waste management in their own neighborhood.
Following a pause due to budget constraints, the Big Reuse Community Composting Program in MacDonald Park officially launched to the public on Sunday, after Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) restored its funding.
Community members may bring food scraps, such as fruit and vegetable peels, coffee grounds and eggshells, to the Forest Hills Greenmarket every Sunday from 8 a.m.
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