By Michael Gannon
Almost an entire country and different cultures separated George Schiffman’s home of Mukacs in northern Czechoslovakia from the historic Maramures region where Judith Wohlberg grew up in northern Romania.
Both would be united by history when they saw most of their families killed in Auschwitz during World War II.
But it was a celebration of life on Aug.
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By Kristen Guglielmo
The River Fund distributed thousands of backpacks filled with school supplies on Aug. 22 on Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill at its annual Child Poverty Awareness Day, held alongside the nonprofit’s weekly grocery distribution.
Founder Swami Durga Das, top center, worked the event with staff and a large team of volunteers, making sure every child in the long line went home with a backpack, according to Community Board 9 Chair Sherry Algredo, who helped assist during the event.
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By Stephanie G. Meditz
Area leaders helped youngsters prepare for a new school year with a backpack giveaway at Forest Hills Stadium Tuesday.
Sponsored by City Councilmember Lynn Schulman, center, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and state Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi in collaboration with U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, the event gave free knapsacks, notebooks, pencils and more to children in attendance.
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By Shane O’Brien
Hundreds of schoolchildren and their families traveled to Forest Hills Stadium Tuesday, Aug. 24, to receive free backpacks and school supplies from a joint venture from the Forest Hills Stadium Community Fund, NY Sun Works and Council Member Lynn Schulman ahead of the upcoming school year.
The community fund, which provides micro grants to local schools and grassroots organizations, also announced a new grant for NY Sun Works, which installs and operates hydroponic farming classrooms in K-12 public schools to teach the science of sustainability and climate change.
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By Kristen Guglielmo
Councilmember Lynn Schulman, left, on July 31 presented a City Council proclamation to longtime NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens risk manager Andrea Crawford in recognition of her retirement following 30 years of dedicated service there.
A longtime Kew Gardens resident and community advocate, Crawford was honored for her decades of commitment to the hospital, located in Jamaica Hills, and the patients, staff and community she served throughout her career.
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By Ryan Schwach
Several city councilmembers from Queens are leading the legislative body in its new push to crack down on the proliferation of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters increasingly seen on the city’s streets.
The Council is calling for a hearing on the city’s current regulation of the motorized vehicles and several lawmakers plan on introducing a package of legislation to further the crackdown.
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By Shane O’Brien
Council Member Lynn Schulman recognized a local Queens Girl Scout for her longtime efforts to improve healthcare accessibility in Council District 29, inviting her to a meeting with the New York City Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin this week.
Girl Scout leader Julia Siu Lin, a student at the Bronx High School of Science and a longtime Girl Scout, met with Schulman and Martin at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Gotham offices in Long Island City on Tuesday to discuss healthcare, accessibility and the future of medicine.
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By Stephanie G. Meditz
Forest Hills Girl Scout Julia Lin on Tuesday met with Dr. Alister Martin, the city’s health commissioner, to discuss her accessibility work and aspirations in the medical field.
For her Gold Award project, “Simple Signs for Support,” Lin taught basic American Sign Language to seniors, patients and healthcare staff in and beyond her neighborhood.
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By Caroline Lewis
Members of the New York City Council said Tuesday they plan to introduce new legislation to strengthen public education around Legionnaires’ disease and bolster prevention efforts amid an ongoing outbreak of the severe form of pneumonia on the Upper East Side, which has sickened at least 82 people and killed five.
The City Council is planning to hold a hearing in September on the health department’s response to the outbreak, which Council Speaker Julie Menin called “insufficient” in a press briefing on Tuesday.
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By Erin Billups
The City Council is expected to hold a hearing Wednesday for “Romanch’s Law”
The legislation, if adopted, would phase out horse carriages in the five boroughs.
Ahead of that hearing, Council Member Lynn Schulman joined “Weekends on 1” to discuss why she signed on as co-sponsor.
Link to story: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2026/07/13/city-council-to-consider-bill-to-ban-horse-carriages
