CO, community affairs cops lauded with citations from area electeds
By Kristen Guglielmo
The NYPD 102nd Precinct’s commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Jeremy Kivlin, and Community Affairs Officers Nick Salamone and Scott Adelman need to make plenty of wall space.
The trio received multiple accolades on Tuesday at the precinct’s community council meeting in Richmond Hill.
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By Colum Motherway
Council Member Lynn Schulman made a special guest appearance at the Richmond Hill Block Association’s (RHBA) monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 29, where she delivered a speech outlining key updates for the district and presented the association with a certificate of recognition for its exceptional community service.
Schulman, who represents the District 29 neighborhoods of Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, and Ozone Park, began her remarks by addressing the ongoing budget process for the upcoming fiscal year.
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By Stephanie G. Meditz
Community members celebrated the second night of the Festival of Lights at the Chabad of Forest Hills North’s 10th annual Chanukah on the Park event last Thursday.
Guests in Yellowstone Park enjoyed fresh jelly donuts from Israel, Chabad-style dancing from the town of Lubavitch, Russia, a fire show and chocolate gelt distributed by Rabbi Mendy Hecht and the FDNY.
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Richmond Hill High’s new addition will prepare students for hospitality careers
By Kristen Guglielmo
As part of the city’s ongoing effort to enhance educational opportunities, Richmond Hill High School is set to get a state-of-the-art culinary kitchen classroom.
On Oct. 2, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced a $5 million capital allocation to fund the classroom’s construction.
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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, which includes Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill and Rego Park.
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By Queens Chronicle Staff
Movies Under the Stars, sponsored by Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) continues in parks in the 29th District through mid-August. People are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets. Popcorn will be provided. Shows begin at dusk, roughly between 8:30 and 8:45 p.m.
“Paw Patrol,” the animated 2021 film based on the children’s television series, is on Tuesday, June 18, in Phil Rizzuto Park in South Richmond Hill, in coordination with the 102nd Precinct.
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More than 1,500 residents made their voices heard with participatory voting
By Kristen Guglielmo
City Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) on Monday announced the three participatory budgeting project winners in District 29, in which community members voted to decide how to allocate $1 million.
Voting was open to anyone 11 or older who works, lives or goes to school in the district, which achieved record turnout with 1,785 community members making their voices heard.
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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 winners of the capital funds on Monday, May 20, and visited each of them to share her congratulations.
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By Michael Gannon
City Councilwoman Lynn Schulman, center, arrived in Forest Hills last week bearing gifts for the 112th Precinct — in this case two new patrol vehicles.
NYPD Assistant Chief Christine Bastedenbeck, left, the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens North, and Capt. David Cordano, the CO at the Austin Street station house, were there to accept the owner’s manuals.
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By Anthony Medina
A Community Board 9 monthly meeting on Tuesday, Apr. 9, turned into a night of recognition for one board member who has served on the board as a prime example of public servitude in its highest form for 50 years.
The Helen Marshall Cultural Center, inside of Queens Borough Hall, seated a gallery of local elected officials and representatives Tuesday night, with each holding certificates and special awards for Community Board 9 Member Sylvia Hack.
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