2025 Notable Articles:

• The Rockaway Times: Rockaway Successfully Rallies for Trauma Center Funding (07/03)
• The Wave: “An Investment in Lives” (07/03)
• Queens Daily Eagle: City funds crucial step in bringing trauma center to Rockaway (07/02)
• Queens Daily Eagle: Locals want mayor to keep promise on Rockaway trauma center site (06/29)
• Gothamist: NYC Council pushes to expand Fair Fares transit discounts to more low-income New Yorkers (06/11)
• The Wave: “A Significant Step Forward” (05/30)
• Crain’s New York Business: State health regulators signal support for long-awaited trauma center in the Rockaways (5/30)
• AMNY: Advocates rally at City Hall for increased Human Rights Commission funding (05/30)
• Queens Daily Eagle: State supportive of Rockaway trauma hospital, officials say (05/29)
• The Rockaway Times: Rockaway Celebrates the Beach Opening (05/29)
• The Wave: Official Point of View (05/23)
• The Wave: NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller Honored With Plaque at New Queens Precinct (05/09)
• The Wave: Official Point of View (04/18)
• Queens Daily Eagle:  City finds place to build long-desired Rockaway hospital (04/10)
• Queens Chronicle: Council responds to Adams’ budget plan (04/07)
• Queens Chronicle: SEQ wants overnight truck parking pilot (04/03)
• QNS: Southeast Queens officials demand inclusion in NYC’s Overnight Truck Parking Pilot program (03/28)
• The City: Truck-Parking Pilot Excludes City’s Most Impacted Areas, Including Southeast Queens (03/27)
• The Wave: Councilwoman Brooks-Powers Addresses Transit Challenges (03/21)
• City&State NY: Opinion: We must address the mental health care needs of people leaving Rikers (03/18)
• The Wave: Official Point Of View (03/14)
• The Wave: “The Rockaway Community Needs This Facility” (03/14)
• City&State NY: Opinion: Link5G signals a more connected and resilient Queens (03/06)
• QNS: Senator Sanders and CM Brooks-Powers lead disaster resilience training in Southeast Queens (02/28)
• The Rockaway Times: Construction Begins on $30M Community Health Center in Far Rockaway (02/27)
• QNS: Mayor Adams breaks ground on new Far Rockaway health center to expand care access by 2027 (02/25)
• Crain’s New York Business: City breaks ground on community health clinic in Far Rockaway (02/25)
• QNS: CM Selvena Brooks-Powers’ bill expands accessibility for NYC’s deaf community (02/20)
• Inside Climate News: City Council Members, Park Conservancies and Advocates Demand More Funds for NYC Parks (01/30)
• The Wave: Cassandra Johnson Sworn in as Queens County Surrogate’s Court Judge (01/24)
• The Rockaway Times: QueensLink Receives $400K Grant & Letter of Support (01/16)
• Spectrum News NY1:  Advocates lament mayor’s omission of transit proposals from State of the City (01/10)
• Queens Chronicle:  Congestion pricing starts in Manhattan (01/09)
• QNS: Queens leaders react to New Year’s night mass shooting at Jamaica event space, security measures scrutinized (01/02)

2024 Notable Articles:

• The Rockaway Times: Arverne Library to Undergo $17.3M Expansion (12/25)
• The Wave: City Council Approves Modified “City of Yes” Housing Opportunity Plan (12/20)
• NYC.GOV: Arverne Library to Almost Double In Size As City Starts $17.3 Million Expansion Project (12/20)
• Queens Gazette: Christian Izien, Brooks-Powers’ Food & Turkey Drive (12/05)
• The Wave: “An Indelible Mark” (11/29)
• QNS: Where to find free Thanksgiving meals and turkey giveaways in Southeast Queens (11/19)
• The Wave: Official Point Of View (10/25)
• The Wave: Councilwoman Brooks-Powers Introduces New Bill To Explore Adding Ferry Terminals in Far Rockaway (10/04)
• The Rockaway Times: Mayor Adams, Officials Demand State Support for Trauma Center (09/26)
• Queens Daily Eagle: Queens pols call on state to fund long-desired Far Rock trauma hospital (09/23)
• The Wave: The Fight for a Trauma Center Continues (08/30)
• The Wave: Rockaway Representatives Testify at MTA Queens Bus Network Redesign Hearing (08/02)
• The Rockaway Times: Brand New Far Rockaway Library Opens (08/01)
• The Wave: Rockaway and Broad Channel Celebrate City Budget Wins (07/12)
• Gothamist: Queens’ Rockaway trauma hospital could open in next few years (07/05)
• Queens Daily Eagle: City partially funds longshot Rockaway trauma hospital proposal (07/05)
• The Wave: “Do Not Leave Us Out!” (06/28)
• QNS: Far Rockaway leaders urge Mayor to fund trauma facility for isolated peninsula (06/18)
• Queens Daily Eagle: Rockaway takes step toward new trauma hospital, but major questions remain (06/17)
• The Wave: “A New Path For This Community” (06/14)
• Gothamist: A trauma hospital is ‘urgently’ needed in Rockaways, task force says (06/11)
• Queens Daily Eagle: Opinion: When it comes to transportation, the MTA must get the bus redesign right (06/03)
• City&State NY: Evaluating how the Port Authority is doing on MWBE contracting (04/29)
• The Wave: Brooks-Powers Hosts First Spring Festival in Far Rockaway (04/19)
• The Wave: Brooks-Powers Leads Latest Push For Far Rockaway Trauma Center (04/12)
• The Rockaway Times: What’s What: The New York City Council (02/29)
• QNS: Union construction workers and elected officials demand removal of Joy Construction from Edgemere Commons mega development (01/29)
• QNS: Debate over policing and solitary confinement bills dominates Queens community board meeting (01/26)
• QNS: Queens elected officials address spread of illegal smoke shops in their districts (01/24)