Jackson Heights, NY – On Monday, September 12, 2022, New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan (Dist. 25-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst), former-City Council Finance Chair and Queens Pride founder Danny Dromm, New York LGBT Network President Dr. David Kilmnick and fellow LGBT community leaders joined at a press conference to speak out against homophobic and discriminatory incidents against the Queens LGBT community.
…
Jackson Heights, New York – On June 21, the Queens Historical Society and New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan unveiled a “Queensmark” at Friend’s Tavern in Jackson Heights, celebrating it as the longest standing LGBTQIA+ bar in Queens. Established in 1989, Friend’s Tavern has played a pivotal role in the LGBTQIA+ rights movement in Queens and is a safe space for immigrant members of the LGBT community, some of whom come from countries where homosexuality is prohibited by law and/or shunned by popular culture.
…
New York, New York – On June 8, the New York City Council passed the Harihareswara Expand Access to Rapid Treatment Act – or “HEART Act” – with the support of an overwhelming 50 out of 51 Council Members. The bill, introduced by Council Member Shekar Krishnan, will require the City’s Department of Health to publish data on the locations and quantities of all publicly-available automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in New York City, making the life-saving devices more accessible to any member of the public.
…
New York, New York– On May 22, amidst an ongoing strike at Elmhurst Hospital, New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan and 33 additional Council Members sent a letter to Dr. Kenneth Davis, CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System urging him to bargain in good faith with members of the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU and to offer pay on par with other Mount Sinai doctors across the city.
…
New York, New York – Council Member Krishnan and 27 colleagues sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams urging New York City to lead by example in setting a citywide goal of achieving at least 30% tree canopy cover by 2035 in an equitable manner. Achieving the goal would increase community resiliency and quality of life through protection, maintenance, and expansion of the New York City urban forest.
…
Lower Manhattan, NY – New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan joined gun control and safe streets advocates to call for “Gun Free Open Streets” across the city, on the same day that an appeals court heard challenges to the New York State law that created gun-free zones across the state last year. Council Member Krishnan, alongside representatives from Gays Against Guns, Open Plans, the 34th Avenue Open Streets Coalition, and the Friends of 34th Avenue Linear Park urged Mayor Adams to immediately designate the city’s open streets as gun-free zones under New York State’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which bars firearms in public schools, libraries, parks, and other public places.
…
New York, New York – On February 13th, New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan, Selvena Brooks-Powers, Chair of the City Council’s Committee on Transportation, and Council Member Crystal Hudson, Chair of the City Council’s Committee on Aging sent a letter to Janno Lieber, Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, urging him to resolve the concerning discrepancy in Access-A-Ride (AAR) discounts between Fair Fares NYC and the Reduced Fare Metrocard.
…
Jackson Heights, New York – NYC Council Member Shekar Krishnan, NYS Assembly Members
Catalina Cruz and Jessica González-Rojas, and NYS Senator Jessica Ramos held a community
rally to show solidarity for Drag Story Hour and the Queens Public Library, amidst a troubling
surge in anti-drag and anti-LGBTQ harassment across New York City in recent months.
…
New York, New York – On December 13, New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation urging her to allow labor unions to object to contracts awarded by her agency. The letter cited an egregious case where Laborers’ Local 1010 was denied the ability to object to millions in awards to Dragonetti Brothers Landscaping, despite this contractor’s conviction on multiple counts of insurance fraud in October 2022.
…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2022
CONTACT: Kevin Montalvo, 347-884-7803, kmontalvo@council.nyc.gov
Three new laws, introduced by Parks Chair Shekar Krishnan, require NYC Parks to reduce construction times, expand public information on parks projects, and study some city-owned lands for conversion to microparks.
New York, NY – Today, the New York City Council passed a package of bills sponsored by Parks Committee Chair Shekar Krishnan which will accelerate the parks construction process and expand green space on certain city-owned vacant lands:
…
