Jax Hts park marks 200th conversion from schoolyard in city
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Borough President, City Council, City Offices, District 25, Mayor on December 8, 2011 | No Comments
Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Jackson Heights, the neighborhood most starved for park space in Queens, last week to celebrate the upcoming opening of PS 69’s student-designed playground, which comes complete with a human sundial and rock wall with “fossils.” The playground is the 200th schoolyard in the city to be converted to an open space [...]
Jax Hts’ pre-recession economy grew three times that of city
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 13, District 25, District 34, State Comptroller, State Senate, Statewide Offices on November 24, 2011 | No Comments
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli painted a mostly positive portrait of Jackson Heights and its surrounding neighborhoods’ economy on a visit to the community last week, saying small businesses owned by immigrants bring in much money and the area has enormous potential growth. “The economic future of northwestern Queens is a bright one,” DiNapoli said. The [...]
Dromm fights for vet centers
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 25 on November 17, 2011 | No Comments
City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) visited Elmhurst Memorial Hall last week to oppose various city fees levied on veterans organizations. “We must stand up and fight for our veterans,” the councilman said. Dromm announced his new legislation to do away with fees for city Fire Department permits, inspections and performance tests at the hall [...]
De Blasio blasts detention ctr.
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, City Offices, District 25, Public Advocate on October 13, 2011 | No Comments
The city public advocate is calling on the federal government to shut down the controversial immigration detention center in Springfield Gardens and rethink its partnership with the private organization that runs it. Bill de Blasio and a host of other New York elected officials gathered in Manhattan last Thursday to protest the GEO Group, which [...]
Jax Hts stores welcome Liu
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, City Comptroller, City Council, City Offices, District 25, District 39 on August 4, 2011 | No Comments
City Comptroller John Liu received an enthusiastic reception from Jackson Heights business owners when he visited the Indian and Bangladeshi commercial strips in the neighborhood last Thursday. Liu was joined by state Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights), City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and a group of business owners as he walked into sari shops [...]
Dromm doles out $250K to immigrant, LGBT groups
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 25 on July 7, 2011 | No Comments
City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) distributed his $250,000 member items for fiscal year 2012 among a wide variety of immigrant rights and LGBT rights associations, most of which are within his district. Dromm, who chairs the Council Immigration Committee, said he based his funding partly on that of his predecessor, two-term ?former Councilwoman Helen [...]
