City opts to fix shuttered shops in Willets Point
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 11, District 21, State Senate on May 31, 2013 | No Comments
After one branch of city government issued several Willets Point business owners violations and shut down their body shops earlier this month?, another branch will now pay to fix them. On May 17, inspectors from the city Department of Buildings closed? two lots housing several auto businesses in the Iron Triangle. At one property, on [...]
Ferreras distributes $629K
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 21, District 25, District 27 on September 27, 2012 | No Comments
City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) said she focused on domestic violence, sanitation, education and parks in doling out her about $629,000 in discretionary funds this year. “These are leading nonprofits that are trying to make a difference in the community,” Ferreras said about some of her biggest recipients. Ferreras — whose district covers East [...]
Soda ban will hurt Queens businesses: Ferreras
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 21, Mayor on July 26, 2012 | No Comments
Corona has been singled out as having the highest rate of childhood obesity in the city, but City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) joined with local business owners and a new coalition last Thursday to say Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s soda ban is the wrong way to fight it. “It has the potential to create a [...]
Ferreras touts plans to improve streets and tourism
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 21 on February 16, 2012 | No Comments
City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) advocated for better streets and for making the neighborhoods she represents a destination at her State of the District address last Thursday. “We are in a state of transformation,” Ferreras said, “but I believe the state of our district is strong and it gets stronger every day.” Speaking at [...]
Jackson Heights residents cry foul on Trade Fair
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 21, District 25 on January 26, 2012 | No Comments
City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Jackson Heights residents are demanding that the Trade Fair, at 75th Street and 37th Avenue, take down its sidewalk enclosure and make changes to its practices, but the grocery chain denies it is doing anything illegal. “To me it’s outrageous to think that people can build on the [...]
Sanders, Comrie get human rights grades
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 20, District 21, District 22, District 23, District 24, District 25, District 26, District 27, District 28, District 29, District 30, District 31, District 32 on December 22, 2011 | No Comments
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) is going to have to make some room on his fridge. The chairman of the Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations had the best record of the Queens delegation on human rights issues last year, according to the Urban Justice Center’s 2011 Human Rights Report [...]
