Borough President James Oddo announced the lineup for his annual Summer Sunset Concert Series, which will bring more than a dozen artists to
parks around the borough.
MANHATTAN — A host of hot - button waterfront land development
projects around the borough are now up for public debate under a planning outreach by the city.
STATEN ISLAND — Staten Island is getting into the holiday spirit with several Christmas tree and menorah lightings
scheduled around the borough this month.
«His presence in this race brought the focus to real issues facing
voters around our borough — including education, affordable housing, and better healthcare for all Queens residents.
Where to Turn was granted the funds from the Council's NYC Cleanup Initiative to continue their
work around the borough, Councilmember Steven Matteo and Assemblyman Joe Borelli announced on Wednesday.
Some Queens Library staffers got a first look at their new boss last Friday, seeing Dennis Walcott, clad in a sweatshirt and jeans hopping off a library truck as it made stops at 13
branches around the borough to drop off books and other materials.
Aside from the Nictoras» places, Oddo also called on other
restaurants around the borough to look into offering healthier choices, and said the borough's health and wellness director, Dr. Ginny Mantello, would be available to help out places that want to make the change.
Several wedding
halls around the borough, like Terrace in the Park, had not received any bookings for same - sex marriage receptions yet and Queens Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Jack Friedman wondered just how big the impact on the borough would be.
The new «Heart Project» program will offer 20 free automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to
businesses around the borough who get training on the machines, Oddo announced Wednesday.
Later, she went to work for Shulman, the borough president at the time, as a director of community boards, attending
meetings around the borough and keeping the president informed about communities» concerns.
Aside from working with developers of the mega-projects heading to the borough, Sammartino said the new office also plans to help support cultural
institutions around the borough, like the Staten Island Museum which just recently appointed a new CEO to lead the organization.
As part of his week - long sojourn to the forgotten borough, de Blasio will meet with residents and local groups, visit houses of worship, host
events around the borough and a town hall meeting, according to Ramos.
The politicians renewed their call for the dedicated burn unit after there was an uptick in
fires around the borough in 2017, including the Sheepshead Bay blaze that killed Aliza Azan, 40, and her three kids Moshe Azan, 11, Yitzah Azan, 7 and Henrietta Azan, 3.
Gangi, who has spent decades leading social justice groups like the Police Reform Organizing Project and the Correctional Association, matched de Blasio's plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex — then raised his bet by saying he would do it without the mayor's corollary proposal to build new, smaller holding
facilities around the boroughs, arguing that the elimination of quality - of - life policing would massively deflate the inmate population.
Following a meeting with students in the wake of the Parkland shooting — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is coordinating bus loads of brooklynites headed to D.C.. They'll be filled with youth groups from
all around the borough.
Since 2008, the market has grown from a DIY experiment in a public - school parking lot to an indie shopping mecca with spin -
offs around the borough.
Chashama is a non-profit that connects young or unrepresented artists or curators with the vacant
spaces around the boroughs - pretty cool!
We did this by recruiting fathers with under 5s
from around the borough to form the Dads Advisory Group ensuring that each post code was represented.
During the summer the city made several announcements of funding to
parks around the borough, including a $ 4.825 million injection of cash to kickstart the Fairview Park plans back to life and a $ 9.3 million revamp of the sports fields at Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park — known as «Berry Fields» or «The Berries.»
New Police Commissioner Bill Bratton moving some precinct commanders into, out of and
around the borough:
To duplicate the wall, teens who are part of the Bronx Museum's counseling center collected trash from
around the borough.
Target Wide Open Weekend at the Queens Museum begins with inauguration ceremonies from
around the borough and the globe.
Nuneaton and Bedworth's Recycling Team will be
around the borough every day during recycle week - contact the team to find out more.