NEW YORK – The Cyprus-U.S. Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 12 at its annual Gala held at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park. The well-attended event brought together the members and supporters to honor the organization and the Distinguished Merit Award recipients Anthoula
Southern Brooklyn politicians are asking New York Senator Chuck Schumer to not forget about the deteriorating Shore Parkway Promenade when negotiating a large federal infrastructure bill currently before Congress.
“We write today to request that you include $50 million for an important resiliency infrastructure project in southern Brooklyn as part of the pending federal infrastructure bill currently being negotiated in Congress: the reconstruction of the Shore Parkway Promenade,” wrote State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, Assemblymember Michael Tannousis, State Sen. Diane Savino, City Councilmember Justin Brannan, Assemblymember Peter Abbate, City Councilmember Mark Treyger and Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus in a June 15 letter.
The elected officials are calling on the federal government to invest $50 million into the 4-mile waterfront walkway and bike path that they say is in “incredibly poor condition” riddled with large sinkholes, lacking public facilities and outfitted with u