DEVASTATING FIRE IN WOODSIDE; 9 INJURED: A massive fire on 59th Street in Woodside on Tuesday, March 7 resulted in 200-plus-person response, 9 injured firefighters and 18 displaced residents. Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris issued this statement following a fire that injured nine FDNY firefighters and displaced eighteen area residents: “Last night’s devastating fire caused
BORO HALL ON YOUR BLOCK: WESTERN QUEENS: Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. successfully brought his Borough Hall on Your Block initiative to Western Queens recently, carrying on his commitment to ensure Queens residents have equitable access to the services and resources of his office. Over the course of the five-day initiative, Borough President Richards
JUDICIAL BAIL TRAINING: Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris (D, WFP - Queens) and State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D/WFP-Manhattan), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to require all judges exercising criminal jurisdiction to undergo annual bail training (S.4397), and a bill to close a loophole allowing judges and justices to avoid investigation from the
ADAMS’ WORKING PEOPLE’S AGENDA: Promising to make the City more affordable, safer, cleaner, and more livable, New York City Mayor Eric Adams outlined on Jan. 26 a “Working People’s Agenda” in his second State of the City address, delivered at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Mayor Adams’ agenda is built on four
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-South Queens) was sworn into her 4th term as a member of the New York State Assembly last week. The Assemblywoman, who represents communities from Ozone Park to Howard Beach, and across the Rockaway Peninsula from Breezy Point to Far Rockaway, has been credited as a champion of women, public