Queens residents, district leader Martha Flores Vazquez and Hiram Monserrate hold a Candle Light Vigil and pray for Puerto Rico, Mexico, September 24th, last Sunday. At the same time, they collected batteries, canned food and bottled water for people affected by Hurricane Maria. Emergency Relief Drop Off Point for Puerto […]
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It’s always great to see the beauties of nature! Photographer: Peter Zhao, with Nikon Df DSLR, 24-70mm lens, at ISO-200, EV-0.5, F5-6.3. Location: Kissena Park, Queens, New York.
Playground Will Include Green Infrastructure to Absorb Precipitation and Help Improve Health of Flushing Creek. FLUSHING, NY—Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Council Member Peter Koo, The Trust for Public Land Playgrounds Program Director Mary Alice Lee, New York City Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, JHS 189 Daniel […]
It’s time to gather around a communal table for a liwetan, a traditional, rice-heavy Indonesian feast served on top of banana leaves and eaten with bare hands. Indonesian cuisine is vibrant, colorful, and exploding with flavor. The southeast Asian nation is the world’s largest archipelago, consisting of about 6,000 tropical […]
77,000 square-foot facility will bring healthcare to 25,000 underserved New Yorkers as part of the Mayor’s Caring Neighborhoods Initiative NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio Tuesday announced plans for Healthview, a 77,000 square-foot medical facility that will be part of the Mayor’s Caring Neighborhoods Initiative in Flushing, Queens. Operated by the […]
A man violently raped a woman while she was walking along the Horace Harding Expressway in Queens Sunday morning, according to police. The woman was walking along the Horace Harding Expressway near 168th Street in Fresh Meadows shortly before 6:30 a.m. Sunday when a stranger grabbed her from behind, threw […]
Flushing, NY – In preparation for the nation’s historic presidential election between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton, Council Member Peter Koo and the food delivery service, FlushingFood.com today kicked off a voter registration drive within the food delivery service’s coverage area until October 14th – the registration […]
The New York Women’s Foundation gave its annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award to Andrea Ormeño from the Queens Economic Development Corporation on Sept. 22. 2016. Ormeño, who is the Director of QEDC’s Women’s Business Center, was praised for her efforts to help female entrepreneurs launch and/or improve their businesses. The […]
“You should get an IDNYC card, it’s very useful!” New York City Councilman Peter Koo smiled and said to an Asian man in front of Flushing Library, Queens. You can apply for IDNYC: if you are a resident of New York City; have proof of identification; are at least 14 […]
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