Nonprofit Lends Seniors A Helping Hand
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer Since 1972, the nonprofit Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults has been enhancing the quality of life for seniors in the community by offering a number useful...
View ArticleUniverSoul Circus Comes To South Queens
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer Some 20 years ago, Cedrick Walker, a rap festival and gospel play promoter, noticed a disconnect between parents and their children. Using his experience in the...
View ArticleQueens Library, Comptroller Continue To Clash
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer On the evening of May 8, the Queens Library board of trustees voted to reject a resolution that would require the nonprofit to fully comply with an audit by City...
View ArticleTensions Rise At MVB, B-Tech Meeting
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer Emotions were running high at last week’s Martin Van Buren High School and B-Tech School implementation meeting, with local advocates vocalizing their frustrations...
View ArticleData Shows Decline In Stop And Frisk Stops
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer While data from the NYPD shows that Stop and Frisk stops have dropped nearly 86 percent from last year, it also shows that this quarter’s numbers have gone up...
View ArticleForest Park Carousel
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer One sure way to go out and enjoy all that Queens has to offer this summer is to visit the Forest Park Carousel, a landmark designation in New York City that is not...
View ArticleLong Island Aquarium For New Adventures
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer Located in Riverhead, the Long Island Aquarium is a sure way to enjoy all that New York has to offer this summer. Themed around “The Lost City of Atlantis,” it offers...
View ArticleATU, Electeds Rally For Transit Improvements
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer In honor of National Transit Month, on May 16, Amalgamated Transit Union workers and community leaders rallied together in an effort to engage with riders in support...
View ArticleQueens Library, City Comptroller In Court
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer The Queens Library saga continues. This week, in an interview with the Queens Tribune, City Comptroller Scott Stringer revealed that his case against Queens Library...
View ArticleJamaica Hospital: A History Of Helping
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA Staff Writer Since it was first established in 1891, before Queens County was even a part of the City of New York, Jamaica Hospital’s mission has been to provide the best possible...
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