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Last week, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic met with Pang Chu, Bayside Senior Center’s new program manager.
Chu comes to the senior center with years of community engagement experience that will help strengthen member interactions, according to Rozic.
The assemblywoman has supported local senior centers in the past, including working with Assembly colleagues to ensure the governor did not cut funding for senior centers in the most recent state budget.
The City Council unanimously passed Councilman Paul Vallone’s bill to improve pedestrian safety near parks and schools.
Under the legislation, the Department of Transportation (DOT) will be required to survey all intersections adjacent to a school or park that do not currently have pedestrian countdown displays. The study is to determine which intersections should get a pedestrian countdown.
The bill then requires DOT to install the countdown displays at the selected locations within two years of the the completion of the survey.
“I’m proud to stand with our principals, teachers, parents, students and seniors in our combined fight for safety around our schools and parks,” Vallone said. “This is an issue that must be addressed before another child or senior is injured just crossing a public street in our community and throughout the city.”
According to Vallone, pedestrians account for 56 percent of all traffic fatalities, with children and seniors making up the most vulnerable populations.
New Yorkers over the age of 65 accounted for one-third of traffic fatalities.
“The well-being of our children should be our number one priority and this bill will provide a major boost for the safety of all students and their families,” he said.
Consider it a birthday present for 93-year-old Teddi Kavanaugh.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently told State Senator Tony Avella that they will perform a full resurfacing of Depot Road between 156th and 158th streets in Murray Hill.
Recall that Depot Road, a narrow roadway adjacent to the LIRR station, could easily be mistaken for a private driveway. After seven years of neglect, it’s filled with cracks and potholes.
Kavanaugh, the president of the Off-Broadway Homeowners Association, brought this to Avella’s attention. Last June, they demanded fixes at a press conference.
Now, the DOT has responded. They will begin the project in the fall.
“As I reach my 93rd birthday this week, I am so delighted to finally check this off of my bucket list,” Kavanaugh said.
Avella said after years of pleading with the city, local residents will finally get relief on this road.
“Because of their persistence, something that was once deemed impossible by DOT will finally be accomplished,” Avella said. “When complete, the resurfacing of Depot Road will be another prime example of the incredible progress that can be achieved when residents and elected officials work together.”
The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce announced that the third annual Flushing Night Out will take place on August 18 and 19 from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Flushing Meeting House (137-16 Northern Boulevard).
Every year, Flushing Night Out is hosted at a different location to highlight the area’s unique historical landmarks. Flushing Meeting House was first built in 1694, and is the oldest house of worship in New York.
Previously, the event was held at Flushing Town Hall and at Flushing High School.
Starting at 7 p.m., the event features an outdoor market with food from local restaurants, such as Galaxy Dumpling, Sam’s Fried Ice Cream, Joey Bats Sweets, New Asian Foods, In Patella, Cat Mint Wheel, Lizzetli’s Ice Cream and Gutsier Living.
“Flushing Night Out offers a unique programming mix of arts and live entertainment from our community, in addition to its main draw of world cuisines converging at one location,” said John Choe, executive director of Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce. “We want to showcase the fantastic culture unique to Flushing and this year, we are proud to partner with the Flushing Meeting House to provide an unforgettable summer weekend of history mingled with food and music.”
Sponsors this year include Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), Crown Container, HSBC, FlushingFood.com and the NYC Department of Small Business Services.
Tickets ($5) are available on the Eventbrite page, which you can find here.
For more information, check out the Facebook event and website.
St. Gregory’s Theater Group proudly presents: The Little Mermaid.
Directed by Kathy Rollo Ferrara • Musical Direction by Jon Riss
Showings:
August 3 – August 5 at 8 pm
August 6 at 2pm
August 9 – August 11 at 8 pm
August 12 at 2 pm & 8 pm
August 13 at 2 pm
Come meet Ariel and her friends in person at:
The Oak Room at St. Gregory the Great Church • 242-20 88th Avenue, Bellerose, NY 11426
Reserve tickets by calling: 718-989-2451 or by Emailing: tickets@sgtg.org
Adults: $18 • Seniors/Students $15 • Children $9
On Tuesday, State Senator Tony Avella and business owners in Willets Point will announce a new social media initiative called “Willets Point: Open for Business.”
They’re taking to Facebook to showcase their individual automotive, industrial and manufacturing businesses, including a 6-minute video and period updates on the page.
They plan to unveil their campaign Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the intersection of Willets Point Boulevard and 127th Street.
Assemblyman Edward Braunstein and Councilman Barry Grodenchik honored former Samuel Field Y executive director and CEO Jeri Mendelsohn, who retired in June.
“It was a pleasure attending Samuel Field Y’s annual Autism Awareness Event at the Bay Terrace Pool and Tennis Club,” said Braunstein. “Thank you to Jeri Mendelsohn for her decades of dedication and service to seniors and people with disabilities.”
Prior to her appointment as CEO, Mendelsohn spent 12 years as Samuel Field Y’s associate executive director for social service programs. She has had over 30 years of experience in the development and implementation of programs and services for people with disabilities.
She also serves as co-chair of the UJA-Federation of New York’s Task Force on People with Disabilities.
Queens Library CEO Dennis Walcott joined Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, Councilman Peter Koo and community leaders to celebrate the reopening of the Queensboro Hill Library.
The branch was closed from September to June for a roof replacement. Now it’s back up and running and open for business.
The project cost $1.1 million.
Friends, family and colleagues mourning the loss of Dr. Tracy Sin-Yee Tam have set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral costs and other expenses.
The fundraiser has collected more than $40,700 for her family.
Dr. Tam, 32, lived in Hillcrest. She was killed last week at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where a horrific shooting took place.
The fundraising page was set up by Ahmed Rezk, who according to the page, is a family physician who worked closely with Tam for many years. They went to medical school together.
“Tracy Tam was an exceptional, and an extremely compassionate physician,” Rezk wrote. “She touched lives of many. She worked extra hours without incentive just to hold hands of patients that are about to pass or just to talk o them and listen to their needs.”
According to Rezk, Tam was covering for another colleague at the hospital on the day of the shooting.
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, who represents Tam’s neighborhood of Hillcrest, said in a statement that she’s “devastated by the loss of one of Queens’ best.”
“Dr. Tam represented the best parts of our diverse community in Queens and New York City,” Rozic said. “People who knew her speak of a young woman who loved helping others through medicine and made the most of what her parents provided her and her sister upon immigrating from China.”
“For such an individual to go at this time and in this way is a senseless tragedy,” Rozic added. “My deepest condolences go out to the Tam family during this unimaginable time and I offer my assistance in whatever ways they need.”
Calling all water adventure-seekers!
The Urban Park Rangers and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy are hosting a free canoeing family event on Sunday, July 9th at Willow Lake.
The event begins at 11 a.m. Meet at Meadow Lake Drive and Jewel Avenue, inside the park near ball field 13.
Life vests will be provided.
The event is only for individuals ages 8 and up. Those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Prior canoeing experience is preferred.
RSVP at fmcpc.org.
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