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January 28, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
The $2.3million renovation of the Sunnyside Library was completed several months ago. While credit is deserved for the upgrade, the ribbon cutting should have been held last year.
The Queens Chronicle has the story on the celebration:
Sunnyside Library Reopens
The Queens Library at Sunnyside is back and better than ever. After $2.3 million in renovations, the facility [...]
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January 26, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
City councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who represents District 26, was appointed as the chairman of the Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Committee last week.
Van Bramer, who works on behalf of Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City residents, was also named by Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a member of an array of other [...]
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January 20, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
PRESS RELEASE: ARTICLE TO COME
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE C. QUINN, COUNCIL MEMBER JIMMY VAN BRAMER AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER CATHERINE T. NOLAN WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO PROTEST THE DISRUPTION OF THE 7 SUBWAY LINE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND,
AT THE VERNON BLVD. SUBWAY STATION
New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member [...]
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January 12, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
State Sen. George Onorato, a veteran Queens Democrat, won’t seek reelection to the seat he has held since 1983, clearing the way for a run this fall by Assemblyman Michael Gianaris.
At 82, Onorato is the Senate Democrats’ oldest member. His recent “no” vote on gay marriage made him vulnerable to a primary challenge, worrying party leaders who [...]
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January 11, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
PRESS RELEASE
COUNCIL MEMBER JIMMY VAN BRAMER, DISTRICT 26, CELEBRATED HIS GROUNDBREAKING INAUGURATION ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer was Joined by Senator Schumer, Speaker Quinn, Congress Member Crowley, Congress Member Maloney, Congress Member Velasquez, Assembly Member Nolan, Public Advocate de Blasio, Comptroller Liu, Borough President Marshall, Borough President Stringer, State Senators, State [...]
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January 6, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
There will be little doubt that JimmyVan Bramer will be District 26’s Councilman following his swearing in this Saturday at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria. (click on invitation)
Van Bramer has already been sworn in and became this District’s councilman on January 1. Today, he was sworn in before the New York City [...]
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January 4, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
From NY TIMES
JIMMY VAN BRAMER, one of 13 new members elected in November to the New York City Council, lives a few blocks away from 47-01 Queens Boulevard in Woodside, where his predecessor, Eric N. Gioia, kept an office for the past eight years. Mr. Van Bramer, 40, a former Queens Borough Public Library official, [...]
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