Sunnyside’s leading representatives are holding a rally at Casa Romana Bar this Thursday demanding its closure. The bar, located at 39-20 Queens Blvd, was the site of a bloody brawl this past weekend, which resulted in the stabbings of two minors and 14 arrests,…
Category: Politics
Van Bramer Secures City Funds for Local Groups
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer presented a $101,000 check yesterday to members of the Samaritan Village Woodside Senior Center. The funds will help the organization improve its senior health and fitness initiatives. The funds will also be used to fund the construction of a modern gym and exercise room.…
Sunnyside Group Unites Against EZ Pawn
Three Sunnyside elected officials received a petition today asking them to block the opening of a pawn shop at the corner of 46th Street and Queens Blvd. The petition calls on Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Congressman Joseph Crowley to help “close” or “move the location” of a proposed EZ Pawn Corp.…
Van Bramer to Offer $350K for Contested Queens Lot
July 06, 2010 10:00AM A plot of land unofficially dubbed the “Woodside Triangle Park” in Woodside, Queens may be safe from destruction, after a decade-long fight to save the space, according to the New York Daily News. Community advocates had lobbied to stop the plot’s landowner,…
Van Bramer Produces Results for Sunnyside/Woodside
Despite the tough economy, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has secured funds for two local parks and has restored funds for libraries and firehouses that the Bloomberg administration planned to slash. Van Bramer was able to help restore $61 million in funding for libraries.…
Lou Lodati Park to Get Dog Run and $1.4 Million Revamp
Lou Lodati Park will be undergoing a $1.4 million rehabilitation, which will include a dog run, according to councilman Jimmy Van Bramer. The park is located on Skillman Ave (bet. 42nd and 43rd). The completion of the overhaul should take about two years,…
Mike Gianaris: On the NY Senate Track
By Sunnyside Post Mike Gianaris, a youthful progressive from Astoria, is the strong favorite to be the next state Senator for the 12th District of New York, which includes Sunnyside and Woodside. Gianaris (D), who is a low-key, yet visible 40 year-old,…
Van Bramer’s Town Hall Meeting Welcomed by Constituents
Jimmy Van Bramer, the councilmember representing Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City, held a “town hall meeting” last week at the Woodside library. Van Bramer culled together representatives from a number of city agencies (from the Dept. of Education, Dept. of Sanitation;…
Sunnyside’s P.S. 150 After-School Program in Jeopardy
More than 250 parents, teachers and children filled the assembly hall at PS 150 Tuesday night to protest the city’s decision to close PS 150’s “after-school program”. Parents and children, one by one, went up to the microphone and told audience members of the benefits the program has brought since its 1983 founding – as well as the hardship that its closing would cause. …
Sunnyside/Woodside Zoning Proposals
Queens Gazette Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley said the late February meeting concerning zoning in Sunnyside and Woodside was “just the start of a series of public meetings”, not a decisive moment when a vote of any kind would be taken.…