October 11, 2009 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
By Christian Murray
Jimmy Van Bramer, who is the Democratic candidate for the District 26 council seat, continues to face the same thorny questions from voters that he heard during his hard-fought primary campaign.
“People want to know what can be done about graffiti and parking problems,” Van Bramer said. “They have questions about our parks and [...]
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Tags: graffiti, park, parking, Van Bramer | 
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October 8, 2009 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
The Queens Courier wrote a story about a new bill that has passed the city legislature that requires property owners to clean up graffi within 35 to 50 days. Property owners can call on the city to do the cleaning. If they don’t clean it within 50 days, the city will arrange for it to [...]
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Categories: General News | Tags: graffiti, Sunnyside | No Comments »
October 3, 2009 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Graffiti bandits have sprayed a tree on 44th Street in the Gardens with purple paint.
The oak tree is not in any danger, but it shows that some of these vandals will not stop at anything. While the entire area is targeted by these bandits, this is the first time we have seen a tree targeted.
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September 26, 2009 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
More than a hundred volunteers from the Sunnyside community, wearing torn clothes and workmen’s shirts, turned out on Saturday to attend this Fall’s graffiti clean up day.
The event, organized by the Sunnyside United Neighborhood Network (SUNN), drew some of this community’s well-known political figures. Eric Gioia, Cathy Nolan’s local representative and Jimmy Van Bramer (the Democratic nominee for city council) were in attendence.
The [...]
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September 21, 2009 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Sunnyside United Neighborhood Network does great work in ridding the neighborhood of graffiti. Hundreds will most likely turn out for this Saturday’s fall event, similar to other occasions.
Unfortunately, resources are limited. Therefore SUNN’s members are only able to focus on cleaning areas on the northern side of Queens Blvd. For residents on the southern side of the [...]
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May 5, 2009 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
A Woodside graffiti vandal was sentenced to six months jail following a subway tagging spree, according to the Daily News April 23.
The graffiti “artist” and Fashion Institute of Technology student has caused $100,000 in damage worldwide, including the tagging of the MTA subway cars.
Danielle Bremner pleaded guilty to a felony criminal mischief charge and was sentenced in Manhattan Criminal [...]
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September 19, 2008 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
SUNN is a non-profit group that aims to beautify the neighborhood through graffiti removal.
It organizes spring and fall events where about one hundred residents go out and clean up the graffiti in the neighborhood. Residents also are given the paint and equipment to clean graffiti all-year round.
The Group’s Goals:
To sponsor neighborhood cleanups throughout the year bringing together [...]
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