When Jimmy Van Bramer took office one year ago, he pledged that he would combat graffiti, create additional green space and address parking problems for local residents. Most of all, he said he would be accessible. Van Bramer has largely met his goals. In 2010, Van Bramer launched a $30,000 anti-graffiti hotline that provides residents with Read More »
Press Release: On Saturday, February 12th, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer joined Council Member Peter Koo, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, New York City Comptroller John Liu and local electeds to celebrate the year of the rabbit at the 2011 Lunar Parade in Queens.
Press Release: From Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s office In the aftermath of last week’s blizzard, hundreds of people posted messages to facebook, tweeted, called and e-mailed Council Member Van Bramer’s office desperate for help and thanks to their concerns his office delivered a comprehensive list of unplowed roadways to the Mayor’s Office and the Department Read More »
The following letter was written by Jimmy Van Bramer: It is hard to believe that nearly three days after snow started to fall, and two days after it stopped, hundreds if not thousands of streets and roadways have been left untouched and unplowed, endangering the safety and wellbeing of New Yorkers. Never in the history of Read More »
Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer, David G. Greenfield and Stephen Levin are outraged at the City’s gross mishandling of its blizzard response and are calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to accept full responsibility for the consequences, including endangering the lives of countless New Yorkers waiting for emergency response vehicles hindered by deplorable street conditions. Councilman Read More »
NYC NY The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on openly gay troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” “I was in tears about it,” says Dan Hendrick, a gay veteran who was discharged from the United States Navy over 19 years ago for being gay. At the time, Read More »
About 50 people from various worker advocacy groups held a rally outside Associated Marketplace on Greenpoint Ave. on Friday alleging that management is not paying overtime or minimum wages. The group targeted four supermarkets on Friday, three in Brooklyn and the Associated in Sunnyside. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer was among the participants. The New York Communities for Change slapped Read More »
The New York City Council, together with HIV/AIDS organizations across the five boroughs, has launched a YouTube-based HIV/AIDS awareness campaign. Jimmy Van Bramer speaks…
Irish Emigrant District 26 Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan last week joined Congressman Joe Crowley in calling on the Celtic Park Co-Op Board of Directors to mount a plaque at Celtic Park in Sunnyside/Woodside to honor the Olympic champion athletes of the Irish-American Athletic Club who made the site world famous a Read More »
Some elementary school students who live in the Big Six apartment complex in Woodside are being forced to walk to school today– due to bus service cuts. The Department of Education has dropped its bus service to children who live at the Big Six apartment complex who attend PS 229. Therefore, the children are walking to school Read More »
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is not only trying to clean up the neighborhood’s graffiti problem– but he’s also moving to wipe Sunnyside clean of pigeon feces. In an earlier story that ran on this news site, it included a picture of the 46th Street subway with pigeon feces splattered all over the newspaper boxes. Last weekend, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s office reached Read More »
A group of 50 concerned residents joined political leaders at a rally outside Casa Romana today and shouted: “Shut it down.” The group–led by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Community Board 2 Chair Joseph Conley–called for the closure of the Sunnyside bar following last Friday night’s brawl, which resulted in two minors being stabbed and Read More »
