Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce and CitySolve have teamed up to battle graffiti throughout the community by launching a local anti-graffiti campaign for District 26. Van Bramer has secured $30,000 for the district to fund this initiative in conjunction with the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce and CitySolve. This program will provide Read More »
Woodside on the Move –a grass roots organization that promotes Woodside as a place to work, live and do business– has received $20,000 to fund the organization’s graffiti removal and other area beautification projects. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Congressman Joseph Crowley secured $10,000 each in city and federal funding.
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. Read More »
The dog lobby in Sunnyside is very strong. The following Youtube video is an example of it. Congratulations to the group for bringing about changes to Lou Lodati park. And to Jimmy Van Bramer for answering their calls. Van Bramer has $1.4m set aside for revamping the park (click on earlier story here).
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, Vinny Oppedisano, from developing the vacant site, which sits Read More »
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. The restoration has ensured that the Sunnyside library will remain open and Read More »
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, with the design phase about to begin. Half the funds for the rehabilitation are coming Read More »
Press Release On Friday, June 18th Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer united with Queens Library supporters, trustees, I.S. 125 students and representatives of DC9 and Local 1321 in front of the Sunnyside Community Library to address concerns about proposed budget cuts. Council Member Van Bramer has been actively advocating on behalf of libraries all month Read More »
On Tuesday, June 15th Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Community Board 2 Chairman, Joseph Conley, and concerned neighbors joined forces in an attempt to save Woodside Triangle Park. The Woodside Triangle is an odd island at at the junction of 34th Avenue and 59th and 60th streets. It has been used by residents as a Read More »
Yournabe.com City Councilmen Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) are still riding high months after their historic election as the first two openly gay men to serve Queens on the Council, but this week they will be riding even higher. The pioneering duo will be riding floats as grand marshals of the Read More »
SUNNYSIDE, N.Y. (WPIX) – -On most afternoon’s the Queens Public Library in Sunnyside is packed. However, that may all change as massive budget cuts could force this and 13 other libraries in Queens to shut their doors and 34 other libraries will only be able to open 2 or 3 days a week. 13-year-old Nejla Read More »
OPEN LETTER Jimmy Van Bramer Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley Gentlemen, Many readers of the Sunnyside Post are still trying to grasp exactly what the proposed zoning changes might bring. Therefore, as a means to educate people as much as possible before the May 26 meeting, I was wondering whether your office would be Read More »
New York City clerk’s offices will soon conduct civil ceremonies for gay couples Daily News The city is about to take a ceremonial step down the aisle for gay couples, the Daily News has learned. After 17 years of registering domestic partners, the city will soon offer marriage-like ceremonies when they run off to City Read More »
Councilmembers Jimmy Van Bramer and Elizabeth Crowley were among the throngs of politicians and neighborhood representatives who gathered at Hook and Ladder 116 to rally against the City’s plan to close 20 fire companies citywide on July 1, 2010, the beginning of the new fiscal year. Our firehouses are the first line of defense in our Read More »
