NY POST A gutless punk last night was held on $250,000 bail in a merciless attack on an 81-year-old Queens man beaten senseless during a robbery, authorities said. Jesus “Chu Chu” Fernandez, 23, faces up to 25 years if convicted of the April 5 robbery and assault on lifelong Astoria resident Mayer Behmoiras, who suffered Read More »
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; MTA; NYPD; Dept. of Buildings; Division of Housing and Community Renewal and Dept. Read More »
TOWN HALL MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN VAN BRAMER Wednesday, March 31st 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. At The Woodside Library 54-22 Skillman Ave ***Please RSVP to CMJVB.RSVPS@gmail.com***
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 Read More »
Your Nabe JetBlue Airways, founded in Queens a decade ago, is moving just westward to Long Island City — not to Florida. “New York and JetBlue are made for each other,” said Dave Barger, chief executive officer of the airline at a news conference in the Blue Room of City Hall Monday. But it was Read More »
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer introduced his staff to the public on Saturday at his Sunnyside district office, as part of what he referred to as “open day.” The councilman, who represents District 26, introduced his six employees, three of whom are dedicated to constituency services and the remainder to more of the nuts-and-bolts of politics, such as legislative, Read More »
Frustrated and angry New Yorkers packed a restaurant in Queens Wednesday night for an emergency town hall meeting about the service disruptions on the 7 subway line. One after another they vented to local Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer as well as staff members from the MTA/NYC Transit. They said that the weekend service changes on Read More »
Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer talks schools, the 7 train service disruption, and more during his Meet Your Councilmember interview on today’s Brian Lehrer Show. [The Brian Lehrer Show] This post was discovered thanks to http://monikafabian.wordpress.com/
Jimmy Van Bramer, councilman for District 26, is sponsoring a town hall meeting in Long Island City tonight where residents will be able to speak directly to MTA officials and members of his staff concerning the No. 7 line and transportation issues in general. The Town Hall meeting will be held in Long Island City at Manducati’s Read More »
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has written a letter to the New York City Transit department complaining about the proposed cuts to the B24 bus service. In January, the MTA announced that the B24, which runs through Sunnyside, Greenpoint and Williamsburg is likely to be cut on weekends and less service would be provided during the Read More »
Queens residents will have an opportunity to express their displeasure or make suggestions to MTA officials concerning the No. 7 train’s erratic service. Jimmy Van Bramer, councilman for District 26, is sponsoring a town hall meeting in Long Island City where residents will be able to speak directly to MTA officials and members of his staff concerning Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
This Saturday evening at 6 pm, Jimmy Van Bramer is holding his Inauguration Party and is inviting all.
Councilmember-elect Jimmy Van Bramer visited Torsney Park last night and told members of a local dog group that he was in “full support” for the creation building of a dog run. Community Board 2 has approved a space at Torsney Park (43rd and Skillman Ave.) for the dog run but the funding has not come through. Read More »
