Tag: Power for the People

Report: Sunnyside’s Green Vision Session

By Alyssa Bonilla (a guest writer and member of the Power for the People Campaign) This last Saturday was an absolutely beautiful day, perfect for being outdoors in the sun. A group of dedicated residents decided instead to attend the first of two “green visioning sessions” to help decide how to spend money for environmental improvements in western Queens.…

2006 Blackout to Bring “Green”

In 2008, Western Queens Power for the People helped ink a $63 million settlement on behalf of 100,000 residents in Sunnyside, Woodside, Astoria and Long Island City who were left without power for a week in July 2006. Two years later,…