Simcha Waisman has 10,000 more reasons to smile. The president of the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center was pleased to learn that Walmart has given them $10,000 in funding, through Councilmember Eric Ulrich. “We’re proud of our track record of philanthropy in the city and are always looking for new opportunities to support programs [...]
A Board of Elections (BOE) employee trying to make a quick buck has instead found himself in hot water. The BOE has suspended Stephen Graves – who is also a top official in the Queens Republican Party – after he was allegedly caught on tape soliciting a $25,000 “finder’s fee” from a company competing for [...]
Thanks to a $1.1 million grant from Councilmember Eric Ulrich, 317 people are going to get brand new sidewalks for free. The Trees and Sidewalks program, started in 2005 by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, repairs sidewalks throughout the city that have been damaged by overgrown tree roots. The Parks Department [...]
Another round of budget cuts may force the Forest Park Senior Center — along with five others in the borough — to close its doors for good. The Woodhaven-based center narrowly escaped the chopping block last year, after it received $120,000 in funding — half from the City Council and the other half from the [...]
A unanimous vote overwhelmingly turned down one city proposal that would switch up the middle school enrollment process within District 27. Following a 7-0 vote, board members of the district’s Community Education Council (CEC) defeated the city Department of Education’s (DOE) “Middle School Choice” plan, which would have allowed students to apply to attend almost [...]
Councilmember Eric Ulrich has been named chair of Republican and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign in New York City. “I’m honored because I believe Governor Romney stands the best chance at defeating Barack Obama, and I know that he’ll make an excellent president during a very challenging time in our nation,” Ulrich told [...]
Kids picked and painted free pumpkins, took home free candy apples and jumped around in a giant bouncy castle during the fall festival in Ozone Park on Saturday, October 15. The event in Tudor Park was sponsored by Councilmember Eric Ulrich and was hosted by the Parks Department.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Ozone Park Fall Festival this Saturday A Fall Festival will be held between noon and 3 p.m. this Saturday at Addabbo Playground on North Conduit Avenue between 81st and 82nd streets. The festival is sponsored by Councilmember Eric Ulrich. There will be face painting, a pumpkin patch, fall crafts and a [...]
With the Queens political world already rattled, a storm has begun brewing on the horizon of the borough’s Republican Party. Two organizational meetings were held on September 28, during which two different men claim to have been elected Queens County Republican GOP leader. According to Robert Hornak, spokesperson for the Queens Republican Party, current chair [...]
