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Photos: Jackson Heights Halloween Parade celebrates 33 years of community. Nov. 5, 2024 By Ramy Mahmoud and Queens Post Staff. The annual Jackson Heights Halloween Parade, a beloved tradition in Queens, returned to 37th Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 31, drawing thousands of attendees who came to celebrate with friends, neighbors, and family.
Officials and advocates meet in Jackson Heights to address human ...
Oct 31, 2024 · A Brooklyn man was criminally charged with staging a car crash on the Belt Parkway in Rosedale last month that was captured on the dashboard camera in the victim’s car and went viral on social media after it was posted on TikTok, where it was viewed by millions worldwide.. Maikel Martinez, 28, of 14th Avenue in Dyker Heights, was apprehended by law enforcement Thursday at JFK Airport after ...
Jackson Heights 'Key to the City' event break barriers, offering ...
Sep 24, 2024 · Maria Rocha-Carrillo, a senior program associate at ImmSchools, a non-profit supporting undocumented children and families, said Key to the City events not only provide ImmSchools with an opportunity to connect with immigrant families but also provide the organization with a chance to connect with other organizations and non-profits advocating for New York’s immigrant community.
‘Housing is a human right’: Jackson Heights tenants rally against ...
Feb. 27, 2023, By Carlotta Mohamed A group of tenants residing in a Jackson Heights building rallied outside of the Queens Civil Court in Jamaica on Monday, Feb. 27, after taking on their landlord in a group repairs case after years of living in alleged unacceptable conditions.
Jackson Heights school marking centenary with new facilities, adult ...
Sep 19, 2023 · Herman said Garden School is a place where serious artists and musicians come to learn, foster their talents and create. It counts actors James Caan and Adrien Broody as its past students, along with Roger Kimmelm who is vice chairman of Rothschild Inc., an investment banking firm.. Garden School teaches students from nursery school through Grade 12 and continues to attract students from the ...
Jackson Heights back-to-school giveaway distributes over 1,000 ...
Sep 3, 2024 · It is currently estimated that 320,000 students across the state still lack access to free meals, despite $135 million in 2023 and $145 million in 2024 allocated in the state budget to expand school meals.
Jackson Heights Leaders Show Support for Residents Left …
Apr 13, 2021 · A GoFundMe – with the goal of $450,000 – has so far collected more than $333,000 in donations.. Several displaced residents said they feared having to take refuge in the city’s shelter system. They worried that larger families would be separated into smaller groups and that they would be forced to commute long distances for work and school if …
Op-Ed: A sleeping tree with healing power holds promise for ...
Sept. 25, 2024 By Melissa Zavala. Last year, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, located on 82nd Street and 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights, turned one hundred. Nestled in the Historic District in the most diverse community in the World’s Borough, the church’s grounds represent a true green oasis in a bustling neighborhood where people from …
Restaurant Food Crawl Returning to Jackson ... - Jackson Heights …
March 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan. A community-led group is hosting guided food crawls through Jackson Heights next month. The restaurant crawls, which will see participants visit a diverse mix of local eateries to savor takeout food, will take place on April 9 and April 23.
Street vendors will return to Corona Plaza in scaled-down …
Nov 28, 2023 · Four months after they were banished from Corona Plaza, street vendors will return under a new plan announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The first-ever regulated community vending area at Corona Plaza will include an initial group of 14 street vendors —10 of them serving food — who will be required to have necessary city permits.
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