Astoria Houses tenant group raises $184,000 to help local kids head to college
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“We want every single one of them to know that they can achieve anything they set their minds to.”
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Cooking gas finally restored for tenants at the Astoria Houses
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Cooking gas was finally restored for residents of the Astoria Houses Thursday, after a nearly three-month outage.
Read MoreHallets Cove restoration will begin in early 2021
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“The days of Hallets Cove as a crumbling dumping ground are over. We will make good on a promise to reimagine this waterfront by restoring its ecology.”
Read MoreAstoria Houses tenants weigh rent strike after three weeks without gas
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“I’m not afraid of talking about this. Something has to be done.”
Read MoreMobile science lab parks outside Astoria Houses
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“This is all about creating that spark, that love of science. For young people it’s giving them that possibility to say, ‘Oh I want to do that, I want to learn more.’ Give them that window into a whole new world that they never even knew existed.”
Read MoreAstoria Houses lead city in busted boilers
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A total of 217,960 NYCHA tenants were impacted by 1,246 heat, water and hot water outages, from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2019.
Read MoreRenewable Rikers movement gains traction
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Advocates, elected officials and community leaders are pushing for the Renewable Rikers Act.
Read More18K NYCHA tenants faced heat and hot water outages in Queens last year
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In addition to the 18,020 Queens NYCHA tenants who faced unplanned outages, another 15,156 residents experienced planned outages, according to the data.
Read MoreGianaris urges NYCHA to conduct lead testing in Queens
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The Ravenswood Houses, located in Gianaris’ district, have the fifth-most households with children under 6 but are not scheduled to undergo testing until later this summer.
Read MoreA ‘Magic’ BioBus is teaching kids about the environment at Astoria Houses
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At BioBus, students learn about marine ecology, peer through telescopes and conduct research projects based on the cove’s natural ecosystem.
Read MoreAstoria Houses Senior Center saved from closure after seniors, local leaders speak out
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“They thought it was ridiculous. Some of them were a little petrified, ‘What were we going to do?’”
Read MoreAOC and Constantinides support a ‘renewable Rikers Island’
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“If you put solar panels on 25 percent of Rikers Island, we will be able to close every toxic power plant that has been opened in the last two decades in New York City.”
Read MoreHow Would You Spend One Million Dollars?
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The ballot allows District 22 residents ages 14 and over to choose from 13 options for how best to spend the $1 million set aside for capital projects in their area.
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