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           VOLUME 30, NO. 16                                      THURSDAY, APRIL 17 2025                                                   25 CENTS

                                                                        Congress Bill Spotlight: Smithsonian
                                                                                   Italian American Museum
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        Meng: U.S. Army Veteran From Queens
            Unjustly Fired From NYC Veterans
                    Hospital Gets Job Back
                                                                   People entering the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American History in the
                                                                   Behring Center in Washington DC. Getty Images, Ceri Breeze. See story on page 2.


                                                                    Senator John Liu Announces Earth Day Fun Run
                                                                    On Long Island Motor Parkway On April 27, 2025

                                                                   First 100 runners will receive free
                                                                   t-shirt
                                                                   Some runners may receive a little
                                                                   extra motivation… in the form of
                                                                   live cockroaches
                                                                        In celebration of Earth Day,
                                                                   and to help highlight the need for
                                                                   more interconnectivity between
                                                                   parks throughout Queens and Long
                                                                   Island, State Senator John Liu will
                                                                   host a 5K Earth Day Fun Run in
                                                                   Kissena Corridor and Cunningham
                                                                   parks on April 27, 2025.
                                                                        The Earth Day Fun Run will
                                                                   kick off at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April
                                                                   27, 2025, with participants meet-
                                                                   ing at the Peck Fields in Kissena
                                                                   Corridor Park at Peck Avenue and
                                                                   193rd Street. The 5K route will
                                                                   wind along the Long Island Motor
                                                                   Parkway, through Cunningham
                                                                   Park. The first 100 runners to ar-
                                                                   rive will receive a free t-shirt.   Queens residents are invited to run, walk, or skip along the
                                                                        State Senator John Liu stated,   Long Island Motor Parkway trail during the Earth Day 5K.
                                                                   “On Earth Day, we are reminded   Via the office of Sen. John Liu
                                                                   that our parks and greenways are so   spaces while highlighting the need  and link more communities to the
                                                                   much more than just beautiful plac-  for stronger, safer connections  Brooklyn Queens Greenway, and
        Pictured is Luke Graziani and Congresswoman Grace          es to gather, but vital infrastructure   between them. We’re pushing  ultimately the Empire State Trail.
        Meng at the President’s address to Congress on March       critical to our community’s health   forward legislation to study the  All are welcome to run, walk, skip
        4. The address took place inside the House Chamber at      and connectivity. Our Earth Day   expansion of the Long Island Motor
        the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. See story on page 2.  Fun Run will celebrate these green   Parkway trail, which would extend   (Continued on page 2)
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