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PAGE 6 THE QUEENS TIMES THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023

Queens Chamber Of Commerce Hosts Rozic Hosts Queens Bus

Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon Redesign Meeting

Honoring Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh & New York City Football Club
Coo/Chief Legal & Administrative Officer Jennifer O’sullivan

Recently, the Queens Chamber
of Commerce honored New York
City Fire Department (FDNY)
Fire Commissioner Laura Ka-
vanagh and Jennifer O’Sullivan,
Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Legal and Administrative Officer
of the New York City Football
Club (NYCFC), at its annual St.
Patrick’s Day Luncheon.
Hundreds of business and
community leaders from across Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) hosted a
the borough gathered at Antun’s meeting of the Queens Delegation with New York City Transit
in Queens Village to celebrate the planners and staff to discuss the MTA’s revamped Queens Bus
contributions of Irish-Americans Network Redesign Project. At the meeting, legislators discussed
to Queens, enjoy delicious corned the impact the redesign would have on their communities, relayed
constituent concerns directly and ensured that there will be plenty
beef and cabbage, listen to great of time for the public-at-large to weigh in with their feedback.
live music by the FDNY Emerald Pictured is Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) with
Society Pipes and Drums and the members of the Queens Delegation and New York City Transit staff.
band The Cobblers, as well as Pictured are the Honorees Laura Kavanagh (L)… Jennifer
network with each other. OSullivan (R). Photo credit Dominick Totino.
“The month of March is always
a great time to reflect on our Irish and all you have accomplished,” we come together to celebrate
heritage. It is a time to be proud said Fire Commissioner Laura Queens’ rich and storied Irish her-
and humbled by everything Irish- Kavanagh. itage,” said Jennifer O’Sullivan,
Americans have done in our city “I’m honored to be recognized COO at NYCFC. “New York City
and our country. I am honored to alongside a strong female leader
be here to celebrate with you all, like Commissioner Kavanagh as (Continued on page 9)

NYC School Construction Authority
Breaks Ground on New Addition For

P.S. 26 in Fresh Meadows

New York City School Con-
struction Authority (SCA) Presi-
dent and CEO Nina Kubota was
joined recently by education and
elected officials, and community
leaders to celebrate the construc-
tion of a state-of-the-art, 399-seat
addition for P.S. 26 in eastern
Queens.
The 4-story addition will be a
fully air-conditioned, accessible
facility for pre-k through grade 5
students and will contain two pre-
k and six kindergarten classrooms,
eight standard classrooms, and Opening in Sept. 2025, the New Addition will Add 399 Seats
four special education classrooms. in District 26.
The addition will also include two 26 is only a fraction of the seats world class educational facilities
reading/speech resource rooms we’re adding to District 26 as so that they can grow, learn, and
and a science resource room. Some part of our current capital plan. thrive,” said Nina Kubota, Presi-
classrooms in the existing building This project is emblematic of our dent and Chief Executive Officer
will also be renovated in order to collaborative efforts and ongoing of the New York City School Con-
add 24 new District 75 seats. commitment to reduce overcrowd-
“The 399 seats coming to P.S. ing and provide students with (Continued on page 10)

CM Linda Lee Hosts Neighborhood

Forum to Explore the Impact of Hate

and Extremism on the Community

On Sunday, March 19th, Council
Member Linda Lee hosted a forum
in partnership with Senator Toby
Ann Stavisky, Assembly Member
Ed Braunstein, and the Simon
Wiesenthal Center to discuss the
effects of hate, extremism, and
anti-Semitism on young people
and the community. This event
was made possible through col-
laboration and funding from the
Office of New York City Council
Speaker Adrienne Adams.
“New York City has witnessed a
devastating rise in violence rooted
in racism, xenophobia, and anti-
Semitism,” said Council Member
Linda Lee, Chair of the Commit-
(Continued on page 9)