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Meng Issues Statement On Biden Re-Election

migrant communities continue The stakes for November
to face unprecedented attacks, couldn’t be clearer -- we can con-
environmental protections have tinue our progress or go back to the
been weakened, and millions of chaos, dysfunction, and attacks on
Americans died during a misman- our values of the Trump era. By
aged pandemic -- and he did it working hand-in-hand with House
all while feeding anti-Asian hate. Democrats and investing in out-
Over the last 3 years, Joe Biden has reach to Asian, Black, and Latino
worked tirelessly to right the ship. communities, I know that we’ll be To read GIA online in English and Italian
He’s fought to protect choice, even able to defend our values -- and Visit www.giamondo.com
with a Supreme Court and radical win across the nation. I’m proud
Republicans doing everything to serve on the National Advi- Servicing The Tri-State Area and Long Island, Florida and Italy
they can to ban all reproductive sory Board for Biden-Harris 2024
freedom, including IVF. He’s because I know what millions of
worked to get rid of junk fees, for- Democratic primary voters know:
Congresswoman Grace Meng (D- given billions of dollars of student Joe Biden will lead us to victory.
NY) issued the following state- debt, and fought inflation. He’s It’s past time we all do what
ment about President Biden’s lowered the price of prescription Congressional Democrats have
re-election. drugs, including capping insulin been doing for years. Let’s focus
costs. He’s created thousands of on the work ahead and get ready to
“Thanks to Donald Trump, good jobs. He fought to keep our beat Trump and MAGA extremists
our reproductive rights have been water safe and our air clean. And in November by re-electing Presi-
gutted, middle-class families are he signed a historic investment in dent Joe Biden and Vice President
struggling with higher costs, im- our infrastructure into law. Kamala Harris.”

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic Funds Chinese-American
Planning Council Queens Community Center

Rozic Allocated $125,000 in State
Capital Funding for Upgrades to
the Community Center

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic
(D,WF-Fresh Meadows) visited
the Chinese-American Planning
Council’s (CPC) Queens Com-
munity Center this week to see
the repairs funded by a $125,000
state capital grant she secured for
the center. Visitors of the commu-
nity center, seniors and children
in particular, have been able to
enjoy the use of functioning el-
evators thanks to the state grant.
The state funding also provided in improving the infrastructure of grams at 35 locations citywide.
air conditioning units for CPC’s our Queens Community Center The Queens Community Center
daycare center. that serves nearly 20,000 com- provides social services to all
“Centers such as the Chinese- munity members each year. These but especially to Asian American
American Planning Council’s enhancements will allow us to Pacific Islander immigrant and
Queens Center are vital to our better serve community members low-income households through
community,” said Assembly- and expand our programs, ensur- food access, health assistance,
woman Nily Rozic. “This state ing that we can meet the growing family counseling, legal services,
allocated funding has improved needs of Queens residents. We child care, and English translation
the infrastructure at the center, are grateful for Assemblywoman services. The center is located
facilitating its use for many in Rozic’s support and commitment on 41st Avenue and 133rd Street
the community–especially those to the well-being of Queens,” said in Flushing and is open Monday
who rely on its services the most. Wayne Ho, President and CEO of through Friday from 9:00 a.m to
I am proud to support the seniors, the Chinese-American Planning 5:00 p.m.
parents, guardians, and children Council (CPC). Additional community invest-
that are directly benefiting from The Chinese-American Plan- ments recently announced by Ro-
these renovations as well as all ning Council is the nation’s zic include $250,000 to P.S. 162
the community members whose largest Asian American social The John Golden School’s reno-
services CPC reaches.” services organization serving vated auditorium and $50,000 to
“We thank Assemblywoman thousands daily in educational, South Asian Council for Social
Nily Rozic for the $125,000 capital social, career, and community Services’ food pantry and com-
grant, which will be instrumental services through over 50 pro- munity programming.

Red Tape to Turn Off Jackson Heights Red Light
Spas in “Red Light District”

prostitutes and pimps. City, although massage therapists
On Roosevelt Avenue going themselves are regulated by the
west from Junction Boulevard State of New York.
toward the 90s and 80s during the Moya is pushing legislation that
day provocatively dressed women would mandate business licensing.
are in doorways with their pimps. This would make spas subject to
On a Friday evening, men steer NYC Health and Safety inspec-
customers toward establishments tions, inevitably shutting down
near 88th Street where woman are illegitimate spas that are fronts
NYC Councilman Francisco wearing form-fitting red dress. for prostitution.
Moya said, “Open prostitution Councilman Moya worked with Councilman Moya said, “This
continues in broad daylight along Mayor Eric Adams to crack down bill is going to secure the public
Roosevelt Avenue, with recent on prostitution earlier this year, safety for one, prevent human
cleanup efforts seeming to have which resulted in the shutdown trafficking, two, and three, and
no impact. He went on to say it is of a number of “spas.” However, it’s going to help regulate an in-
as bad as he has ever seen”. the effort required a lot of police dustry that has not been regulated
work, and illegal activity quickly for years”.
Councilman Moya wants to use returned. The bill still needs to accu-
red tape to turn off the “red light” Massage parlors do not need mulate enough sponsors and go
spas that are essentially fronts for a license to operate in New York through the hearing process.