Naeisha Rose

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The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center has teamed up with The Campaign Against Hunger to tackle the lack of access to affordable fresh produce in Brooklyn and Queens. May 22 is the kickoff to the health center’s Fresh Vibes Mobile Farmer’s Market, which is open to the public. Throughout the event, which is being held at the center, located at 114-29 Sutphin Blvd.

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Naeisha Rose

Queens Village’s Creedmoor Psychiatric Center became host to the city’s fourth compost site, and also the second in the borough, on May 17, when it hosted its first free Eastern Queens compost giveaway. The compost site, located at 235-69 Hillside Ave., by the brick gate on Avenue C, is open every Saturday through Sept 27, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Residents who want to pick up the “black gold,” as the Department of Sanitation calls it, must register at nyc.gov/GetCompost.

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Naeisha Rose

Community Board 13 members had mixed reactions to the Hillside Avenue Bus Priority Improvements proposal during their Zoom meeting on Monday. The city Department of Transportation and MTA are planning dedicated center bus lanes on Hillside Avenue from Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village to Queens Boulevard at the Jamaica-Briarwood border. The Chronicle previously reported that the DOT plan would restore 30 blocks of parking previously lost to curbside bus lanes.

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Naeisha Rose

The Lewis Latimer House and Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens) are hosting free Juneteenth events next month as the holiday marks its 160th anniversary. The Lewis Latimer House, which preserves the life and legacy of the Black inventor for which it is named, will have games, music and performances for the whole family at its Juneteenth Freedom Celebration festival.

2 weeks ago | qchron.com | Naeisha Rose

At the latest Community Board 13 meeting, the group maintained that it is in compliance with the Open Meetings Law, despite a legal opinion by the deputy director and counsel for the state Committee on Open Government saying the OML does not permit online-only meetings. Another attorney from the Committee on Open Government who examined a resolution from CB 13 from last year also told the Chronicle via email the group is not in compliance with the OML.