The funds will build a new site with state-of-the-art facilities to continue serving children from low-income families in the community.

I would like to express my gratitude to the Assembly Queens Delegation for their unwavering dedication in making this a reality. Additionally, I want to acknowledge the efforts of our Senate counterparts in ensuring that this project crossed the finish line.

We also stopped by Bellamy Harbor Park to look at damage from this weekend’s deadly storms and announced $216,000 to help clean up the damage and to get the fire department critical tools they need to do their jobs safely.

I was proud to be there and march with each and every one of you. And a big thank you as always to my friends and cohosts Senator Jamaal T. Bailey and Councilman Kevin C. Riley, and to Music Over Violence and DJ Madout!

It will also undermine food assistance programs that provide essential support to the most vulnerable members of our communities.

The “big beautiful” bill a federal agenda, which will disproportionately benefit the rich at the expense of the less affluent, poses a a great threat to our healthcare system, particularly Medicaid and Medicare.