Council Member Crowley Rallies to Save Fire Companies
Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed, once again, closing 20 fire companies to save money in the fiscal year 2012 budget. One of the companies was Engine Company 294 serving Woodhaven and Richmond Hill. Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, with the support of Speaker Christine Quinn and her colleagues in the City Council, fought against closing any firehouses in New York City. “The Mayor’s list of the 20 targeted company closings illustrates how every corner of this city will be impacted, its safety compromised and its residents put at risk– this is unacceptable. If the City...
Read MoreElizabeth Crowley, DA Richard Brown, Sexual Assault Victims Call to Restore Critical Funding for Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
City Council Fire & Criminal Justice Chair Elizabeth Crowley (D-30, Queens), City Health Committee Chair Maria del Carmen Arroyo (D-17, Bronx), along with Council Members Gale Brewer (D-6, Manhattan), Daniel Halloran (R-19, Queens), Council Member Letitia James (D-35, Brooklyn), colleagues and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, Qian W., Bronx sexual assault victim, Jim R., father of a Queens sexual assault survivor from the case of People v. James Gillespie and Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) workers gathered today to call for the continuation of funding for the critically needed...
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In 2008 Council Member Elizabeth Crowley was elected to represent the 30th Council District covering the Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven neighborhoods. Elizabeth was the first female and first Democrat elected to represent that seat. She has chaired the Fire & Criminal Justice Services Committee since January 2010 which oversees the Fire Department, Department of Correction, Department of Probation, and Criminal Justice Coordinator’s Office.
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