Public Safety

Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley knows the importance of having a timely and well-equipped emergency response system. “The time it takes for our emergency responders to answer a call is what is critical in a time of emergency,” she said. Council Member Crowley continues to work on issues that ensure the safety of residents in her district, and throughout the City. This means efforts to improve first response radio communications and to ensure that every community has steady supply of power, even during the worst storms.

Council Members Crowley and Reyna Call on DOT to Install Police Precinct Signage

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Public Safety

Today, Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (D-30, Queens) announced new legislation requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to install signage pointing towards local police precincts with Council Member Diana Reyna, representatives for State Senator Joe Addabbo, Assemblyman Mike Miller, and Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, and concerned Ridgewood residents. Residents often need to visit police precincts to file [...]

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Crowley Announces Start of DEP Project to Reduce Flooding

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Glendale

A dangerous section of Metropolitan Avenue between Cooper Avenue and 80th Street will finally receive a new storm sewer to alleviate flooding from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (D-30, Queens) announced. For years, residents have noted that the area between St. Johns Cemetery created flooding conditions across all four lanes [...]

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Council Member Crowley Addresses P.S. 88

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Education

Students at P.S. 88 in Ridgewood were treated to a special screening of the movie New York Says Thank You. The film follows firefighters, touched by the national support after September 11, volunteering their time to help others affected by natural disaster. Council Member Elizabeth Crowley addressed the students about the importance of being prepared [...]

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Council Holds Oversight Hearing on FDNY Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness

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Fire and Criminal Justice

Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley, Chair of the Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee, held an oversight hearing on the FDNY’s terrorism and disaster preparedness strategy on Monday. New York City is still a top terrorist target, with 13 known plots thwarted in the last decade due to counterterrorism measures. Coupled with the threat of [...]

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Crowley, Brooklyn DA Hynes, Rally with Sanitation Workers

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Issues

CROWLEY, BROOKLYN DA HYNES, RALLY WITH SANITATION WORKERS CALLING FOR INCREASED PENALTIES FOR ASSAULT Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley, Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee, introduced a City Council Resolution calling on the state legislature to pass a pending bill that would make assaulting a New York City sanitation worker assault in the second degree, [...]

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Council Member Crowley Attends Benefit for Slain Police Officer Peter Figoski’s Daughters

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Middle Village

On Saturday, January 7, 2012 Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (D-30, Queens) attended a local fundraiser for the daughters of Police Officer Peter Figoski organized by Middle Village business owners and local advocates Mike Kelly, Rich Scherne, Walter Clayton, and Giancarlo Barricella. Officer Figoski was shot and killed in the line of duty on Monday, December [...]

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Protecting Women Against Domestic Violence

December 19, 2011

In the News

Council Member Elizabeth Crowley recently introduced a bill that would provide greater reporting statistics from the NYPD regarding domestic violence. In an Op-Ed for the Huffington Post, Council Member Brad Lander outlines many of the reasons why this bill is so crucial: Unlike other crimes, police often fail to take victims seriously. As the Village [...]

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HIV/AIDS Day Message from Council Member Crowley

December 1, 2011

In the News

To commemorate World AIDS Day, Council Member Elizabeth Crowley participated in the viral video campaign, “I Talk Because…” to discuss why it’s important to discuss sexual education to our City’s youth. The City Council also displayed panels of the NAMES Project Foundation’s AIDS Memorial Quilt during its Stated Meeting on November 29, 2011. World AIDS Day [...]

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Gibbons Family, Maspeth Community Seek Justice For George Gibbons

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Maspeth

On Sunday, November 13, 2011, Maspeth community members supported the Gibbons family in their search to find the man responsible for George Gibbons’ death. George Gibbons was killed on October 15, 2011 when the livery cab taking him home was struck by a vehicle traveling the wrong the way on the Long Island Expressway service [...]

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Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley, Elected Officials Turn Up Heat on Hit and Run Assailant

November 1, 2011

Maspeth

Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley, Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee, Rep. Joe Crowley, Maspeth Federal Savings Bank, Maspeth Town Hall, local business leaders and advocates joined the family of the late George Gibbons to announce a reward of $10,000 to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of Peter Rodriguez, [...]

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