Council Members Crowley and Reyna Call on DOT to Install Police Precinct Signage
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 complaints and receive police reports. The 104th Precinct, like many others across the City, serves a large area with numerous diverse neighborhoods making it difficult for some...
Read MoreCrowley Announces Start of DEP Project to Reduce Flooding
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 of traffic after moderate rainfall. The standing pools of water became a breeding ground for mosquitoes in the summer and created dangerous black ice conditions in the winter. “For too long, even the slightest rain...
Read MoreCouncil Member Crowley Addresses P.S. 88
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 for terrorist attacks or natural disaster and about the power of standing together as a community and giving back. She also stressed that young people can make a difference and contribute great...
Read MoreCouncil Holds Oversight Hearing on FDNY Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness
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 natural disasters it is important that the FDNY has the manpower, equipment, and strategies necessary to deal with terror attacks and natural disasters. “The Fire Department is often the City’s first responders in the event of a terrorist attack...
Read MoreCrowley, Brooklyn DA Hynes, Rally with Sanitation Workers
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, a Class D felony. State law already provides these protections for many high-risk and valuable jobs including traffic enforcement agents, registered nurses, emergency medical service personnel, firefighters, and police...
Read MoreCouncil Member Crowley Attends Benefit for Slain Police Officer Peter Figoski’s Daughters
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 12, 2011. A 22-year veteran of the NYPD in the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn, Officer Figoski stayed on the force to help pay for his daughters’ education, according to family friends. Since the tragic shooting, New Yorkers have...
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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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