Following Recent Flooding, Council Member Crowley Meets with DEP and Calls for Immediate Infrastructure Improvements
Two heavy storms in less than a month showed that the sewer infrastructure in Glendale and surrounding neighborhoods are inadequate at handling heavy rainfall. A storm on August 15 severely overwhelmed the system causing sewer backups into residents’ homes and caused the Cooper Avenue underpass to experience a severe flood. Another storm on September 8 caused similar problems. On Friday, September 14, Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley (CD-30, Queens) met with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and called for an investigation and infrastructure improvements in the area. “It...
Read MoreSOUTH MIDDLE VILLAGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE WITH STREET REPAVINGS BUT MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE
Council Member Crowley urges further action to improve infrastructure The Department of Transportation recently started repaving 73rd Place between Metropolitan Avenue and 70th Avenue, and 67th Drive between 73rd Place and 80th Street. The street resurfacing will make the area safer, cleaner and improve the quality of life for residents from 80th Street to 73rd Place south of Metropolitan Avenue, but Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley (CD-30, Queens) stressed that more must be done. Since the mid-1990s the City has been planning a major upgrade to the infrastructure in South Middle...
Read MoreCouncil Member Crowley Renews Call for Investigation into Glendale Flooding Woes
For the second time in less than a month, a severe storm caused significant flooding in the Glendale and Middle Village area Saturday morning. Countless homes flooded, and the Cooper Avenue Underpass, located between 74th and 79th streets, flooded with a pool of standing water that persisted for several hours. Council Member Crowley visited the Cooper Avenue underpass after the storm and saw construction debris blocking catch basins in the area and renewed her call for a full investigation into the area’s flooding. Following a storm on August 15, Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley (CD-30,...
Read MoreCouncil Member Crowley Calls For Immediate Investigation Into Flooding Conditions By DEP And DDC
Today, Council Member Elizabeth S. Crowley (CD-30, Queens) sent a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) calling for the departments to investigate if the ongoing construction at the Cooper Avenue underpass led to the extreme flood in Glendale, Queens. On Wednesday, August 15, several severe thunderstorms hit New York City. The sewer system in Glendale could not keep up with the torrential rain, flooding the streets and residents’ homes. At the Cooper Avenue underpass, between 74th Street and 79th Street, cars became...
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 MoreMarching at St. Pats for All Parade
Council Member Elizabeth Crowley marched with the New York City Council delegation at the annual St. Pat’s for All Parade in Sunnyside on Sunday. The parade celebrates Irish-American heritage and is welcome to all ethnicities and faith. For more pictures from this great event, visit the Facebook album by clicking here.
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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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