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Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the world’s borough in his continued role as chair of the Queens County Democratic Party. 4. Alexandri...

The two biggest spending proposals belong to progressives Scott Stringer and Maya Wiley. Stringer wants to use $1 billion in federal relief funds to provide grants of up to $100,000 for expenses such as rent, payroll, rehiring workers and paying for Covid-19 renovation measures. Wiley’s campaign has an even grander vision: investing $10 billion in New Deal, New York, a centrally managed capital spending program focused on infrastructure projects. By using unspent capital budget funds and borrowing the rest, Wiley wants to create more than 100,000 jobs across a variety of industries. Some ...

Photo Courtesy of the Queens Chamber of Commerce The Queens Chamber of Commerce recently hosted its annual Queens Day in Albany event to recognize local businesses that have weathered the pandemic. By Forum Staff The Queens Chamber of Commerce recently hosted its annual Queens Day in Albany event to recognize local businesses that have weathered the pandemic, and to discuss future economic recovery efforts in the borough. The annual event gives local business leaders the opportunity to advocate Queens’ Senate and Assembly delegation According to the chamber, the event began with remarks fro...

Queens Ledger  | 21  A Queens landlord has installed solar technology on more than half the buildings it owns in the borough, part of an ambitious project that will eventually transform its entire portfolio and produce enough clean energy to offset the greenhouse gas emissions of 5 million vehicle miles driven each year. Solar panels have been installed on 26 of the 45 buildings Zara Realty owns and manages in Queens, enough to power more than 125 households, producing 1.3 million kilowatt hours (kWh), about half the 2.7 million kilowatt hours (kWh) that will be produced when ...