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Advocating for Non-Public Schools: A Conversation with Teach Coalition’s Maury Litwack

Maury Litwack Headshot – Jason Heard

Jul. 1, 2024 by Jill Carvajal Maury Litwack, founder and CEO of Teach Coalition talks about his organization’s mission and impact. Teach Coalition advocates for funding and policy changes to support non-public schools, such as Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic schools. Litwack emphasizes the significant non-public school population and their need for resources like healthy lunches, STEM education, and school safety measures. He highlights three main areas of focus: advocating for laws that reimburse non-public schools for STEM teacher salaries, securing funding for security measures to ensure student safety, and providing essential services, such as nurses, that schools might otherwise not […]

16-year-old girl fatally struck by box truck outside Woodside school: NYPD

Jun. 26, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 26, 2024 By Christian Murray A teenage girl was fatally struck and an 8-year-old child severely injured when they were hit by a box truck outside a Woodside school Wednesday afternoon, police said. The pair were struck by the driver of a white Ford truck at around 3:30… Read more »

Op-Ed: Not another Amazon disaster

Jun. 20, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 20, 2024 By John J. Ciafone, Esq. A few years ago, Long Island City won a national competition to house the corporate headquarters of Amazon.  Amazon promised tens of thousands of jobs, from technical employment for workers to local student graduates, deliverers, contractors, laborers, construction union jobs, Porters… Read more »

New retail tenants coming to Jasper’s $370M development in Long Island City

June 14, 2024 By Czarinna Andres A new $370 million mixed-use development is on the verge of completion in Long Island City, with more than 64 percent of its 33,000 square feet of retail space already leased. Jasper, located at 49-20 5th Street, is an expansive 484,000-square-foot project that includes 499 residential units along with… Read more »

CinemaLIC to kick off its 10th season at Hunter’s Point South Park with ‘Barbie’ screening June 22

June 14, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (HPPC) has announced the return of its popular outdoor movie series, CinemaLIC, to Hunter’s Point South Park for its milestone tenth year. HPPC’s summer movie program features six days of films in the waterfront park, kicking off with a screening of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”… Read more »

Youth soccer stars shine at NYCFC’s annual community cup in Astoria

Jun. 10, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 10, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Hundreds of children from across the five boroughs of New York took part in New York City FC’s third-annual Community Cup at the Triborough Bridge Playground in Astoria on Sunday. Children aged 8-11 from 30 different neighborhoods across the city took… Read more »