BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Queens Borough President
Donovan Richards has announced
a new inter-agency
task force to address qualityof
life issues in College Point
as an ongoing sewer construction
project has caused disruptions
in the community.
The College Point Task
Force, Richards announced
on Thursday, June 17, includes
elected officials, agency officials
and community leaders,
who will collectively develop
and implement solutions in
the community.
The current issues are related
to the sewer construction
project, which is taking
about five years to complete
and causing excessive noise,
the loss of parking space, and
hazardous road conditions, according
to Richards.
“Our new College Point
Task Force will meet regularly
to address the issues facing
the community, ensuring a reliable
channel of communication
between city officials and
the neighborhood’s residents
and homeowners,” Richards
said. “We will work together
to fix the quality-of-life issues
in the area and to bring this
sewer project to an environmentally
conscious, speedy
and successful conclusion.”
Local elected officials, including
state Senator John
Liu, Assemblyman Daniel
Rosenthal and Councilman
Paul Vallone, said for far too
long, College Point has not received
the proper attention it
deserves from city agencies.
The lawmakers thanked
Richards for launching the
task force.
“As it is crucial for the
residents to be connected with
the city agencies, the newly
launched College Point Task
Force will play a role to bridge
residents and city agencies,
not to mention bringing feasible
results,” Liu said.
College Point’s failing infrastructure
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Queens Borough president Donovan Richards File photo by Gabriele Holtermann
has been long neglected
for far too long, according to
Rosenthal, who said the new
task force will achieve tangible
results in the community.
“All New Yorkers have a
right to safe, well-preserved
streets and curbs, and I look
forward to working with
Queens Borough Hall and College
Point leaders in ensuring
that our infrastructure is not
only fixed, but our community
is moving towards permanent
resolutions that foster small
businesses and promote a
greater quality of life,” Rosenthal
said.
According to Vallone, for
far too long, College Point has
had its fair share of municipal
facilities that have been
dumped there with no consideration
for the community.
“Each year, we call upon
the city to complete total reconstruction
of College Point
roadways, only to have it fall
on deaf ears,” Vallone said. “I
applaud Borough President
Richards for undertaking this
endeavor as the city must prioritize
northeast Queens.”
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–
4526.
College Point Task Force
will address quality-of-life
issues in the community
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