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FOR BREAKING N EWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com august 7, 2014 • The Queens Courier 31 Photo by Rob Bennett/Mayoral Photography Office NY Ecuadorian Parade Mayor Bill de Blasio, joined by residents, community leaders and elected officials including Assemblyman Francisco Moya, marched in the New York Ecuadorian Parade on Aug. 3 on Northern Boulevard from 69th to 90th streets. File photo Queensborough College recently received a $11.5 million grant from the state to fund medical Queensborough Community College receives grant money for new health center BY Eric Jankiewicz ejankiewicz@queenscourier.com @EricJankiewicz Queensborough Community College received $11.5 million from a state grant that aims to provide seed money to CUNY schools pursuing educational projects, according to CUNY. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the winner of the CUNY 2020 grant last week as part of a larger 2013-14 executive budget of $110 million to fund tech and health projects in state and city schools. Queensborough has two such projects that received money from the grant. $10 million will go to building a 19,000-square-foot healthcare center in northern Queens, according to the school, where students will work with patients in the community with health problems. The remaining $1.5 million will go to renovating and equipping a 3-D printing site in the school. The college computer science department plans on creating new courses that will help students, including those from some local high schools, learn to use the printers. “The $11.5 million dollar award places us as a vanguard to serve two vital industry sectors: technology and healthcare,” Queensborough President Diane B. Call said. “I am extremely proud that Queensborough Community College has been selected for our innovative ideas and leadership to provide current and prospective students the education to pursue promising careers.” Cuomo appropriated $55 million as part of the 2013-14 State Budget for NY CUNY 2020. The program offers grants for two- and four-year colleges within the CUNY system. and tech projects. Advertorial Legally Speaking By: Scott Baron, Attorney at Law TRAP FOR THE UNWARY Q: My daughter’s gym class was being covered by a substitute – who had taken the class outside, to a football field that is surrounded by a track. The substitute gave the students the option of walking around the track or playing touch football. After walking one lap around the track, my daughter and her friends approached the substitute, “Can we go on the mats at the other end of the football field?” These mats were for the sport that is appropriately called ‘high jump’. The substitute said yes, but gave the children no warnings or instructions about these mats. As my daughter neared the edge of a mat, attempting to get down, her foot became caught in a tear. While attempting to untangle her foot, she plunged to the ground. A: If you have good photographs, then a jury can reasonably infer that the tear in the mat had existed for a sufficient period of time for the school to have discovered and remedied it in the exercise of reasonable care. The school is deemed to have had ‘notice’. The school might choose to defend itself by arguing that the tear in the mat was ‘open and obvious’ under the circumstances. The issue of whether a dangerous condition is open and obvious is fact-specific, and usually a question for a jury. A condition that is ordinarily apparent to one person – making reasonable use of her senses – may be rendered a ‘trap for the unwary’ where the condition is obscured or the victim is distracted. The law responds to changed conditions; exceptions and variations abound. Here, the information is general; always seek out competent counsel This article shall not be construed as legal advice. Copyright © 2014 Scott Baron & Associates, P.C. All rights reserved. 159-49 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach, New York 11414 1750 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710 718-738-9800, 914-337-9800, 1-866-927-4878 German for Children After School Program New York State Accredited Language Program Four convenient locations in the Greater New York area: Ridgewood, Queens (on Freshpond Rd.) Manhattan (NY), Franklin Square, Garden City. Low Tuition Minimum Age: 4 Years No Previous German Necessary Classes Meet Once a Week Playgroup Age 4-5 From 4:30-6:15 Kindergarten Age 5-6 Other Classes Ages 7-15 Classes Start Second Week in September For more information see: www.German-American-School.org or call: 212-787-7543


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