CONGRESS AT 110TH COUNCIL Meng Reports To Residents At Corona Meet arts centers, and schools receive such funds. • Inspired by the September 2012 U.S. Embassy attack in Benghazi, Libya, another Meng bill would close loopholes providing more safety for future state workers in embassies across the world. • New York City veterans wait up to 500 days for benefits compared to the national average of a little over 200 days. A third Meng bill, a part of Broadway station, where the M line links up with the J line. This has resulted “in a series of service suspensions and diversions on portions of the M and the J lines for several weekends,” the spokesperson added. Over the last several weekends, Jamaica Center-bound J trains skipped stations between Marcy Avenue and Broadway Junction, while M shuttle trains were operating on a 20-minute schedule in both by Matthew Van Deventer Rep. Grace Meng was the guest speaker at Monday’s (Apr. 21) 110th Precinct Community Council meeting at Flanders Field VFW Post 150 in Corona. Meng, who has served parts of Queens in the Sixth Congressional District for a little over a year, serves on the Small Business and Foreign Affairs committees. She is the first Asian-American from New York to be elected to Congress. Three pieces of Meng’s legislation have passed the House, each of which she spoke about at Monday’s meeting: • Houses of worship would be eligible to receive FEMA funding in the aftermath of a disaster such as Hurricane Sandy. Currently they do not receive funding while libraries, -SEE 110TH COUN ON PG. 52- TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 • 8 Robert Pozarycki The long-awaited extension of weekend M train shuttle service to Manhattan will debut this June, the Times Newsweekly learned last week. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) spokesperson informed this paper the M train— which runs on weekends between Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village and Myrtle Avenue- Broadway in Bushwick—would run to Essex Street in Manhattan beginning on Sunday, June 8. “We change subway schedules twice a year—in June and in December—so this is when the most permanent major service changes go into effect,” the MTA spokesperson said in an email. The MTA is preparing for the extension by replacing a number of switches at the Myrtle Avenueby ONE-ALARM BLAZE HITS RIDGEWOOD APARTMENT Firefighters are shown working on a fire hydrant near a Ridgewood apartment house that caught fire last Wednesday night, Apr. 16, it was reported. According to Fire Department sources, the onealarm fire broke out at about 9:30 p.m. inside a residence on Madison Street near Fresh Pond Road. Responding to the scene (listed in the order of arrival) were Engine companies 291, 286, 277 and 271; Ladder companies 140, 135 and 112; Squad Co. 288; Rescue 4; and Battalions 28 and 37—under the direction of Division 14—along with the 104th Precinct and EMS units. There were no reported injuries. (photo: Allen Epstein) Weekend M Line Extension In June Offers One-Seat Ride To/From Lower Man. -SEE M TRAIN ON PG. 26-
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