8 THE QUEENS COURIER • MAY 23, 2019 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
Nonprofi ts earn big bucks from LIC developer
BY MAX PARROTT
mparrott@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
TF Cornerstone, a residential real estate
developer known for its luxury rentals,
recently announced seven grant recipients
for its Building Together grant program,
which contributes to Long Island
City nonprofi ts.
Th e developer, founded by Queens
natives Fred and Tom Elghanayan, annually
gives donations to organizations that
support youth and education, community
building and environmental sustainability.
Community building programs that
received the grant include the following:
Hour Children and Community Health
Network will provide mental health services
to formerly incarcerated women and
their families in the LIC community.
Queensboro Dance Festival, in partnership
with various performance arts venues,
will use its funds to hold the Queens
Dance Festival.
Youth and education programs that
received the grant include the following:
NYC Kids RISE, in collaboration with
P.S. 111 and P.S. 76, will provide an optout
scholarship and savings program that
opens a 529 college savings plan.
Rising Stars Youth Foundation, in partnership
with the Western Queens New
York City Housing Authority housing in
Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Woodside
and Astoria, will provide low-income
middle-school youth programming
that involves weekly tutoring, academic
workshops, community building activities,
travel and family educational advocacy.
Jacob Riis Center Queensbridge and
United Negro College Fund will partner
to provide college scholarships. Th e program
will also provide career services.
Environmental sustainability programs
that received the grant include the following:
Hunter’s Point Parks Conservancy, partnering
with Hunter’s Point Middle School
and the Parks Department, will create and
steer an aft er-school gardening club to
tending to green spaces and working on
the Queens waterfront. Th e program will
involve a formal curriculum and interactive
classes about the environment.
Harbor Lab, in partnership with
Western Queens NYCHA, CUNY, United
Neighborhood Houses and Gantry State
Park, will off er free introductory water
safety, paddling lessons, and environmental
training classes. Th e program will
include lessons about water quality testing,
pool safety and shoreline cleanups for
both youth and adults.
For more information about the grant
Photo by Joe Mabel/Wikimedia Commons
program, visit https://tfc.com/building
together.
Cops seek pair linked to slashing and shots fi red at a LIC playground
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com
@robbpoz
Police need the public’s help in fi nding
two men connected to a violent episode
at a crowded playground near a Long
Island City school last week in which one
man was slashed and several gunshots
were fi red.
Th e NYPD said the trouble began at
5:25 p.m. on May 17 in the rear of J.H.S.
204, located at 36-41 28th St., when a
group of six individuals got into a verbal
dispute with a 23-year-old man as he
watched a baseball game.
Law enforcement sources said that
numerous young adults and children
were in the playground when the scuffl
e began.
Th e argument turned physical when one
of the individuals pulled out a box cutter
and slashed the man in the face, injuring
the victim’s right eye. A second individual
then brandished a fi rearm and began
fi ring shots into the playground, sending
bystanders running from the scene.
No one was injured by the gunfi re,
and police have not yet determined the
approximate number of bullets spent.
Offi cers from the 114th Precinct and
EMS units responded to the scene.
Paramedics brought the victim to Mount
Sinai Queens Hospital, where he was listed
in stable condition.
During the investigation, police
obtained footage of two people involved
in the violence. Th e images were captured
by surveillance cameras at the corner
of 37th Avenue and 30th Street.
Cops described one of the suspects as
a Hispanic male with a medium build,
short dark hair and a goatee who was last
seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt,
blue jeans and brown shoes and carrying
Photos courtesy of NYPD
a black backpack. Police believe he is the
one who discharged the weapon in the
playground.
Th e other perpetrator is described by
the NYPD as a Hispanic male with a thin
build and short black hair who wore dark
blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt
while carrying a black backpack.
Anyone with information regarding
their whereabouts can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA). All calls are kept
confi dential.
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