News from Assemblyman Goldfeder

October 3, 2014 In This Issue Rally this Sunday! 10/5 New Leadership at OEM Lights On in Lindenwood Ferry Equity _________ Graybeards Blood Drive!  Donate this Sunday! St. Frances De Sales School  129-16 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Sunday October 5th 7:30am-1:30pm _________ Office Locations Ozone Park   108-14 Crossbay Blvd Ozone Park, NY 11417 718-641-8755 Rockaway Beach 2-14 Beach 96th Street Rockaway Beach, NY 11693  718-945-9550   Albany Office LOB 834 Albany, NY 12248 518-455-4292    Quick Links   ______  News    More About Us Fix Our Roads Now!   Sign Petition to Quiet Airplane Noise    Sign Petition to Keep Rockaway Ferry Sign Petition to Restore Rail Line MGP Community Survey   Dear Neighbor,       Please join Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel and me this Sunday for a rally to alleviate our congested roadways, build new infrastructure and provide our families with quick and safe evacuation routes!  Rally This Sunday!     Sunday, October 5th at 10am  Five Towns Batting & Mini Golf   570 Rockaway Turnpike, Lawrence, NY     See our flyer here.     You can stay up to date with community news and daily updates by following me on Facebook and Twitter. Stay Strong,   Preparing for a Disaster In the same room that served as the biggest community based relief center in Broad Channel during Sandy, I hosted a round-table discussion with Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner Joseph Esposito and community leaders from every Queens neighborhood devastated by the storm. This was an honest dialogue about Sandy and what is being done to prepare our communities for potential future disasters. Commissioner Esposito has a record of unparalleled service at the NYPD and was the perfect choice to lead OEM. Lights On in Lindenwood After meeting with my office and the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has already replaced broken street lights, fixed the fence and agreed to clean the pigeon droppings on the sidewalks from 80th to 84th Street between 157th Avenue and Shore Parkway in Lindenwood. This is a huge victory for our families and I want to give a special thank you to Joann Ariola, Barbara MacNamara and the entire Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association for their hard work and tireless advocacy!  Fee on Staten Island Ferry to Subsidize Rockaway   Residents of Staten Island suffer with similar transit problems that we face in Queens and while I believe they deserve a subsidized ferry, 'non-residents' should have to pay. Recent studies have shown that a 'tourist fare' could raise as much as $4.5 million dollars a year, enough money to pay for the Rockaway ferry. I have called on Mayor de Blasio to create transit equity in every community and give our families in southern Queens and Rockaway the affordable, efficient and reliable transit options that we need and deserve.