DANIEL DROMM, Democrat for City Council

From Queens Gazette:
HEAVY SUPPORT FOR DROMM: Showing broad support from a swath of Democratic public officials, labor and the Queens Democratic organization, Daniel Dromm will head a gay pride parade in Jackson Heights on June 1.

Queens Democratic Leader Congressmember Joseph Crowley is billed as the special guest speaker for Dromm's 2009 city council election campaign, and sponsors of the event include Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Assemblymember Jose Peralta (D- Corona), and Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers union (UFT).

The parade will be preceded by breakfast at the Cavalier Restaurant, 85-19 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The Queens Pride Parade will follow. Breakfast tickets are $50 each, available through People for Daniel Dromm at 718- 457-2928.

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The New York Daily News reports that Daniel Dromm is working with Assemblyman Jose Peralta and other community leaders to announce eco-friendly initiatives in Jackson Heights.

"Everybody in this community is concerned about green space and the increase in global temperature," said Daniel Dromm, a member of the Jackson Heights Beautification Group.

Many of the private co-op gardens in Jackson Heights have fallen into disrepair over the years, Dromm said.

"One of the things that should be offered is some type of tax incentive to co-op boards or others who take the initiative to redo their interior gardens," Dromm said.

"The amount of money that is involved in redoing these interior gardens is extraordinarily large," he said.

The Berkeley on 78th St., where he lives, is studying plans to redo its garden and is "talking about $1.5 million to do just some of the basic stuff," Dromm noted.

Labels: Greenspace