The Queens Gazette: Dromm Applauds Crowley for Funding Community Groups
From The Queens Gazette: By John Toscano
Making his summer recess from Congress into a working vacation, Congressmember Joseph Crowley presented a check for $300,000 to an Elmhurst economic equality group last week and later rallied community leaders to make a “last call” for New Yorkers to participate in the 2010 census.
Crowley presented the $300,000 federal grant funds to Ana Maria Archila, executive director of Make the Road New York (MRNY), an organization committed to ensuring economic equality for all. The funds will be used for the organization’s English as a Second Language and GED classes and to provide legal aid to low-income individuals.
Joining Crowley at the check presentation ceremony in MRNY’s offices at 92-10 Roosevelt Ave., Elmhurst were recently elected state Senator Jose Peralta (D–Jackson Heights) and City Councilmembers Daniel Dromm (D–Jackson Heights) and Julissa Ferreras (D–Corona). Members of MRNY thanked Peralta for a $125,000 grant he secured for the organization for its small business program, Ferreras for a $25,000 grant for adult education and legal services and Dromm for securing a $10,000 grant for their community organizing programs.
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