DDC: Denisse Moreno, 718-391-1854, morenode@ddc.nyc.govQPL: Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, 917-702-0016, ekern@queenslibrary.org 2024) Queens Public Library President Dennis M Walcott and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley today celebrated the re-opening of the Laurelton Library after concluding a $1.8 million project that replaced the branch’s roof “We are thrilled to welcome back our customers and we thank them for their patience as these crucial upgrades were made,” said QPL President and CEO Dennis M “We also are grateful to the Office of NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the Office of NYC Council Member Selvena N Brooks-Powers for funding the project and the NYC Department of Design and Construction for managing it.” “The Laurelton Library is an important resource and gathering space for the local community and we’re very pleased to return it to them with a much-needed new roof--and $160,000 under its allocated budget,” said NYC Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Thomas Foley we hope we can use a faster method of construction management for library renovation projects called CM-Build which provides a lot more flexibility for dealing with issues that arise in the field after we start work Once our construction reform bill which was passed by the State legislature is signed in Albany we’ll be able to complete projects like these even faster and more efficiently.” and shed roofs were replaced with Siplast-certified multi-layer roof system for insulation and water protection The insulation thickness under the new roof now meets current NYC Building Code new drains and flashing were installed to further protect the building from water damage the library’s façade was restored with brick and marble replacements About Queens Public LibraryQueens Public Library is one of the largest and busiest public library systems in the United States dedicated to serving the most ethnically and culturally diverse area in the country.  An independent Queens Public Library offers free access to a collection of more than 5 million books and other materials in 50 languages the Library hosts tens of thousands of online and in-person educational and civic programs and welcomes millions of visitors through its doors With a presence in nearly every neighborhood across the borough of Queens a technology center located at the Queensbridge Houses the nation’s largest public housing complex and a community learning center at another public housing complex NYC is a trademark and service mark of the City of New York Privacy Policy. Terms of Use.  chicken and lattes are proposed to come to the area around Route 88 and Jack Martin Boulevard the township's Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment will each consider separate proposals from the owners of two retail plazas: Laurel Square shopping center anchored by At Home and Livoti's Old World Market Taco Bell and Bojangles to the northern end of Brick What's Going There? First Hobby Lobby coming to Brick, replacing this Christmas Tree Shops store proposes to convert the former Fins restaurant into a Chipotle Mexican Grill with a drive-thru and another restaurant with a "Hibachi food service use," according to a report by township Planner Tara B The shopping center also proposes to remodel the former Provident Bank branch into a Starbucks Coffee cafe with a drive-thru lane The project: The developer of Laurelton Plaza located at the corner of Route 88 and Jack Martin Boulevard proposes to build a Bojangles restaurant with a drive-thru a Taco Bell with a drive-thru and a Burger King with a drive-thru Background: Wawa is open on the corner of the property. Previously, a 7,182-square-foot retail building and a 2,340-square-foot Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant was approved too What's Going There? New owner of The Shops at Brick plans new look and new stores real estate and consumer news at the Asbury Park Press for 27 years He writes APP.com's What's Going There column and can be reached at dwillis@gannettnj.com Please sign up for his weekly newsletter and join his What's Going There page on Facebook for updates LAURELTON – More trouble at the former Laurelton Center Less than a week after we told you about some western PA copper thieves that hit the former Laurelton Center in Union County state police say they’ve made more arrests The latest incident was Sunday afternoon when troopers say they caught six young people trespassing there Those arrested include an unidentified pair of teens and two 18-year-olds from Middleburg—Cole Shaffer and Matthew Snook anyone caught on the Old Laurelton Center grounds will be arrested They say video surveillance has been established at that location three people from Allegheny County were charged with stealing copper from that site Written by WKOK Staff People with disabilities can contact Kevin Herr at 570-286-5838 extension 230 for help accessing the WKOK Online Public File have sold a combined 190 apartments in Gloucester and Bergen counties for $31 million in an off-market deal arranged by The Kislak Co the portfolio includes the 176-unit Laurelton Village at 601 North Black Horse Pike in Williamstown is a 14-unit building with five retail spaces at 62 Broadway in Woodcliff Lake Kislak CEO Jason Pucci represented the sellers noting that Kamson is a longtime client and one of the largest private owners of multifamily properties in the Northeast an executive vice president with the Woodbridge-based firm “This was an extraordinary deal in that we had a short window in which to transact,” Pucci said “Both parties and their attorneys worked quickly and well together to draft negotiate and sign two contracts while simultaneously completing two detailed property tours in only three days which allowed us to close two months later The timing also enabled the seller to use one of the properties as part of an I.R.C Allen Popowitz of Brach Eichler LLC was the seller’s attorney while Daniel Cohen and Issac Graaf of Jeffrey Zwick & Associates PC provided legal counsel to the buyer IS Realty LLC arranged financing with Trevian Capital “The purchaser’s acquisition of Laurelton Village enabled them to increase their holdings in the local market while entering the strong Bergen County market for the first time through their acquisition of Woodcliff Lake Commons,” Waisbrod said “I expect they will do well with both properties.” Laurelton Village is a two-story brick garden apartment complex with 176 two-bedroom units spread across 14 buildings Recent improvements at the nine-acre property include new exteriors while residents have access to laundry facilities The property is close to the Deptford Mall Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike It’s also some 23 miles southeast of Philadelphia includes a private lobby entrance with package and elevator service upscale units and on-site assigned parking The local train station is a 10-minute walk from the property and runs on the Pascack Valley line with service to New York Penn Station Kamson acquired Laurelton Village in 2003 in a sale that Kislak also brokered That relationship goes back more than 40 years while the most recent sales marked the 76th and 77th that the brokerage firm has handled for Kamson during that stretch has been covering New Jersey commercial real estate for 13 years Many industry leaders view him as the go-to real estate reporter in the state a role he is eager to continue as the editor of Real Estate NJ He is a lifelong New Jersey resident who has spent a decade covering the great Garden State Greek Real Estate Partners has gained a seal of approval for one of its key divisions thanks to a new accreditation from the Institute of Real Estate Management All RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright 2023 Real Estate NJ 101 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland Our site uses cookies. Learn more about our use of cookies: cookie policy DDC and QPL Staff at the reopening of Laurelton Library on October 8 The library’s façade was also restored with new brick and marble for a cleaner look Walcott and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley celebrated the re-opening of the Laurelton Library The library was closed to make necessary repairs This $1.8 million project was completed under the budgeted amount The one-story Laurelton Library is located at 134-26 225th Street and originally opened in 1955 and shed roofs were replaced with Siplast-certified multi-layer roof system for enhanced water protection and insulation The insulation thickness of the new roof meets the current New York City Building Code and will comply with the Code for the next 25 years To prevent water damage and protect the structural integrity of the building new drains and flashing were installed the library’s facade was restored with brick and marble replacements Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M “We are thrilled to welcome back our customers and we thank them for their patience as these crucial upgrades were made We also are grateful to the Office of NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the Office of NYC Council Member Selvena N Brooks-Powers for funding the project and the NYC Department of Design and Construction for managing it.” New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Thomas Foley said “The Laurelton Library is an important resource and gathering space for the local community and we’re very pleased to return it to them with a much-needed new roof–and $160,000 under its allocated budget Once our construction reform bill which was passed by the State legislature is signed in Albany we’ll be able to complete projects like these even faster and more efficiently.” By: Chelsea Ramjeawan (Chelsea is the CityLaw intern and a New York Law School student This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. See past events 2024Two officers are recovering after crashing into another car in Queens.LAURELTON are being treated after a multi-car pile-up in Queens A police cruiser crashed into another car while responding to a robbery in progress and injured several motorists Wednesday on Springfield Boulevard and North Conduit Avenue in Laurelton The officers were treated at Jamaica Hospital for minor neck and back injuries The occupants in the other vehicles were taken to North Shore University Hospital It is unclear how many people were in the other vehicles but all victims are expected to recover * More Queens news * Send us a news tip * Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts * Follow us on YouTube Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply. Jessica Holmes is a New York-based writer and critic. 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Home (POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH, NJ) -- – The Ocean County Library Point Pleasant Borough Branch is pleased to display works by members of the Laurelton Art Society throughout the month of October 2024 Contributing artists include Victoria Alexandros The Brick Township-based Society is in its 44th year and attracts established and new artists from all parts of Ocean County Society President Patricia Monto Autore says that she seeks to amplify the works of professionals and to encourage development of new artists “Our primary focus is to bring awareness of one’s artistic ability to the general community regardless of age or disability,” she remarked “to provide guidance to foster confidence for budding artists and…to satisfy those who have been painting and exhibiting for years.” Meetings take place on the second Saturday of each month in Ivy Hall of the First Baptist Church of Laurelton The organization holds free monthly demonstrations in various media and free professional workshops during its annual Festival of Art in the OCL Brick Branch A five-hour workshop each March at the Society’s home base carries a nominal fee “Our goal is to encourage our members to try new mediums,” Patricia said “To express themselves in directions they never thought would interest them.” The exhibit and the Artists Reception are free and open to the public during Branch operating hours. For more details, stop by the OCL Point Pleasant Borough Branch, 834 Beaver Dam Road, visit https://theoceancountylibrary.org/events or call (732) 295-1555 Merna Hughes left Jamaica on a visitor’s visa to see her mother in the United States (US) who lived in Independence City before moving to Havendale in St Andrew when time came for her to return home at the end of her visit The teen would however experience difficulties getting enrolled in a school in New York because of her immigration status “For more than four months I could not attend school as the public schools refused to enrol me because of my immigration status My mother had to work even harder and she eventually enrolled me in a private Catholic school,” she said Hughes attended Bishop Loughlin High School and then attended Boys and Girls High School before going to Medgar Evers College where her dream began to take shape as she flourished She was fortunate to be part of the staff at the Ella Baker Pre School on the Medgar Evers campus under the guidance and direction of her mentor P&B Children’s Academy on Church Avenue in Brooklyn She moved on to the ACS city-funded Irving Place Day Care and then to PAL Quincy as an assistant director She later relocated to Queens and to the Western Queen’s Day Care Center and then became the infant-toddler director at the NAACP Child Care Program Hughes continued her studies in early childhood education and then leadership at the prestigious Bank Street College she joined the New York City Department of Education During this period of transience within the Department of Education she began a small group family daycare centre at her home This began to grow in demand in the community and so she decided to expand the programme that is now known as Laurelton Academy at its current location in Laurelton It took two years before she was able to occupy the leased premises and patience were the hallmarks that helped her come closer to her dream Hughes became the founder and owner of the Laurelton Day Care seeing to the needs of more than 100 students and with a staff of 18 She started in a small space with about 16 children from ages two to 12 enrolment at the daycare is more than 100 students and the institution is recognised by the New York City Department of Education The school also caters to the 3k and 4k programmes paid for by the city the main funding for the school comes from the tuition parents pay to the institution I love children,” she told The Gleaner A small listing of her collaborations and concerns for the need of the community include: • Using an occupied space in her current facility as a food pantry to meet the needs of the marginalised impoverished and destitute members of the community • Inviting seniors to an annual senior concert Seniors are treated to band and chorus performances from her own students as well as students from the Springfield Gardens High School Campus • Mentorship programme for the young boys and men in the community This is in collaboration with community partners who are invested in boys Laurelton Day Care is just one of four such schools in the Queens area that have been started by Jamaicans who are educating the borough’s children The others are Cambria Center for the Gifted Child Stepping Stone Pre and Grade School and Sunshine Learning Center All four schools were started by Jamaicans and have now been passed on to children of the founders Hughes said however that her daughters will take over when she retires in the not-too-distant future Stepping Stone Pre and Grade School was started by Madge Warren in 1982 Warren was a teacher in Jamaica before migrating to the US having graduating from Bethlehem Teachers’ College and having taught for five years in the Jamaican school system Warren found that her teaching certificate was not recognised so she had to go back to school where she earned her bachelors and masters degrees in education Warren said she found it difficult to teach in the New York public school system and did not want to do that so she decided to start her own school which she did with the encouragement of two friends who had gone through a similar process This was the beginning of the creation and growth of a dream come true “That first day was historical and challenging Stepping Stone started with just three children determination and prayers to grow my school from its very humble beginnings reputable and highly acclaimed private school for children ages two years and up to the third grade (eight years old),” she told The Gleaner The school’s current registration is 175 students with a full-time staff of 15 teachers and three administrators Along with its privately operated grade school and toddler programmes it is contracted by the NYC Department of Education to provide pre-kindergarten education to three- and four-year-olds In keeping with the school motto ‘A Tradition of Excellence in Education’ it has a strong focus on academics and achievement joined the staff as assistant director and has held this position for more than 30 years “My son and I will endeavour to ensure that Stepping Stone will continue to maintain the high standard and reputation that we’ve established over the years,” she said Sunshine Learning Center was founded in 1998 by the Spencer family and started with six children ages two to four years located in a commercial space on Linden Boulevard in St Albans enrolment has grown to 130 children with a staff complement of 30 said it is funded almost entirely through the tuition paid by parents The school also has a five-year contract from the New York City Department of Education which covers students from birth to two years said his parents are still actively involved in the school the institution is hoping to be awarded independent school status by the state and that there are also plans to renovate the building “My vision is to continue having a part in educating the future leaders of tomorrow,” he told The Gleaner Cambia Center for the Gifted Child was started in 1980 by Sheree Palmer who told The Gleaner that the school started with four children in her mother’s home the school moved into large accommodations at its present location on Linden Boulevard The school’s population is currently 350 students ages two to 10 years and 11 to 14 with a staff complement of 40 The school targets gifted students who go on to high schools for the gifted in New York The school is funded entirely by parents’ tuition Gibson noted the challenges that the school faces as it has to compete with charter schools “We provide students with a well-rounded education not only academically but in other areas such as music and arts,” she told The Gleaner These Jamaican schools are making a significant impact in their communities in the education of the children who live there editorial@gleanerjm.com View the discussion thread. Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations Police are looking for a man they say shot three DJs — one of whom has since died — after a party in a residential Queens neighborhood this weekend The shooting took place in one of the few precincts to see an increase in gun violence this year were loading up a van with their equipment in front of a home on 220th Street and 133rd Avenue in Laurelton early Sunday the gunman appeared and fired several rounds at the men All three DJs were taken to local hospitals with gunshot wounds and one of the 24-year-olds — Nakender Bruno from Queens — was later pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center The other 24-year-old and the 23-year-old were listed in stable condition NYPD officials did not immediately release the name of the man who died, and were working Monday to find the shooter. Surveillance video shared with CBS from a neighbor near the scene shows a man clad in a black hoodie struggling to jump over the neighbor’s front-yard fence Police said they did not yet have an official description of the shooter As shootings decline overall citywide the 105th precinct — which includes neighborhoods in eastern Queens like Cambria Heights Springfield Gardens and Queens village — has seen an increase in gun violence According to NYPD’s CompStat database, the precinct has reported 10 shooting incidents prior to this weekend, with 11 victims. Sunday’s incident was the first fatal shooting in the precinct this year. Six shooting incidents were recorded in the precinct over the same period last year, with 7 victims. Data compiled by Gothamist shows that no one was killed in the precinct in all of 2023. Other precincts in the Queens South sector have also seen a jump in shooting incidents year to date, according to CompStat, including the 103rd (which includes Hollis and Jamaica), the 102nd (which includes Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill) and the 101st (which includes Far Rockaway). This is a developing story and may be updated. Brittany Kriegstein covers all breaking news around New York City, with a focus on crime and gun violence. Got a tip? Email Brittany at [email protected]. The wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez from New Jersey will be sentenced in June. Hotel owners worry trade wars and talk of annexing Canada will keep tourists away. Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily. 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Southeast Queens residents got an update on the new NYPD 116th Precinct on Tuesday a project decades in the making which should be finished this year.  Eagle photo by Ryan Schwach The decades-long wait for a new NYPD precinct in Southeast Queens is nearly over Police officials this week told residents that the long-awaited 116th Precinct in Rosedale is nearly completed and on track to open before the end of the year But before the new precinct’s doors officially open there remain some major milestones to complete Among them – selecting the precinct’s inaugural commander a decision residents got to weigh in on during a Monday meeting the NYPD held to give residents an opportunity to “interview” the candidates as well as to give them an update on the precinct NYPD officials assured Southeast Queens residents that the doors of the new 116th Precinct which has been in the works for nearly half a century which will patrol the neighborhoods of Rosedale was originally slated to be completed at the start of 2024 but was delayed by around six months after issues with its construction arose earlier this year The precinct is around 90 percent completed according to Assistant Chief Kevin Williams the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens South “This community has strived to get a precinct right and we are on the edge of doing that,” Williams said “We're doing everything we can to open this precinct as soon as possible We know what they want from the community.” The 116th will include all of Rosedale and Brookville down to Brookville Boulevard Springfield Gardens south of the Belt Parkway and areas of Laurelton and Cambria Heights The precinct largely covers areas currently patrolled by the 105th and 113th Precincts particularly in the far reaches of the Southeast Queens communities were a key reason – if not the main reason – locals advocated for a new precinct in the area The 105th Precinct has for many years seen some of the slowest response times in the city given that its station house is anywhere from five to six miles away from some of the furthest corners of the precinct’s boundaries a resident and community board member who has been boosting the precinct for four decades said that she was “extremely happy” that the precinct was nearly complete “I'm hoping that it will become a reality,” she told the Eagle the NYPD will first have to select its first commanding officer While the department will ultimately get final say over the hire the NYPD gave community members a chance to weigh in on the candidates on Monday during a “community interview,” where the four candidates took questions and discussed why they should get the job It’s not the first “community interview” the NYPD has held but it is the first carried out for a new role in a new precinct The four candidates included Captain Waheed Akhter from Transit District 23 and the first Pakistani-American to reach the rank of captain in the NYPD; 105th Precinct Commanding Officer Jean Beauvior; 113th Executive Officer Larry Meyers; and Douglas Moodie from Brooklyn’s 67th Precinct Each of the candidates spoke about their experiences with the NYPD and how they hope to use that knowledge of the job at the new 116th Though the residents appeared to enjoy the exchange the interview often felt like a political debate that saw the four captains make sometimes overzealous promises awkwardly weigh their bonafides next to their counterparts and pitch policing strategies that are unlikely to be enforceable at the precinct level who already oversees a large portion of what will become the 116th because I understand working here,” Beauvior said and I want to see this product right to what we imagine it could be.” As residents of Southeast Queens got an update on the new NYPD 116th Precinct on Tuesday they also got to weigh in on who will run it via a “community interview” of four candidates for the role of commanding officer at the new precinct.  Eagle photo by Ryan Schwach DeBetham called the interview process “quite interesting,” and said Beauvior is a favorite due to his pre-existing experience running a local precinct There was also support for the other local cop who works in the neighboring 113th Precinct has had a handful of substantiated police misconduct complaints made against him and has been involved in misconduct settlements totalling $360,700 some of the candidates pitched themselves like candidates for public office would who has close family ties to the Southeast Queens area said that there is “no one more invested in improving safety and improving quality of life for the residents of this community,” which prompted laughter from the crowd and playful jeers from his fellow captains Some of the candidates also put forth policing policy proposals many of which would likely be difficult to implement without buy-in from the NYPD commissioner One of the candidates said they’d use drones to determine places to park large commercial vehicles Another candidate promised he’d give every single community member his personal cell phone number “I was wondering if they were running for borough president,” said the actual Queens Borough President Donovan Richards The BP has been a longtime supporter of the new precinct and said that he was glad to see the community get involved in its inception “I'm very happy to see the community being able to actually interview because before we would say ‘Are [precinct commanders] really speaking to the community or speaking to just the same five stakeholders?’” Richards said which has been delayed numerous times because of funding woes was intended to be one that was centered around “community policing” – it will feature a food pantry and a community room the four candidates for commander didn’t differ much on their suggestions for how to increase community policing locally All of them emphasized the work of neighborhood coordination officers – or NCOs – and increasing their own personal involvement in the community Home / Law / Crime / Politics / Communities / Voices / All Stories / Who We Are / Terms and Conditions ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishECONOMYUS diamond company to cut half of Antwerp workforce amid crisis in sector13 March 2025 An American diamond company plans to lay off more than half of its staff at its site in Antwerp Laurelton Diamonds points to the crisis in the sector caused by competition from much cheaper synthetic diamonds and lower demand from the US and China “Laurelton Diamonds intends to let 26 [of 42] employees go by this autumn Eighteen workers and eight office staff are affected,” said Yves Toutenel of the Christian trade union ACV “We are working hard to come up with counterproposals.” Two meetings between unions and management have been held Laurelton is a wholly owned subsidiary of jewellery brand Tiffany and Co It sorts diamonds and determines which stones are suitable for a particular piece of jewellery The company was established in 2002 and carried out a previous restructuring in Antwerp in 2018 The polishing factory was closed and more than 20 people were made redundant The layoffs come amid ongoing turmoil in Antwerp's diamond sector. In recent months, leading industry figures have warned of a “historic crisis”, while the National Bank of Belgium described trading figures as “catastrophic” the export of rough diamonds from Antwerp fell by 55 per cent in dollar terms compared to the same period in 2024 The export of polished diamonds fell by 28 per cent Dubai has now overtaken Antwerp as the world’s leading diamond hub The EU and G7 countries have banned the processing of Russian diamonds with competing markets including India and some African countries poised to claim a share of Antwerp’s shrinking dominance #FlandersNewsService | A diamond and jewellery fair at Antwerp World Diamond Centre Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu Patient Care, Locations, Press Releases expected to serve about 13,000 patients annually makes it easier to see multiple doctors in a single visit NYU Langone Health this week opened a new practice location in Laurelton transitioning care teams that have long served the community into a larger space with additional exam rooms “NYU Langone is deeply committed to expanding a clinician network that offers consistently excellent care close to where patients live,” said Andrew Rubin senior vice president for clinical affairs and ambulatory care at NYU Langone “This beautiful new location in Laurelton enables patients to see multiple doctors in a single visit with each provider connected to our electronic health record system for integrated care.” The vision for the center is to provide this community with care that meets the NYU Langone standard in a welcoming and highly functional space that keeps the overall wellbeing of patients The 7,200-square-foot clinical space was designed to address the community’s growth with greater capacity and to maximize accessibility by locating it on the ground floor NYU Langone began serving the residents of the southeastern Queens neighborhood in April 2015 NYU Langone gives patients and clinicians access to medical interpreters who speak more than 240 languages the patient’s language interpretation is then documented in the electronic health record The new facility joins an award-winning health network in NYU Langone, which is composed of 6 inpatient locations and more than 300 outpatient sites across the New York metropolitan area and in Florida. The outpatient network has been the No. 1 recipient of the Ambulatory Quality and Accountability Award from Vizient Inc. a leading healthcare performance improvement organization every year but one since the award’s inception in 2015 Patients can find their health information and schedule appointments through the NYU Langone Health app or the NYU Langone Health MyChart patient portal For more information or to schedule an appointment at the new practice location, please call 646-501-4950 or visit the practice’s find a doctor page The following clinicians and nurse practitioners are moving into the new facility: Researchers reveal how a particular type of “jumping” gene came to make up 20 percent of human DNA The rating applies to inpatient locations in Manhattan Brooks-Powers represents the 31st City Council District She is the first-ever Black woman to serve as Majority Whip of the City Council as well as Chair of its Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Selvena has devoted her time at the Council to ensuring Southeast Queens and the eastern end of the Rockaway Peninsula have equitable access to city resources She has directed tens of millions of capital and discretionary toward infrastructure and community-based programs in her district She continues to fight for resources for a community that has been too long underserved by the city to secure $95 million in restoration funding for the 116th Precinct and continues to advocate for the construction of certified trauma center on the Rockaway Peninsula A dedicated public servant for 20 years and lifelong resident of Southeast Queens Selvena Brooks-Powers is the proud daughter of immigrant parents and devoted to fighting for what’s right and delivering results Selvena drove high-impact initiatives on critical issues READ MORE as well as offices in each of their districts You can reach us via social media, email, paper mail, or at your district office. 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For media inquiries, please contact press@council.nyc.gov Read our Accessibility Statement Ann Leary’s journey to writing her novel “The Foundling,” began when she started researching her family’s history which led her to Laurelton State Village in Union County Laurelton had been established in 1913 to house “feeble-minded women of child-bearing age.” The buildings’ first residents arrived in 1917 “I’ll just say there’s an author’s note at the beginning of this (the novel) that explains that the term feeble-minded It was a political term in the early 20th century as was the word idiot Those were actually rankings of intellectual deficits,” Leary said at the beginning of her recent presentation at Lycoming College Leary’s grandmother had served as a stenographer at the institution when she was 17 years-old Searching online for information about Laurelton Leary said that at first all she could find was that it was beautiful “You can see it was really beautiful almost like a college campus,” she said She read that it was a place for vulnerable women of child-bearing age with intellectual disabilities and was run by Dr Wolf had earned her degree in medicine during the 1890s “She was one of the first women who graduated from Bucknell really when most American women didn’t go to college,” Leary said She was amazing and I was fascinated by her,” Leary said Leary said she felt a sense of pride because her grandmother had worked for Wolf but then she began to delve deeper to learn more about Laurelton and similar institutions across the country “There were many similar institutions There were homes for feeble-minded children but specifically homes for feeble minded women were considered to be the menace in society at that time,” Leary said She admitted she had always been fascinated by that time period That was true for the rich people in the 1920s but not for most people like her grandmother and the residents of Laurelton newspaper archives had given her accounts of some of the residents which she said eventually came together and formed one of the main characters in her novel Mary goes to work at an institution called Nettleton in the office of the director who runs this asylum for women,” Leary said Everything’s great until she sees a childhood friend from her orphanage who is an inmate at the institution “She remembers Lillian has been kind of a wild child and very full of mischief but she doesn’t think she was necessarily feeble-minded,” Leary said Mary finds out the reason that Lillian is at Nettleton is because she had worked in a speakeasy singing with a jazz band had fallen in love with a Black man and had his child and interracial coupling was against the law in the 1920s Her baby was immediately taken from her and put in an orphanage and Lillian was sent to Nettleton State Village for feeble-minded women “When someone was sent to this asylum — some girls were 14 some girls were 49 — you didn’t leave until you were no longer of childbearing age because this wasn’t a place you went for therapy or to get an education It was part of the eugenics movement,” Leary said “If you didn’t learn about eugenics growing up During the early 20th century when the story in the novel takes place which is encouraging thriving healthy families to have more children while maybe discouraging people who are struggling or may have some type of hereditary problem to have fewer children The practice began in the late 19th century in Europe and the United States Some states allowed for the forced sterilization of people who were deemed defective Pennsylvania instead sent them to institutions like Laurelton Leary learned that Laurelton had a thriving dairy where many of the girls worked and the imagery of the cows walking in a straight line and having their calves taken away so that they’d produce milk reminded her of the women at the institution “So much of that reminded me of the plight of some of these girls who were not considered certainly by the government as fully human If you are considered too inferior a person because of your race you’re just not appropriate to have children you’re not fully human,” she said “I do believe that the reason we weren’t taught about eugenics is because it did quickly disappear after World War II The final solution of eugenics was the Holocaust Hitler was in prison when he wrote ‘Mein Kampf,’ and he thanked specific American eugenics writers for teaching him about inferior and superior races and how to create a world where it would be much better,” she said Although she did a lot of her research online Leary cautioned against that being the sole resource for information particularly when writing an historical novel She searched through newspaper archives where she found information that wasn’t what she called the “whitewashed version.” “I found newspaper articles about families that tried to get their family members out She learned that many of the women in the early 19th century had committed crimes against chastity which included fornication or sex outside of marriage Women convicted of prostitution could be sent to Muncy Prison and then if it was decided that they were feeble-minded they couldn’t leave until they could no longer have children “It was worse there because it wasn’t based on if you’re improving You can improve all you want; you couldn’t leave until you were in menopause,” she said she said about families trying to get their daughters out of Laurelton “In this newspaper article I read that the superintendent was rumored to have said to somebody in the community she’s never leaving,” she said adding that although it was in the newspaper Leary said that although she’s not a scholar of asylums or institutions she did discover that it wasn’t just places like Laurelton but also psychiatric hospitals that women could be sent to if they were determined to be feeble-minded Their husband was their parent,” she said their husband handled the finances; if they got divorced A husband could determine if his wife was insane or if she was mentally defective; they certainly didn’t want you to have children,” Leary said She also was able to find a brochure which listed the traits of a feeble-minded female at that time which included obstinacy no one would think that was a defective man A man of 20 actively seeking sex wasn’t considered defective like many other similar asylums in this country went through many iterations and transformed and reformed,” Leary said it was a true training school for men and women with profound intellectual disabilities,” she said Camp Victory will host its 19th Annual Golf for Victory tournament June 2 with a 1 p.m Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will host Arthur Sterngold at the museum’s .. 2022 at 5:34 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The Laurelton School It sold to Apex Realty Investment LLC for $1,237,000 NJ — The Brick Township Board of Education has approved a contract for the sale of the Laurelton School followed a 26-hour online auction by Max Spann Real Estate and Auctions Apex Realty Investment LLC was incorporated on April 27, 2022, according to the New Jersey Department of Revenue. Its principal is Mihir Patel of Edison There are a number of Apex Realty references in Google and it appears the company provides access for people to invest in real estate The Laurelton School property sits in the B-3 highway development zone which the Max Spann listing noted is zoned for long- and short-term care medical facilities The sale price of $1,237,000 is nearly double the 2019 assessment and the sale is anticipated to close by mid-June The contract and the listing noted the school property was being sold as-is which means the buyer had to accept the building in the condition it exists and deal with any issues in the building The Laurelton site had been home to a school since approximately the 1870s according to documents filed with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection It served as an elementary school for decades but by the early 1980s was used as the district's alternate school for students struggling in the regular high school setting It was completely shut down after the 2007-08 school year where the district's storage building is located The building was deemed not eligible for designation as a historic site because the structure had been built too recently Proposals to sell the property had been floated several times since the school closed in 2008, to no avail. The district first talked about subdividing the property in 2011 but previous proposals to do so failed to pass muster with the planning board Get local news updates delivered to your inbox. Sign up for Patch alerts and daily newsletters here. Have a news tip? Email karen.wall@patch.com Follow Brick Patch on Facebook Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.