Seniors rally to keep centers open
Van Bramer, Gianaris say facilities at Queensbridge, Ravenswood should stay
By Howard Koplowitz
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) joined senior citizens at the Jacob Riis Settlement House Friday in Queensbridge to rally against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to shutter the senior center and a similar facility in Ravenswood....
“I know how important the Queensbridge and Ravenswood center is to this community and we’re not going to let it close,”Senator Gianris said.
Gianaris said he spoke with Cuomo March 10 and told him not to cut the centers and said the governor told him “he’ll do what he can.”
