Where creativity, community, and sustainability meet. For 70+ years, @vbgcq has empowered youth with safe spaces to learn and grow. Their new Tech & Clean Energy Lab and mural help inspire the next generation. Thank you to @Costa4NY!
#CleanEnergy#CommunityImpact
Infrastructure met community this Earth Week! What’s possible when gov't, private partners, & community like @vbgcq, @hydroquebecIntl, @CHPExpress, @NYPAenergy & @ConEdison come together? Good things like Sky Farm, providing education & 4,500+ lbs of produce to neighbors in 2025.
We're thrilled to announce @vbgcq has been awarded $2M for land acquisition to expand into Jackson Heights-Corona! We are so grateful to Senator Schumer and Senator Gillibrand for championing this project!. This funding will help us continue serving the youth of our community.
I was honored to join my dear friend @Costa4NY today at @VBGCQ’s Closing Ceremony.
In 2026, construction will begin on a new clubhouse serving 16,000 youth. @NYCCouncil has supported this transformational project with over $12M in funding.
Congratulations on this next chapter!
BIG NEWS! 🌟
Today I joined @GovKathyHochul, @ZohranKMamdani, and colleagues for the announcement of a $5 million investment by the Governor in the clubhouse. This will make this clubhouse the largest in NYS! Excited for Astoria families!
Joined @GovKathyHochul, @ZohranKMamdani, colleagues and neighbors to celebrate a milestone on the path to a new @vbgcq clubhouse. We secured over $7 million in state investment that will pay dividends for thousands of families who will benefit once the new center opens its doors
This year I'm excited to have given $1 million in capital funding to help the Boys and Girls Club build a new clubhouse & support over 12,000 more kids! VBGC has been a longtime pillar of the Queens community, and I'm so excited to keep working with them to serve local families.
📢 Spread the word!
Great opportunities for small businesses & artists at @LGAairport. ✈️
🛍 Local retail vendors - sell your products to the traveling public during peak travel periods at @terminalBLGA.
🎨 Artists - display your mural artwork at a high- traffic location.
Come out today for @vbgcq Back to School Bash :) School supply and backpack giveaways, bounc house, slides, 12pm concert by @QCANetwork Mermen, acrobats from Senegal 2pm @hydroquebecIntl and more!
Great to see strong leadership on the importance of battery storage in NYC.⚡️🔋
Thank you @Costa4NY & Thomas J. Grech for your advocacy for a healthier, more resilient Queens.
Read the @amNewYork op-ed:https://t.co/URksdcT3fm
#BatteryStorage#CleanEnergy#QueensNYC#ResilientNYC
"Headlines about missing children that evolve into drownings have become far too common from June to August," writes @Costa4NY. "It’s never been so important for us to reverse the trend and ensure as many NYC children as possible learn how to swim." https://t.co/Trw25JgTqM
WE STAND WITH FOREST HILLS STADIUM
The 2025 concert season is ON. Claims of cancellation are false and misleading. #SaveOurStadium#ForestHillsStadium https://t.co/ub1ZB37GfV
Yesterday #chpe, @LIUBasketball, and @WVIdolphinfdn hosted an amazing community basketball clinic at the @vbgcq. Local youth had the opportunity to play with LIU Men's Basketball players and @rod_strickland.
Thanks to @Costa4NY, @hydroquebecIntl, and Mentors on the Move 4 Life!
It was an electrifying evening at the "Power of Community" event in Astoria. NYPA joined @VBGCQ CEO @Costa4NY in celebrating the work we’ve done together this year.
CEO @JDriscollEnergy received a @VBGCQ award on behalf of NYPA in recognition of the work we do in our communities.