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City Council, Speaker Adrienne Adams Back $7.5M Plan for New Variety Boys & Girls Club in Queens
Summary
Officials at the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens announced that the New York City Council has committed $7.5 million in capital funding for a new, expanded clubhouse in Astoria; Speaker Adrienne Adams has contributed $2.5 million toward the project, which organizers say will include recreation, education space and 236 housing units.
At an event at the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, officials said the New York City Council has committed $7.5 million in capital funding toward a new, expanded clubhouse in Astoria and that Speaker Adrienne Adams has provided $2.5 million of that total.
The expansion, organizers said, is intended to greatly increase the club’s capacity and services. “In the last few years, the city council has been so generous to us with $7,500,000 in capital funding to help us build our new clubhouse here in Astoria,” Costa Constantinides, the club’s longtime leader and a former City Council member, said during the event. He said the finished facility would serve about 16,000 young people annually; the club currently serves about 4,000 each year.
Why it matters: club leaders and elected officials said the project will provide free after-school programming, meals and enrichment to children from nearby public housing developments and neighborhoods. “Our young people…
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