Football project nets $2M.Queens Borough President Borough President (informally BP, or Beep in slang) is an elective office in each of the five boroughs of New York City. The offices of borough president were created in 1898 with the formation of the City of Greater New York. Helen Marshall Helen Marshall was elected Queens Borough President in 2001 succeeding the term-limited Claire Shulman. Prior to being elected Borough President, Marshall served on the New York City Council from 1992 to 2002, an office she vacated due to term limits. has allocated $2.2 million to help fund a new synthetic football field in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing and a soccer field for the Rufus King
Rufus King Park in Jamaica. The two recreation projects have completed their design phase and are expected to go out to bid in the near future with construction expected to begin in the summer or fall of 2005. "Despite the fact that winter has just begun, we are planning to increase recreational opportunities in the warmer months for youngsters when outdoor sports consume a major part of their activities," said the Borough President. The Kissena Corridor field, located at Booth Memorial Avenue between 160th Street and Parsons Boulevard, is welcome news for the Bayside Raiders Youth Football League, which sought funding to resurface re·sur·face v. re·sur·faced, re·sur·fac·ing, re·sur·fac·es v.tr. To cover with a new surface: resurfacing a road; resurfaced the floor. v.intr. the field. The field is named after Captain Mario Fajardo, a hero soldier who died in the Persian Gulf War Persian Gulf War or Gulf War (1990–91) International conflict triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Though justified by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on grounds that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq, the invasion was presumed to be . Marshall noted that a synthetic surface is both safer and less expensive to maintain than natural grass. Rufus King Park and King Manor King Manor, also known as Rufus King House, is in Jamaica, Queens. It was the home of Rufus King, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Senator from New York, and Ambassador to Great Britain immediately after the American Revolution[2]. Museum are located in downtown Jamaica in Community Board 12. Councilman Leroy Comrie has provided an additional $700,000 for the Rufus King Park field, which will be used for junior soccer, at Jamaica Avenue between 150th and 153rd Street. Marshall also allocated $875,000 in Capital discretionary funds for the reconstruction of a new parkhouse in Van Dolan Park, a budget request made by Community Board 12 at the Queens Borough Board's budget hearing in February. |
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