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CORPORATE providing personal and business Allegiant Home Care banking solutions for our clients. 86 34 th Street, Suite D602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Dack Consulting Solutions https://www.accordcare.com 2 William Street, #202
Contact: Carmen Pena, cpena@ White Plains, NY 10601 allegiant-homecare.com https://www.dackconsulting.com Contact: Aleksandra Chancy, AccordCare was founded in achancy@dackconsulting.com January 2020, formed from three outstanding, caring companies DACK Consulting Solutions, Inc. coming together; Accord Services, is an established and successful A Hand To Hold, and Allegiant Westchester-based Construction Home Care. All companies are Consulting Firm. DACK was dedicated to serving clients founded in 1997. The Principal, wanting to age in place to those Aleksandra Chancy, has over who suffer from catastrophic 25 years of experience in the injuries and everything construction industry. DACK in-between. These three companies professionals have experienced the became one to help our clients building process from inception “live their best possible life.” Our of the client’sdream through the Vision, Mission & Values will be construction process. the cornerstone of how we build and grow AccordCare. SMALL BUSINESS PARTNERS
Connectone Bank 36-19 Broadway, 2 nd Fl. Astoria, NY 11106 https://www.connectonebank.com Contact: Alla Koumoullos, akoumoullos@cnob.com
Allround Logistics Inc. 185 Richard Davis Drive, Suite 103 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 https://www.allaroundlogistics.com Contact: Roland Meier, roland. meier@allaroundlogistics.com
At ConnectOne Bank, we understand that little things matter and focus on those things when
Astoria Filmmakers Club Inc.
25-70 38 th Street Astoria, NY 11103 https://www.astoriafilmmakers.org Contact: Phillip Cappadora, afc. moreinfo@gmail.com
Davydova Law Group 7307 194 th Street Fresh Meadows, NY 1136 Contact: Davydovalaw@gmail.com
Federal Contract Consultants 15 Regency Drive East Rochester, NY 14445 https://www.fedcc.net Contact: Lisa Beels, lisa@fedcc. net
Homes Network Realty Inc. 118-35 Queens Boulevard, Suite 400 Forest Hills, NY 11375 https://www.hnrli.com Contact: Ronald Rosaliere, rrosaliere@gmail.com
McCoys Upholstery Group Corp. 69-14 49 th Avenue Woodside, NY 11377 https://www.mccoysupholstery.com Contact: James Barnes, jim@ mccoysupholstery.com
Millennial Strategies
315 Main Street Huntington, NY 11743 https://www.millennialstrat. com Contact: tiffany@millennialstrat. com
Techprotectus Inc. 13519 78 th Avenue, 11B Flushing, NY 11367 https://www.techprotectus.com Contact: info@techprotectus. com
The Nourish Spot 10705 Guy R Brewer Blvd Jamaica, NY 11433 Contact: Dawn Kelly, nourish. eden@gmail.com
The Pine Barrens Group at Morgan Stanley 58 South Service Road, Suite 400 Melville, NY 11747 https://www.advisor. morganstanley.com/the-pinebarrens-group Contact: Matthew A. Thompson, matthew.a.thompson@ morganstanley.com
U Got It Delivery LLC
P.O. Box 4102 New Windsor, NY 12553 https://www.ugotitdelivery.com Contact: Thajuana Cole, ugotitdelivery@gmail.com QUEENS CHAMBER PARTNERS & AFFILIATES
profit organizations. REMA works to inform the public about opportunities that exist to strengthen the community, and to create a welcoming and safe environment to help expand economic opportunity in the Rockaway Peninsula.
STEINWAY ASTORIA PARTNERSHIP BID
25-69 38th Street, Suite 1C, Astoria 11103 Executive Director: Marie Torniali 718.728.7820 info@steinwaystreet.nyc steinwaystreet.org QUICK GLANCE: Founded in 1991, the BID has over 300 members. The Steinway Street Business Improvement District encompasses all 300 business located on Steinway Street from 28th Avenue to 35th Avenue. National chain stores such as Victoria’s Secret, The Gap, Benetton, and Express are side by side with local familyowned shops.
SUNNYSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PO Box 4399, Sunnyside, NY 11104 President: Vanessa Ceballos 718.729.4688 sunnyside-chamber.org QUICK GLANCE: With an annual budget of $55,000, the chamber is an organization built around assisting and helping local business and professionals by providing resources to increase business, safety and historical preservation throughout the neighborhood.
SUNNYSIDE SHINES
45-56 43rd Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104 Executive Director: Jaime-Faye Beam 718.606.1800 director@sunnysideshines.org sunnysideshines.org QUICK GLANCE: The BID has a budget of approximately $480,000 with more than 250 businesses under its umbrella. The mission of Sunnyside Shines is to invigorate and enrich the economic life of the neighborhood by creating a safe and dynamic commercial district.
SUTPHIN BOULEVARD BID
89-00 Sutphin Boulevard, Suite 204C Jamaica, NY 11435 Executive Director: Glen Greenridge 718.291.2110 sutphinblvdbid@verizon.net QUICK GLANCE: The BID was founded in 2004 and represents 134 businesses, 56 properties and 39 property owners along Sutphin Boulevard between Hillside Ave. and 94th Ave.
URBAN UPBOUND
40th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 CEO & Co-Founder: Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor QUICK GLANCE: Urban Upbound, originally known as East River Development Alliance (ERDA), was co-founded in 2002 by DebraEllen Glickstein, a strong advocate of economic development inclusion, and Bishop Mitchell Taylor, a lifelong resident of Queensbridge Houses, with the intention to develop high-quality services that address resident-identified needs. Since then, the organization has grown to serve thousands of youth and adults living in public housing and other low-and moderateincome neighborhoods annually
EXECUTIVE COMMMITEE EXECUTIVE STAFF
Howard Graf
Chairperson Richard Dzwlewicz
Vice Chair Patricia Mezeul
Treasurer Nash Roe
Secretary Patrick Yu
Associate Treasurer Michelle Stoddart
Associate Secretary Thomas J. Santucci
Immediate Past Chair Thomas J. Grech
President & CEO Joanne M. Persad
Chief of Operations Arlene Diangkinay
Financial Controller Neil Wagner
Business Service Program Manager Brendan Leavy
Business Development Manager Jacqueline Donado
Strategic Program Coordinator Jef Gross
Manager of Committee Development SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL
William Blake Dominick Ciampa Joseph Farber Louis D. Laurino Jeff Levine Joseph M. Mattone, Sr Vincent L. Petraro, Esq. George Rozansky Gerard Thornton
Kenneth J. Buettner Stephanie Baldwin Chad E. Callahan Salvatore Crifasi David Diraio Steven DeClara Richard Dzwlewicz Charles Everett, Jr. Joseph R. Ficalora Tamara Gavrielof Howard Graf Fran Gross Raymond Irrera Kenneth Koenig Lorraine Chambers Lewis Bert Lurch Meredith Marshall Carl Mattone Patricia Mezeul Melinda Murray-Nyack Maria Odysseos Stephen Preuss Nash Roe Jeffrey Rosenstock Juan Santiago Thomas Santucci Mark Scheinberg Caryn Schwab Sher Sparano Michelle Stoddart Terri Thomson Henry Wan Mark Weprin Patrick Yu Daniel Zausner
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1st Equity Title & Closing Services A&L Cesspool Services Corp A+ Technology & Security AARP Abrams Fensterman Ads Engineers, DPC AES Allied Risk Management, Inc Amna Construction Corp Andromeda Antun’s of Queens Village APC Specialist LLC ARK Import Export Center, LLC At Your Side Home Care Service Avison Young Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP Balkan Sewer and Water Main Service Barn Truck Rental Barone Management LLC Berkshire HathawayHomeservices Laffey International Realty Blumenfeld Development Group, Ltd.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Adrienne Whaley Queens Underground Black & Brown Film Festivals queensunderground718@gmail.com Kelsey Brow King Manor Museum director@kingmanormuseum.org
BANKING & LAW
Mia Sultana Ball Signature Bank nsultana@signatureny.com Jackie Harounian Wisselman, Harounian & Associates jackie@lawjaw.com
COMMUNICATIONS
Jake Oliver Anat Gerstein jake@anatgerstein.com Henry Ramos Dedline AV henry@dedlineav.com
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
Bert Lurch E Central Medical Management bertl@ecmmgt.com Prabhleen S. Virk Citrin Cooperman pvirk@citrincooperman.com
ENERGY
Marshall Haimson
E-Capital Development marshall@e-capitaldevelopment.com Broadway Stages Brooklyn Tile and Design BRP Companies Bulovas Restorations Inc Capital One Bank Carben Construction Inc. Carter Milchman and Frank Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens Catholic Health CBRE CDS-Mestel Construction Center for Automotive Education and Training Century Development Group Cerini and Associates, LLP. Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP Champion Elevator Corp. Ciampa Organization Cine Magic LIC Studios, LLC Cipico Construction, Inc. Coastal Flooring Solutions Combs & Company Community Care Rx INC Cornell Tech Cornerstone Land Abstract Cort CPower Energy Management Crann Integrated Solutions Crescent Properties, Inc Cross County Mortgage LLC. Crown Castle Crystal Window & Door Systems, Ltd Dedline AV Diehl & Sons Inc. D.b.a New York Freightliner Direct Clean Service Solutions E-J Electric Installation Co. Elite Builders and Management EMCOR NY/NJ EMU Health ENP Environmental, Inc. ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP EW Howell Construction Group First Central Savings Bank Forest Hills Financial Group, Inc.
COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP
Jay Solly Sol Strategies jaypsolly@gmail.com
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION
Bill Staniford Rentigo bill@staniford.com Ryan Letts Cleonmaye Corporation rletts@cleonmaye.com
FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES
Chad Callahan Plaza College cec4@plazacollege.edu Michael Shoule JW Hampton mikes@jwhampton.com
FOOD, BEVERAGE & HOSPITALITY
Jim Quent
Statewide Public Affairs jquent@statewidepublicaffairs.com
Rachel Kellner
Aigner Chocolates rachel@aignerchocolates.com NOT FOR PROFIT
Larry Grubler Transitional Services of NY lgrubler@tsiny.org Christine Deska BellesBoard/Nonprofit Sector Strategies christine@nonprofitsectorstrategies.org
REAL ESTATE
Martin Cottingham Avison Young martin.cottingham@avisonyoung.com Kevin Louie RIPCO klouie@ripcony.com Michael Wang Project Queens michael@projectqueens.com
TECHNOLOGY
Sean C. O’Rourke Combs & Company sorourke@combsandco.com
TRANSPORTATION
Phil Jones LIME philip@li.me
MANUFACTURING
Lina DeLaCruz
Control Electropolishing Corp. lina@controlpublishing.com Gil-Bar Industries, Inc. GOLDEN AGE HOME CARE INC Goodwill Industries NYNJ Graf & Lewent Architects Greater NY Automobiles Dealers Association Grubb Properties HANAC, Inc. HE2PD, Inc. Healthy Corner Pharmacy Heatherwood Communities Himmel + Meringoff Properties Holt Construction Corp HQUS DBA Hydro Quebec Hugh O’Kane Electric Co., Inc. IKEA Queens INDA, Association of Nonwoven Fabric Industry Inggroups Innovo Property Group J Strategies, Inc J.W. Hampton Jr. & Co., Inc. Jamaica Multiplex Cinemas / Showcase Cinemas James E Fitzgerald Janney Montgomery Scott Jason Office Products JGM Construction Development, LLC Kasirer, LLC Kaufman Astoria Studios, Inc. KMN Builders, Inc. Krispy Kreme Lenoblelumber Co Levine Builders Liberty Ashes Inc. Littler Mendelson, P.C. Lyons Mortgage Services, Inc. M&J Commissary Inc. Macerich Madison International Realty MediSys Health Network Mega Contracting Group LLC Mesirow Financial Molloy College Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens Mr. T Carting Corp. NBCUniversal Nelson + Pope New York + Atlantic Railway New York Crystal Cleaning New York Life Insurance Company New York State Energy Coalition, Inc. NOLA CONSTRUCTION INC Nonprofit Sector Strategies, PBC Northwell Go Health Urgent Care NYEEQASC, LLC Omni Funding Corp. of America Onegroup Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates PGA Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Ponce Bank Praxis Public Relations Priority 1 Security LLC ProCleanings Co Prospect Cleaning Service, Inc. QSIDE Federal Credit Union Queens College CUNY Queens Community House R.A.M.S. Mechanical Inc. RBH Restaurant LLC. Red Eye Group LLC Regal Heights REIL Capital Renaissance New York Flushing Hotel At Tangram Ripco Investment Sales Ronald Fatoullah & Associates Rosco Inc. Royal Waste Services Russo’s on the Bay RXR Realty Samaritan Daytop Village Securitech Group, Inc. Signature Bank Silvercup Studios SkyTrac Access Group, LLC SL Green Realty Corp. SourceBlue Spectrum Reach Spoton Squad Security Inc. St. Francis Preparatory School St. John’s Episcopal Hospital St. John’s University Standard Group Starbucks Corporation Stellar Global Trading Inc Structural Engineering Technologies, P.C. Sullivan Engineering LLC SUNation Solar Systems Target The Durst Organization The L Grp The Liquidity Source The Sandhu Group Triumvirate Environmental Tully Environmental Inc. Ultrasound Solutions Corp. United Airlines United Public Adjusters & Appraisers, Inc. Universal Healthcare US Bank Valley National Bank Vassilaros & Sons Coffee Vista LIC Hotel, Best Western Premier Collection VOREA W & M Fire Protection Services Waste Management of New York LLC Watch Guard 24/7 Waymo Webster Bank WellLife Network White Coffee Corp Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C. YMCA of Greater New York / Queens Branches Zara Realty
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take care of pediatric patients,” she shared in an interview. “We wanted to be able to create a dedicated space where all the necessary technology and expertise could come together.“
In the past, services could not be provided every day of the week because of space limitations, and children would be serviced in the same center as adults.
However, there are certain space requirements for examining children that are different from adults. The rooms must be 12 feet, for example. Every type of diagnostic equipment that could be needed to examine a child’s eye can now be found in the center, Shulman explained.
“It’s essentially a one-stop shop depending on what the issue is that we can help them with,” she said.
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in four preschool-aged children have an undiagnosed or untreated vision problem. They recommend that children get regular eye exams to keep their eyes healthy. Common vision problems in children include refractive errors, amblyopia (or ‘lazy eye’) and strabismus (crossed eyes). Any of these issues, as well as simply getting a vision screening for a quick evaluation of a child’s eyes, can be addressed at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
Vision disability is one of the top 10 disabilities among adults 18 and older, the CDC states, and one of the most prevalent conditions among children. Approximately 6.8 percent of children younger than 18 in the United States have a diagnosed eye and vision condition, and nearly three percent of children of that age are blind or visually impaired.
“If their children are having any trouble with their eyes, or if they just want to have their children’s eyes checked, now there is going to be tremendous availability,” Shulman said. “If, heaven forbid, their children do end up having a problem, we will be able to diagnose it and treat it at a very high level.”
According to their website, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center serves a population greater than 1.2 million in Queens and Eastern Brooklyn.
For more information about the center, visit https://jamaicahospital.org.
From left: Bruce J. Flanz – President and CEO of Jamaica Hospital, Dr. Julia Shulman – Ophthalmology Chairperson, Thomas Rudzewick – President & CEO of Maspeth Federal Savings
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