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Long Island City Business Improvement District holds annual meeting October 11

Shown (from left) are: David Brause, Gary Kesner, Elizabeth Lusskin, Councilman Jimmy Van Brammer,
Gianna Cerbone-Teoli, Dr. Angelo Ippolito, Paula Kirby and Gretchen Werwaiss. 

Queens, NY The Long Island City (LIC) Business Improvement District’s (BID) Annual Meeting was held the evening of October 11 at MoMA PS1. 

This BID honored NYC council majority leader Jimmy Van Bramer; BID-expansion steering-committee co-chairs Gianna Cerbone-Teoli, Dr. Angelo Ippolito and Paula Kirby; and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Queens borough commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski for their efforts on behalf of the community. NYC comptroller Scott Stringer, who presented a commendation to the BID. 

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