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Nothing is more important to me than the quality of life in my district, and I am proud of the work I have done to improve infrastructure, preserve historic neighborhoods, fight for better zoning and create schools in my district. Whether working to create an academically rigorous public high school on the Upper East Side, seeking to restore the crumbling Queens seawall or fighting for a full build Second Avenue Subway, my first priority has always been to make my district a better place to live.

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Oct 1, 2002 Press Release
WASHINGTON: New York's Second Avenue subway got a major boost today as the House Appropriations Committee included $4 million for the project in its fiscal year 2003 transportation bill. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY), the prime advocate for the project in the House, called the action "a key victory for a project that will boost New York's economy and revitalize lower-Manhattan."
Aug 22, 2002 Press Release
Today elected officials, education officials and community leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the ground-breaking for the new Eleanor Roosevelt High School on Manhattan's East Side. Leading the celebration were Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields who created the Task Force for an East Side High School that brought all the parties together to work toward the creation of the new high school, set to open September 3, 2002 at a temporary location.

Jun 28, 2002 Press Release

New York - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) expressed guarded approval for the New York City Economic Development Corporation's (EDC) decision to sell 2 Columbus Circle to the American Craft Museum and expressed the hope that changes to the facade would be minimal in a letter to the American Craft Museum.

Jun 27, 2002 Press Release

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney organized a letter signed by twenty-eight members of the New York delegation in the House asking Chairman Harold Rogers and Ranking Member Martin Olav Sabo of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation to provide federal funding for the Second Avenue Subway in the FY2003 transportation appropriations bill. This unprecedented support for the Second Avenue Subway comes from every member of the New York delegation other than three Appropriations Committee members who generally do not join requests for specific appropriations.

Jun 11, 2002 Press Release

NEW YORK: The U.S. Department of Transportation will release federal funds to the MTA this week for the long-awaited Second Avenue subway and for the extension of the Long Island Railroad into Grand Central Station - a project known as "East Side Access" - according to Transportation Department documents released today.

Jun 10, 2002 Press Release

New York, N. Y. - Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, (D-Manhattan, Queens) received the National Legislative Leadership Award from the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, this Sunday, June 9, 2002, at their Twenty-Sixth Annual Legislative Breakfast: "The Challenges of Transition and Change."

Jun 6, 2002 Press Release
NEW YORK -- East Side parents are eagerly anticipating the opening of a new academically rigorous high school on the East Side of Manhattan. The new school, which will be known as the Eleanor Roosevelt High School, is slated to open its doors to students in September 2002 in a temporary location. The school is expected to move to its permanent location the following year. Parents and Elected Officials received an update on the new school from the Board of Education last Friday at a meeting of the Task Force for an East Side High School.
May 24, 2002 Press Release

NEW YORK: Last night at a public hearing held by the Lower-Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) highlighted the glaring absence of the Second Avenue subway in a preliminary proposal for the future of lower-Manhattan.

Apr 12, 2002 Press Release

NEW YORK: Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY) - a leading voice for the transfer of Governors Island from federal to regional control - advanced talks about the use of the island by detailing several glaring concerns that need to be addressed as the island's transfer moves forward. Maloney's statement from today follows:

Apr 1, 2002 Press Release

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), a long champion for for the cause of returning historic Governors Island to New York from the control of the Federal government today expressed her enthusiasm at the news that the White House has agreed to indeed return the island.

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