[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOODHAVEN RESIDENTS' 
                           BLOCK ASSOCIATION

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 26, 1996

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join all New Yorkers in 
celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Woodhaven Residents' Block 
Association, the Guardian of the Woodhaven Community. I believe this 
association's dedication to making the community a safer place to live 
deserves considerable recognition.
  Throughout the years, this organization has worked tirelessly in 
conjunction with the police captain and officers in the 102d precinct, 
and in the successful campaign to reopen the local firehouse, engine 
company 294.
  In addition, the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association has also 
formed the Woodhaven Resident's Security Patrol that patrol our 
streets, and have been supportive through the years to the Greater 
Woodhaven Development Corp., the Woodhaven Richmond Hill, Kew Gardens 
Ambulance Corps, the 102d precinct auxiliary police and the new 
Woodhaven Business Improvement District.
  Those living in the Woodhaven community have come to understand the 
importance of the block association. I urge all my colleagues and 
fellow residents of Brooklyn to congratulate the Woodhaven Residents' 
Block Association for 25 years of service to the community and wish 
them continued success in the future.

                          ____________________