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Queens Hospital pairs chair yoga with fresh produce
The completed Move & Nourish gathering brought nutrition demonstrations and clinical staff into the hospital's atrium.
Neighbors, patients, visitors and staff joined a wellness event at Queens Hospital, where activities ranged from gentle movement to food demonstrations.
Move & Nourish included chair yoga led by Dr. Leia Stathakos, who directs the Weight Management and Healthy Lifestyles Program. Rethink Food worked with clinical nutritionist Alla Brayer on food demonstrations and bags of fresh produce.
The Queens Cancer Center cohosted the outreach program in the Atrium Lobby. Clinicians circulated among attendees to answer questions.
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens Empowers Community Through Move & Nourish Cancer Prevention Event ↗Source published October 30, 2026
Hillside Avenue proposal would add 173 homes in Jamaica
The filing names Mural Real Estate Partners and Curtis+Ginsberg Architects; a completion date has not been announced.
Plans call for a 14-story building at 161-05 Hillside Avenue, combining apartments with commercial space.
The proposed structure would rise 144 feet and contain 173 residences. Its design allocates about 116,062 square feet to housing and 9,422 square feet to commercial uses, with a cellar and rear yard also included.
Sandi Silk of Mural Real Estate Partners submitted the applications, which name Curtis+Ginsberg Architects as architect of record. Demolition permits had not yet been filed for the existing structure, and no estimated completion date was announced.
- Permits filed for mixed-use building with 173 residential units in Jamaica ↗Source published Oct 30, 2026, 10:35 AM EDT
