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EL DIARIO NY
October 15, 2025: Registration is open for LaGuardia Community College’s fourth annual Community Run on Oct. 19. The event will help provide fresh produce for CUNY students and residents of communities near LaGuardia. (Article in Spanish)
NOTICIA NY
October 9, 2025: LaGuardia Community College was the venue for a recent announcement from NYC’s Department of Transportation. The 29th Street Plaza, part of the LaGuardia Community Greenway initiative, is a vibrant public space featuring tables, chairs, bike racks and a mural by a LaGuardia student. (Article in Spanish.) (Also in TIME OUT.)
TIME OUT NEW YORK
October 9, 2025: The NYC Department of Transportation marked the kickoff of its annual Trick-or-Streets initiative on the brand-new 29th Street Plaza outside LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City—a 17,000-square-foot pedestrian space complete with tables, bike corrals and one of the largest asphalt murals in the city, designed by LaGuardia fine arts student Fernanda Contreras.
DIARIO DOMINICANO
October 8, 2025: LaGuardia Community College was the venue that NYC transportation officials used to announce the fourth consecutive year of “Trick-or-Streets.” Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez spoke at the opening of a new pedestrian plaza at LaGuardia that provides 17,390 square feet of new pedestrian space in Long Island City, Queens. (Article in Spanish.)
Campus Updates
For Press Information:
- Elizabeth Streich
office: (718) 482-6131
cell: (347) 229-8674
estreich@lagcc.cuny.edu - Manuel (Manny) L. Romero, Ed.D.
office: (718) 482-5061
cell: (480) 235-3366
mlromero@lagcc.cuny.edu