On April 4, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer joined numerous community and elected officials to cut the ribbon for Jet Blue’s new headquarters in the Brewster Building in Long Island City.
In this photo, Van Bramer is joined with Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, State Senator Michael Gianaris, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Patrick Foye, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, James Hnat, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Jet Blue, and Dave Barger, CEO of Jet Blue.
Elected officials, including Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, joined jetBlue officials, Wednesday, April 4th, to officially open the airline’s new offices in the historic Brewster Building on Queens Plaza North in Long Island City. In 2010, jetBlue decided to relocate its offices in Forest Hills and its 900 employees to Long Island City, and its former Darien, Connecticut office and its 70 employees. Among those on hand for Wednesday’s opening were (L-R, starting second from left): City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, jetBlue CEO Dave Barger, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, Marshall and State Senator Mike Gianaris.
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Seen here are Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and State Senator Michael Gianaris celebrating the opening of JetBlue’s new Long Island City HQ.
