Event SUNDAY: Maloney Report to Detail Crippling Losses to Blacked-Out Queens Businesses

PRESS ADVISORY                          Contact: Joe Soldevere, (646) 831-1649

For Planning Purposes Only

Event Sunday, July 30th at 12:00pm

Rep. Maloney to Release Report

Detailing Devastating Losses

for Blacked-Out Queens Businesses

and Inadequate Help from Con Ed

-Business Owners Will Join Maloney in Demanding Aid from Federal, State Governments

and Fair Compensation from Con Ed-

WHAT:   Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) will release a report outlining the crippling losses business owners are facing as a result of the power outage in western Queens.  Some businesses have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars while Con Ed is only offering $7,000 in compensation.

WHO:            Congresswoman Maloney and the owners and managers of Titan Foods ($200,000+ in losses), Cold Stone Creamery (threatened with closure), Ellopia Press and other businesses TBA.  Jeannine Chanes, General Counsel of From the Ground Up, will talk about the extent to which businesses can claim coverage for losses due to the blackout.

WHEN:   Noon on Sunday, July 30, 2006

WHERE:  Outside of Titan Foods

                25-56 31st Street (at Astoria Blvd.)

                Queens, NY

Joe Soldevere

Press Secretary

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14)

Office:  (212) 860-0606

Mobile: (646) 831-1649