Speaker Adams celebrates $7.5M Council investment in new Variety Boys and Girls Club facility in Astoria

Variety Boys and Girls Club CEO Costa Constantinides, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (right), Council Member Tiffany Cabán (center left) and Astoria Houses Resident Association President Vanessa Jones-Hall (left) celebrate NYC Council’s long-standing partnership with VBGCQ. Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit.

June 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams joined community leaders in Astoria this week to reaffirm the City Council’s support for the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens (VBGCQ), as the organization prepares to break ground on a new state-of-the-art clubhouse this December.