CBS New York's Elle McLogan spoke with 90-year-old Sylvia Hack about her decades of service to her neighborhood.
NEW YORK - A Kew Gardens local is being honored for serving 50 years on her community board.CBS New York's Elle McLogan spoke with Sylvia Hack about her decades of service to her neighborhood.90-year-old New Yorker celebrated for helping Queens communityThis year marks a milestone for Kew Gardens resident Sylvia Hack â she has served on Community Board 9 for half a century.
She remembers early days on the board, when members held meetings in their homes.'In 1974, we had nothing. Just a lot of people who cared about their community and had the ability to try to do something, and that's what we did,' she said. Colleagues and friends admire her encyclopedic knowledge, attention to detail and fierce determination.'She always likes to say, 'We need to make noise. We need to make intelligent noise,'' fellow board member Daniel Chu said.
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