Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder celebrated St. Patrick’s Day this year with The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Mairtin O’Muilleoir, at the American-Irish Legislators Society St. Patrick’s Dinner in Albany.

On March 16 Assemblymember Mike Miller joined the Allied Union Club of Queens Local Union No. 3 IBEW at their Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party Honoring Marty Glennon. The celebration took place at the Electric Industry Center Auditorium at 67-35 Parsons Blvd. in Flushing. Miller addressed the audience in attendance at the celebration.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz met Tuesday, March 11, with Principal Beth Hert (l.), staff member Lucy Cerezo-Scully (r.) and six members of the student council of the Corona Arts & Sciences Academy, a new public middle school that opened in September. Hert briefed Katz on how her school has incorporated arts and science education into its curriculum, while her […]

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz spoke at the Women’s History Month Award Ceremony held by Elmhurst Hospital Center on March 13. Katz discussed the great professional successes women have achieved, but stressed there is still a long way to go in terms of women gaining pay equity. She also presented awards to 13 outstanding women and received a Certificate of […]

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) honored women principals of private and public schools across her district.Twenty-three Women of Distinction were celebrated for their leadership and service to the community.“In today’s world, where women are discriminated against in the workforce and are rarely represented in positions of power, it is important to recognize those that […]

On March 14, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer attended the Council of Presidents’ citywide Candle Lighting Ceremony at the Queensbridge Houses. The event brought together the presidents of every tenants and residents association for New York City Housing Authority’s developments in the borough to celebrate the installation of officers of the Queens District Executive Board. In […]

In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, the Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA Today High School Sports, announced they have chosen Sierra Calhoun of Christ the King H.S. as its 2013-14 Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Calhoun is the seventh Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year to […]

On March 14, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, state Senator Michael Gianaris, and representatives from Assemblymember Cathy Nolan’s office, Community Board 1, Transportation Alternatives, Dutch Kills Civic Association and Make Queens Safer called for the public’s assistance in tracking down the driver in a hit and run incident that left a 64 year old man dead.According […]

On March 11 Assemblymember Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) hosted the Bangladeshi American Advocacy Group (BAAG) for Bengali Advocacy Day at the Capitol Building in Albany. A resolution recognizing BAAG for their years of advocacy and hard work in support of Bengali–Americans across New York state was presented by Miller. Further, BAAG was formally introduced during a session on the Assembly floor […]

Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) led a massive Independence Rally at Four Freedoms Park, which was attended by many Ukrainian New Yorkers and organizations. The Ukrainian community joined Maloney on the eve of the March 16 referendum and called for the cancellation of the vote to join the Russian Federation, and for Russian forces to leave Crimea.Maloney and the demonstrators […]