Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) honored Barbara Bell with a NYS Assembly Citation for her work in combating the substance abuse epidemic in our community. Bell is a graduate of a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate training program through the NYC Department of Small Business Services. Bell, a former drug addict, utilizes her own personal experiences to help those […]
Pheffer Amato Speaks at Emunah of America Membership Tea
Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Far Rockaway) spoke on November 20 to attendees of the Emunah of America Esther Phillips Chapter Membership Tea which was held at Congregation Kneseth Israel (the White Shul). Pheffer Amato discussed the past year’s legislative session, as well as general safety tips for senior citizens, and changes within the local United States Postal Service. “Emunah […]
Pheffer Amato visits MS 210 Scholar Students
Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Ozone Park) visited M.S. 210 and met with a group of students chosen to participate in a mock legislative session in Albany. Out of the 16 schools and 160 students to participate in the program, M.S. 210 was the only NYC Department of Education school to be selected. Four of the six bills presented by […]
Addabbo Visits A Community Options Home In Queens
New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. visited a Community Options home in Ridgewood on Friday, November 17. Addabbo, who is the Democratic leader of the 15th Senate District, spent time with Dawn, who resides in a one-bedroom apartment with her son, and has been receiving services from Community Options since 2005. Dawn receives services five days per week, […]
Resorts World Casino Collects $4,000 To Fight Breast Cancer
In the spirit of National Giving Tuesday, Resorts World Casino New York City (RWCNYC) announced that it has raised a total of $4,000 for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, celebrating cancer survivors and raising awareness and money to help the American Cancer Society save lives.To kick off this year’s walk, the American Cancer Society’s Queens […]
Queens Metro HS Students Serve 1,350 Thanksgiving Meals
The Queens Metropolitan High School Helping Hands Club visited the Xavier Mission Soup Kitchen for their first club mission outing on November 26. Xavier is the city’s largest soup kitchen, so at each meal served at Xavier, there are very many hungry homeless people that come in and look forward to a hot and hearty meal. About 11 students of various […]
Doctor Simon Zysman : A Pioneer In The Fight Against Heroin And Opioid Addiction
“Drug dealers are no longer the primary source of heroin and opioids. The main source is now some physicians, who, while possessing good intentions, overprescribe the painkillers which have been the major cause of this national heroin and opioid epidemic”, Dr. Simon Zysman, one of the nation’s most prominent and well known clinical psychologists in the treatment of the addiction […]
The Russian Revolution Still Echoes 100 Years Later In Queens
This month marks the centennial of the Russian Revolution. One of the greatest events of the 20th Century, the revolution overthrew Russia’s monarchy, the Romanovs, who had been the perennial power in Russia for 305 years.In the time span of just six months, Czar Nicholas Romanov II and his Queen, the German born Alexandra had been overthrown by the country’s […]
Sunnyside Chamber Holds Special Meeting On Real Estate
Just before Thanksgiving, the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce held a real estate meeting at Queen of Angels Parish Hall, Skillman Avenue at 44th Street. There, a five-member panel talked about the effect of dealing with local real estate brokers or big-name ones; buying your own living quarters or renting; co-operatives versus condominiums; the possible effect of pending tax legislation; landmarking […]
Drawings Of Hell Gate Bridge Construction Unearthed For Centennial Celebration
Historic Prints Housed At The Library Of CongressAs we come to a close on the centennial celebration of the Hell Gate Bridge, the Gazette explores the drawings of a noted illustrator who actually sketched the Hell Gate during its construction from a vantage point in Astoria Park. American artist, printmaker, illustrator and author Joseph Pennell’s several drawings of the bridge during construction are in the collection of […]