Greg Lasak Launches Campaign For Queens County District Attorney



In a launch video entitled, “Unequaled,” Greg Lasak announced on October 9 his campaign to be the next Queens County District Attorney. The video cited his experience as a prosecutor and judge and highlighted Lasak’s work to overturn wrongful convictions during his time in the office. “I grew up in Queens and raised my family here. I led the district […]

Gazette Calendar Of Events



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Real Men Wear Pink



Queens teen becomes youngest member of American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink campaign for breast cancer awareness.Ashtin Reich is just 15 years old and a sophomore at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, but he has stepped up as a volunteer leader with the American Cancer Society and the fight against breast cancer. Ashtin has joined the Real Men Wear […]

It’s In Queens! (Oct. 18 to Oct. 24)



In one word: eclectic. In many words: poetry, birds, comedy, drama, Andean music, Frank Sinatra, fall festivals, climate, and Ugly Duckling. In a sentence: there’s a lot going on in Queens this week.Oct. 18, The Public and Private Deaths of Carol O’Grady, Oct. 20. In this solo piece, the title character is found brutally murdered in her home on Christmas […]