STATEMENT FROM KATZ ON EL PASO AND DAYTON: Melinda Katz issued the following statement on the previous weekend’s shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio: “Yesterday’s attacks in Dayton and El Paso are heart-wrenching. My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones, and I am so grateful to the first responders whose bravery saved lives in both […]
Ocasio-Cortez Visits Queens Community House’s LGBTQ Senior Center
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the US Representative for New York’s 14th Congressional District, paid a visit to members at Queens Community House’s (QCH) LGBTQ Senior Center, the Queens Center for Gay Seniors (QCGS), on July 29. Center members welcomed the congresswoman, more widely known as “AOC,” with a standing ovation as she was greeted by QCH Executive Director Ben Thomases and QCGS […]
Weprin, Advocates Inform Community About Child Victims Act
Assemblyman David I. Weprin was joined by Jeffrey Dion, CEO of the Zero Abuse Project; Joelle Casteix, Zero Abuse Project board member and child sex abuse survivor; and Alison Andrews, chief of the Child Abuse Unit at Queens district attorney’s office, at the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens to discuss the Child Victims Act (CVA). Dozens of residents […]
Van Bramer Calls For Protected Bike Lanes
On July 31, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Transportation Alternatives, and Bike New York called upon the NYC Department of Transportation to implement a comprehensive protected bike lane network for Long Island City. The proposed neighborhood network of protected bike lanes would be the first of its kind in all of New York City. This proposal comes in the wake of […]
Support Your Local Police – And Neighborhood
The annual National Night Out Against Crime is a time to celebrate the work of the NYPD. In these trying times it is important for the police to have our support, and they are certainly willing to partner with us for the common purpose of making – and keeping – our communities safe and peaceful places to live. Everyone wants […]
Letters to the Editor
Dems Debate Farce To The Editor: The Democratic debates were a farce, particularly the one with Joe Biden. The progressives may believe in what they are peddling, but reality defines them as visitors to Oz. Sanders and Warren may believe they can pass Medicare for All but no president can compel a reluctant Congress to pass what constituents oppose. Americans […]
Queens Chamber Of Commerce Gets An Upgrade
The Bulova Corporate Center has been home to the Queens Chamber of Commerce for nearly 25 years, and on August 9 the agency will be relocating within the same building to new, larger quarters. “Due to our incredible growth over the past few years, the expansion of our programs and further push into a number of new communities in Queens […]
Jazz In The Sky At Flushing House Rooftop
United Adult Ministries presents Jazz In The Sky Friday, September 13, 7 pm – 11 pm at the Flushing House Rooftop, 38-20 Bowne St. in Flushing. The event features Live Music, an Art Exhibition, Dinner, Cocktails, Valet, and Raffles. Tickets are on sale now at at uam.ejoinme.org/jazz19 or call 347-532-3014.
Mets Community Insider: Tru32
The Mets and pitcher Steven Matz hosted 60 members of the NYPD as part of the Tru32 program. Tru32, presented by Secure Watch 24, is Steven’s way of saying thank you to the true heroes of New York City, the first responders of the FDNY, NYPD and the military. The event was in remembrance of the late NYPD Detective Brian […]
August Events At Astoria Bookshop
August is here and Astoria Bookshop is finishing up the summer with a fantastic slate of events. Visit them this month, as they are hosting children’s authors and illustrators at storytime, a dark fantasy novel, legendary women in comedy, a discussion of violence against women, a gender war at a New England prep school, the first-ever Bookstore Romance Day, and […]