This week has some Latin flair with Cuban cinema, Dominican comedy, Nuyorican Boogaloo, and Salsa Brunch. Extra spice comes from Japanese anime, apple blossoms, windchimes, several literary events, and an homage to the Moulin Rouge. April 5, First Free Friday, 10 am to 5 pm. No admission fee all day and an educator-led introduction to the life and vision of... READ MORE >
Congress Member Tom Suozzi (D-Long Island, Queens) has announced that the FAA has extended the alternative North Shore Helicopter Route for an additional 180 days. In October 2018, the FAA began a six-month test of an alternate route which shifted air traffic away from Whitestone, Bayside, and Northeast Queens and cut helicopter and seaplane traffic by up to 50 percent.... READ MORE >
The pain of seeing Cesme (Tseme) from the shores of Chios remains for families who remember their roots. It is now over 100 years since the first expulsion of a prosperous, upper middle-class Greek population in 1914. Stories of St. Charalambos Cathedral have been handed down from generation to generation. On February 10, 2019, His All Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop... READ MORE >
Welcome to Internet in Bloom for The Layperson column 100. First, my heart-felt thanks goes out to our Queens Gazette staff for keeping the paper going all of these years in a fast-paced, ever changing, modern society with everything from flying drones to Artificial Intelligence and even automated Tractor-Trailers. Our Editor-in-Chief, Tony Barsamian, is largely responsible for the demographic focus... READ MORE >
The latest meeting of the Justice for All Coalition, held on March 25 at the Jacob A. Riis Center in Queensbridge Houses, was an occasion to go over the last meeting, held about three weeks earlier at Riis, when Lynne Patton of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development addressed an audience of New York City Housing Authority, or... READ MORE >
At the March meeting of the 108th Police Precinct Community Council, Commander Captain Michael Gibbs said there had been an uptick in robberies in the latest 28-day period, which ended two days earlier, and the number increased by five. Fortunately, burglaries, which not long ago had been occurring with mounting frequency, have declined almost by half and auto theft is... READ MORE >
The pain of seeing Cesme (Tseme) from the shores of Chios remains for families who remember their roots. It is now over 100 years since the first expulsion of a prosperous, upper middle-class Greek population in 1914. Stories of St. Charalambos Cathedral have been handed down from generation to generation. UNFORGETABLE, never to be forgotten. On February 10th, 2019, His... READ MORE >
On March 21, in honor of Women’s History Month, Assembly Member Mike Miller presented his annual New York State Assembly Women of Distinction Awards. “This past year, we saw a record-breaking number of women running for office. It’s been nearly 100 years since women won the right to vote. The women we are celebrating this year have made a difference... READ MORE >
Assembly Member David I. Weprin joined members of the American Pakistani Advocacy Group (APAG) to announce the unanimous adoption of Assembly Resolution 201 proclaiming March 23rd, 2019 as Pakistan Day in the state of New York. Weprin’s resolution recognizes the cultural diversity and strength of the nearly 200,000 Pakistani Americans in New York City. A national holiday in Pakistan, Pakistan... READ MORE >
On March 18, Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) met with United Federation of Teachers (UFT) representatives during their annual lobby day in Albany.... READ MORE >
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