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What to read on vacation in the summer
Jun 24, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 683 683 recommendations | email to a friend
Whether you go to the beach, hike in the woods or take a city trip, you always have a few minutes to spare. So why not spend them for good? We've chosen the 7 best books for you to read on vacation...
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Jun 22, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 55 55 recommendations | email to a friend
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“THE SECRET PRICE OF HISTORY, Searching For The Treasure Behind Alexander’s Medallion”
Apr 29, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 3320 3320 recommendations | email to a friend
  Review by Tiziano Thomas Dossena Reading “THE SECRET PRICE OF HISTORY, Searching for the Treasure behind Alexander’s Medallion” was a thrill for me in many ways. The book is a complex one, in the...

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Ikhwan Rim, Union Street Small Business Association
Last year, businesses along Union Street in Flushing faced a crisis when they received steep fines for awning violations, forcing some shops to go out of business. Thanks to the passage of the Awni...
Jul 01, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cristian Orellana, Worker of the Month
Building Skills New York has named Cristian Orellana as its June Worker of the Month. The nonprofit organization, which provides underserved New Yorkers with good paying jobs, connected with Orella...
Jun 24, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dr. Jake Deutsch, Cure Urgent Care
Dr. Jake Deutsch, a board-certified emergency medicine physician, experienced firsthand what it was like to battle COVID-19. Deutsch, who six years ago founded Cure Urgent Care, a boutique walk-in ...
Jun 17, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mike Budabin, CB11 Chair
Mike Budabin first joined Community Board 11 in April 2017. He started attending monthly meetings because they seemed like the place where local issues were always discussed. “I thought, ‘this was ...
Jun 10, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 73 73 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ed Heck, Pop Artist
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brooklyn-based pop artist Ed Heck has used his talents to help hospitals, frontline workers and patients stay safe. Heck has been working with the New Jersey-based man...
Jun 02, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 104 104 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ling Tang, Teaching Artist
Ling Tang, a New York City-based dancer, educator and arts manager, has been teaching at Flushing Town Hall since 2013. In addition to offering Chinese dance and cultural workshops, Tang teaches af...
May 27, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 153 153 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chris Davis, NYC Parks
As the chief of recreation for Queens parks, Chris Davis’s role pre-coronavirus was to manage all of the borough’s recreation centers and programming. In a typically busy season, recreation centers...
May 20, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 189 189 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dr. Richard Liebowitz, St. George’s University
Dr. Richard Liebowitz is no stranger to Brooklyn. Growing up in the borough in the 1950s, he saw it evolve from “the lesser” sibling of the other boroughs into what it is today: a diverse place ful...
May 13, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 199 199 recommendations | email to a friend
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Iggy Terranova, State Senate Candidate
After spending 20 years at the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), Iggy Terranova is making a bid for the State Senate. Terranova, who last served as a citywide community affairs officer before recent...
May 06, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 231 231 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chris Carlsen, Iron Lion Performance
Five years ago, Astoria native Chris Carlsen opened a gym in the neighborhood called Iron Lion Performance. The facility offers individualized training to members to meet their fitness needs. With ...
Apr 27, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 272 272 recommendations | email to a friend
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Memory project documents life at pandemic’s epicenter
As New York navigates an unprecedented and disorienting juncture in time, a local community archiving program is creating a time capsule of the moment from the perspective of the county hardest hit...
Apr 26, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 300 300 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dmytro Fedkowskyj, CB5/CEC24 Member
Earlier this month, community leader Dmytro Fedkowskyj endured a health scare after contracting COVID-19 and landing in the emergency room. Fedkowskyj, a member of Community Board 5, Community Educ...
Apr 22, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 281 281 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rafael Espinal, Freelancers Union
When Rafael Espinal began his tenure as the executive director of the Freelancers Union in March, he saw the role as a great opportunity to continue the advocacy work he did as a member of the City...
Apr 15, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 306 306 recommendations | email to a friend
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Elizabeth Satterlee Ersenkal, Immigrant Families Together
When President Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy was instituted, millions of activists across the country mobilized to push back. Astoria resident Elizabeth Satterlee Ersenkal was one of th...
Apr 08, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 333 333 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jonathan Forgash, Astoria Together
Four years ago, Astoria resident Jonathan Forgash teamed up with local foodies Joe DiStefano and Gabe Gross to start Queens Dinner Club. Their curated events showcased the diverse food scene in Que...
Apr 01, 2020 | 0 0 comments | 356 356 recommendations | email to a friend
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