Month: March 2022

Instead of listening to candidates and elected officials, our March 30th club meeting listened to YOU!  Members, non-members and the general public were invited to speak. AGENDA started at 7:35 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Reading of club's Mission Statement (Jim) 3. Roll call of officers and board members (Vic) 4. Reading of the February 23rd minutes (Sean) 5. Report of the Correspondence Secretary (Brenda) 6. Report of the Financial Secretary (Carol) 7. Old Business (1) NYS Redistricting - April 4, 2022 60-day ruling deadline (2) NYC's Foreign Citizen Voting law - April 13, 2022 court date 8. New Business - Open Mic Speakers Speakers: 2• Jeff Gottlieb 4• Phil McManus 7• Diane Sare 8• Amit Lal 9• Anthony Cibelli 10• Tzlil Levy 11• Jim Strawhorn 12• Arik Tomaszews...

by Gregory Bresiger This article was written some two years ago by a former Kew Gardens resident, who left New York because increasing crime on the subways frightened his family. Our beloved Forest Park, which is just outside my home on Metropolitan Avenue in Kew Gardens, is a park with a remarkable history. It goes from central Queens, where I live, several miles to the Brooklyn/Queens border. This gorgeous woodland, which turned 126 this summer, has a long and storied history.  The park was the dream of the city of Brooklyn officials who wanted to provide relief to their overstressed big city residents, but they were not New Yorkers. The park was planned by people in a long-gone city, the city of Brooklyn. They’re forgotten, but the gift they gave us continues and should never be forg...