This press release from Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer from November 17 details the candlelight vigil held for slain Woodside resident Lou Rispoli, murdered in Sunnyside on October 20. On Saturday, November 17th, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and more than 500 local residents from Sunnyside and Woodside, community leaders, representatives from the New York [...]
Next week the city will celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which for many marked the beginning of the gay rights movement and the birth of one of the 20th century’s most formative social struggles. But what many may not know is this week marks the 43rd anniversary of a smaller gay rights [...]
Thousands marched in silence down Fifth Avenue on Father’s Day to protest the New York Police Department’s controversial “Stop & Frisk” program—a policing tactic critics say unfairly singles out young black and Latino men. As DNAinfo reported, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg recently defended “Stop & Frisk” to parishioners in Brownsville, Brooklyn on June 10. “There are some who [...]
Queens showed its rainbow solidarity on Thursday by starting off Pride Month with the second-annual pre-pride kickoff party at Studio Square in Long Island City. The LGBT parade, slated for Sunday, will celebrate its twentieth anniversary. The event was organized by Queens Pride, an organization which, according to its website, aims to promote awareness and [...]
