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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz presents the Only in Queens Summer Festival in partnership with New York City Parks Department, City Parks Foundation and SummerStage

This free festival begins at 2:00 pm with local musicians performing on the community stage, a scavenger hunt and tours of the New York State Pavilion. Roxanne Shanté, DJ Marley Marl, Main Source, Chloe x Halle and funk music legend George Clinton Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic will take over the main stage at 5:00 pm. This year […]

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“THE WORLD’S BOROUGH” GETS NEW ROAD SIGNS WELCOMING DRIVERS TO QUEENS

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Dalila Hall, the Queens Borough Commissioner of the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT), unveiled new “Welcome to Queens” signs recently installed along major thoroughfares entering the Borough of Queens, “The World’s Borough.” Each of the new signs bears the slogan “The World’s Borough,” a phrase coined by Borough President […]

THE WORLD’S FAIR ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE, LED BY BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ AND ASSEMBLY WOMAN MARKEY, AND NYC PARKS ANNOUNCE THE CLOSING CELEBRATION OF THIS YEAR’S WORLD’S FAIR ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

A six-month series of events to commemorate the World’s Fair anniversaries organized by the World’s Fair Anniversary Committee and NYC Parks will end with a concluding celebration on Sunday, October 19, that will feature a special free event: A World’s Fair Scavenger Hunt throughout Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The daylong October 19 celebration will kick-off […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ APPOINTS EARL G. SIMONS TO QUEENS LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is pleased to announce her appointment of Earl G. Simons to the Board of Trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library.  Mr. Simons is the Director of Government and Community Relations at York College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Mr. Simons is a member of the senior […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ TO HOST BUSINESS FORUMS FOR MILITARY VETERANS

On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will host the first in a series of Veterans Business Forum sessions that will be held at Queens Borough Hall. The sessions are sponsored by the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) in an effort to help our nation’s military veterans succeed in the business world. […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ APPOINTS ROBERT SANTOS TO QUEENS LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is pleased to announce her appointment of Robert Santos to the Board of Trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library.  Mr. Santos is the Vice President for Campus Planning and Facilities Management at City College of New York, overseeing all phases of facilities planning and capital projects on the CCNY […]

July 13 Movies in the Park

Movies in the Park celebrates the 1939 World’s Fair. The NYC Parks Department offers a free outdoor showing of the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz at the 111th Street Lawn area (between carousel and Playground for All Children) from 7 pm to 10 pm.

July 18 to 20 and July 25 to 27 World’s Fair Festivals

World’s Fair Festivals, 10 original, 10-minute plays inspired by the 1939 and 1964 World Fairs. Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave S, Queens, NY 11368. Queens Theatre has commissioned world-class playwrights Todd Almond, Deen, Kristopher Diaz, Craig Lucas, Wendy MacLeod, Harrison Rivers, Caridad Svich; multi-disciplinary composer and playwright Todd Almond; hot young artists Lauren Yee and […]

July 19 World’s Fair Brew Fest

World’s Fair Brew Fest, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-34 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355. Participants will sample beer and food from around the globe and enjoy music and craft vendors. Two tasting sessions: noon to 3 pm; and 4 pm to 7pm. Tickets required, must be 21 and over.

July Photo exhibit

Photo exhibit, Holiday Inn Long Island City/Manhattan View. 39-05 29th St, Long Island City, NY 11101.

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ THANKS THE MAYOR, THE SPEAKER AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS TO BEGIN THE RESTORATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE PAVILION

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today commended Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the members of the City Council for agreeing to include more than $4.8 million for the restoration of the New York State Pavilion in the Capital Budget the City Council approved early this morning.     The funding from […]

QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT MELINDA KATZ IS GREATLY DISAPPOINTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2015 EXPENSE BUDGET ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL EARLY THIS MORNING DOES NOT INCLUDING FUNDING THAT FOR A PERMANENT ROCKAWAY FERRY SERVICE.

“The temporary Rockaway ferry now in operation has been a great boon for Rockaways residents seeking an easy commute to other parts of the City and for people from other parts of the City seeking to get to Rockaway Beach and its attractions,” Borough President Katz said. “In the short time since it was established […]

MEDIA ADVISORY: BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ TO SWEAR IN 54 NEW COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will swear in 54 newly appointed community board members during a ceremony to be held tomorrow (Thursday, June 12th), at 6 p.m. in the New York Hall of Science located at 47-01 111th Street in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.      The 54 members were appointed by Katz to serve two-year […]

Saturday, August 2

Bringing the World to the Fair: The Port Authority’s Role — Trade, Travel and Tourism in Queens, the Region and the World, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-34 Main St., Flushing, NY 11355. The Port Authority of NY & NJ’s multi-media exhibit will be on view in the auditorium lobby through November 1, Tuesday through Sunday, 8 […]

QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ALLOCATES $1.1 MILLION TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BOROUGH’S COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today announced the allocation of more than one million dollars in capital funds to pay for streetscape improvements along commercial corridors in several Queens neighborhoods.      The improvements are intended to enhance and revitalize commercial shopping districts in order to promote business development and investment in those areas and to […]

Wednesday, August 20

Movies in the Parks celebrates the 1964 World’s Fair. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The NYC Parks Department hosts a free outdoor showing of the 1964 classic Mary Poppins at 111th Street Lawn area (between carousel and Playground for All Children) from 7 pm to 10pm.

Saturday – Sunday, September 20-21

New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St, Corona, NY 11368. The World Maker Faire returns to the New York Hall of Science for its fifth year, featuring more than 600 makers, inventors, artists and thinkers celebrating do-it-yourself creativity, innovation, and community.

Sunday, September 28

World’s Fair Lecture by Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky, Executive Director of the New Haven Museum, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355, 2 pm, free with Queens Botanical Garden Admission.

Sunday, October 5

That Kodak Moment: Picturing the Fairs in 1939-40 and 1964-65, Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing, NY 11368. From Weegee to Margaret Bourke-White, professional photographers have long been entranced with the spectacle and allure of world’s fairs and expositions. The Eastman Kodak pavilion figured prominently in both fairs, making the science of picture-taking accessible […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ CO-HOSTS SUCCESSFUL WORLD’S FAIR ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, co-chair of the World’s Fair Anniversary Committee, helped preside over the well-attended World’s Fair Anniversary Festival held Sunday, May 18, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.        The free all-day event was held to commemorate the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the 1964 and 1939 World’s Fairs, which were held […]

QUEENS CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1964 WORLD’S FAIR WITH TOURS OF THE NEW YORK STATE PAVILION, AS IT IS DESIGNATED A “NATIONAL TREASURE”

Approximately 2,500 people visit Pavilion during celebration NYC Parks’ Queens Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski today joined Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey and National Trust for Historic Preservation board member Paul Goldberger to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1964-65 World’s Fair and announce that Flushing Meadows Corona Park’s New […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ TO HOST TAX LIEN ASSISTANCE SESSION AT BOROUGH HALL

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today announced she will be hosting a tax lien assistance session at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday, April 9, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. to help property owners whose real estate properties are potentially subject to lien sales due to unpaid property taxes and other charges.      The City’s […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MELINDA KATZ, ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARGARET MARKEY AND THE WORLD’S FAIR ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCE SLATE OF EVENTS MARKING ANNIVERSARIES OF 1939 AND 1964 WORLD’S FAIRS

     Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and state Assembly Member Margaret Markey, the co-chairs of the World’s Fair Anniversary Committee, today unveiled the schedule for a six-month series of events to celebrate the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the 1964 and 1939 World’s Fairs, which were held in what is now Flushing Meadows Corona […]

MEDIA ADVISORY: BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ, ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARKEY AND THE WORLD’S FAIR ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING SLATE OF EVENTS MARKING ANNIVERSARIES OF 1939 AND 1964 WORLD’S FAIRS

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and state Assembly Member Margaret Markey, the co-chairs of the World’s Fair Anniversary Committee, will host a press conference on Friday, March 28 at 11:30 a.m. to announce the scheduling of a six-month series of events to celebrate the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the 1964 and 1939 World’s Fairs, […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ APPOINTS CARL SELDIN KOERNER TO QUEENS LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today named Carl Seldin Koerner as her first appointee to the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees.      Mr. Koerner is Counsel at the law firm White and Williams, LLP and Partner at Koerner Kronenfeld Partners, LLC, a strategic planning and consulting firm. As one of nineteen members on the Queens […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ TO TEAM UP WITH ELMHURST HOSPITAL TO SIGN UP QUEENS RESIDENTS FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE BEFORE MARCH 31 DEADLINE

    Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will be hosting a health care seminar during which Queens residents can get help signing up for health insurance under Affordable Care Act.      A group of multi-lingual health care “navigators” will use their laptops to help seminar attendees register for health insurance online. Navigators fluent in Spanish, Chinese […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ HOSTS FORMER BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARSHALL AND OTHER HONOREES AT HER INAUGURAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH EVENT

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz hosted her first African American Heritage Month Event as Borough President on Tuesday, February 25 in Queens Borough Hall.     The highlight of the event was the awarding of Citations of Honor to four distinguished African Americans who were recognized for their outstanding achievements in public service, arts, culture and […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ CHAIRS QUEENS BOROUGH BOARD’S ANNUAL BUDGET HEARING

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz chaired the Queens Borough Board’s annual budget hearing on Thursday, February 20, at Queens Borough Hall.      The hearing is an opportunity for local organizations to present their requests for City funding to the Borough Board.  The Board is comprised Borough President Katz, the City Council members representing Queens and […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ TEAMS UP WITH JAMAICA AND ELMHURST HOSPITALS TO SIGN UP QUEENS RESIDENTS FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE BEFORE MARCH 31 DEADLINE

     Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today announced she will be hosting two informational seminars in early March that will help Queens residents learn more about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (the federal health care reform law commonly known as “ObamaCare”) and address their concerns about the Act. A multi-lingual group of […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ APPOINTS DEBORAH A. DILLINGHAM TO BE THE QUEENS REPRESENATIVE ON THE PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY

     Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today announced she has appointed Deborah A. Dillingham of Forest Hills to be the Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP).      Ms. Dillingham has served the city’s educational system in several capacities, including as the Queens borough appointee to District 28’s Community Education Council, where […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ VISITS JIM KERR of Q104.3 FM TO CELEBRATE THE BEATLES

This morning Queens Borough President Melinda Katz appeared on the “Jim Kerr Rock ‘n Roll Morning Show” on Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM) to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles first visit to America.      It was 50 years ago today when the flight carrying the “Fab  Four”  to the U.S. arrived at Kennedy Airport, where […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND BETTER GOVERNANCE AT THE QUEENS LIBRARY IN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz called for the Queens Library to take a fresh look at its policies, procedures and protocols and to allow for more transparency over its spending decisions during her testimony today before a City Council hearing called to investigate recent media reports about the Library’s financial practices.      The reports raised […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ SPONSORS EFFORT TO FILL TEMPORARY POSITIONS AT UPCOMING “CIRQUE DU SOLEIL” SHOWS AT CITI FIELD

     Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is working in partnership with Adecco Staffing Company to fill about 200 temporary positions available at Cirque du Soleil’s performances of  “Amaluna,” a touring production that will appear at Citi Field this spring. The jobs will run from early March to mid-May and available positions include: ·         Ushers […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR APPLYING TO JOIN QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARDS

     Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today announced she has extended the deadline for Queens residents to apply to join one of the borough’s 14 community boards, the neighborhood-level advisory bodies that provide a vital link between City government and the people it serves.      The deadline for applying to be a new or […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ PROMOTES HER VISION TO ACHIEVE ECOMONIC GROWTH DURING HER “MEET AND GREET” WITH QUEENS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz shared her vision on how to promote economic growth in Queens before an audience of small business owners and economic development leaders who attended her “Queens Small Business Meet and Greet” this morning in Queens Borough Hall.      During the event, Katz announced she is forming an economic development advisory […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ PARTCIPATES IN COUNCIL MEMBER VAN BRAMER’S RALLY TO PROTEST MTA’S PLANS TO DISRUPT 7 LINE SERVICE FOR UP TO 22 WEEKENDS

     Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today participated in a rally that City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer, organized to protest the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plans to impose work-related service shutdowns on the Number 7 subway line for up to 22 weekends this year.      Katz and Councilmember Van Bramer were joined at the […]

BOROUGH PRESIDENT KATZ ENDORSES MAYOR DE BLASIO’S “VISION ZERO” INITIATIVE TO REDUCE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC DEATHS TO ZERO WITHIN TEN YEARS

     Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, incoming NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley and Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) Chief Operating Officer Conan Freud at a Woodside, Queens press conference during which Mayor de […]