Ed Probst, president of the BBA, speaking at a meeting last year.
In light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Bayside Business Association has canceled its Bayside St. Patrick’s Day march, originally scheduled for March 28.
Additionally, BBA’s in-person Annual Meeting Breakfast, set for March 25, has been converted into a virtual event.
“The BBA wants to do our part to practice safe social distancing in an effort to combat this disease,” said Ed Probst, president of the BBA, in a message to supporters. “We look forward to restoring normalcy in the near future and seeing you at a future event.
“If we’ve learned anything over the past years, it’s that our country and particularly New Yorkers are very resilient,” he added. “We will get through this together.”
Tonight, in celebration of Women’s History Month, Assemblyman Ron Kim is hosting an event to recognize eight community leaders.
Each honoree will receive the “Unsung Shero Award” in recognition of their contributions in service to their neighbors and communities.
“The recipients are positive role models who have demonstrated leadership, shown compassion and inspired others through their commitment to furthering justice and equality,” Kim wrote.
The event takes place at Flushing Public Library, located at 41-17 Main Street, starting at 6 p.m.
Bland Playground in Downtown Flushing will soon undergo a $6 million reconstruction project.
But before the design is made, the Parks Department wants Flushing residents and park users to chime in on what they’d like to see included as part of the transformation.
On Thursday, March 12 at 6 p.m., the Parks Department are teaming up with Councilman Peter Koo and the borough president’s office to host a scoping meeting for the project.
Attendees can tell parks officials what they want in the reconstructed playground.
“This scoping meeting is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for area residents to redesign their own backyard playground,” Koo said.
The councilman noted that despite its popularity, the playground has been plagued by a variety of problems, “from sanitation to vagrancy.”
“It’s far past time that we address these issues through a redesign and reconstruction that prioritizes the needs of the families and young people who cherish and use this rare urban recreational space,” Koo added.
The scoping meeting will take place at Bland Community Center, located at 133-36 Roosevelt Avenue.
Nine priests within the Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes Brooklyn and Queens, have been conferred the title of Chaplain of His Holiness, Pope Francis, which carries the title of Reverend Monsignor, according to Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn.
Three of the priests serve parishes within eastern Queens:
Reverend Monsignor John E. Vesey (pictured above): Pastor of St. Michael Paris in Flushing. He was ordained to the Priesthood on June 1, 1968.
Reverend Monsignor Casper J. Furnari: Retired in residence at Holy Family Church in Fresh Meadows. He was ordained to the Priesthood on June 1, 1968.
Reverend Monsignor Edward P. Doran: Retired priest, who is also a part-time chaplain at Queensborough Community College. He was ordained to the Priesthood on January 14, 1984.
The date for the conferral of the honors will be announced at a later time, the diocese says.
“Each of these senior priests have given extraordinary service, as missionaries and pastors for many years,” Bishop DiMarzio said.
Left to right: Susan Lacerte, Edward M. Ip, Ari I. Jonisch, MD, Li Li, Raymond D. Jasen, Neil Fleischman
The Queens Botanical Garden’s Board of Trustees has welcomed four new members.
Edward M. Ip is the founder and chief executive officer of POS.com, a financial technology startup that presents solutions for retail, health care and hospitality industries.
Ip, who live in Long Island City, is also active in Mensa, the Entrepreneur Organization of NY, American Cancer Society, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York Lions Club and Taste of Tribeca.
Raymond D. Jasen is a partner-in-charge of tax at KPMG’s New York Financial Services business unit, covering multiple offices and nearly 500 tax professionals.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Jasen is also a board member of Flushing Town Hall. He lives in Great Neck, and goes to the garden almost every Sunday to read and relax on the bench he adopted in honor of his grandparents.
Dr. Ari I. Jonisch is president of Main Street Radiology and the CEO of Radiology Associates of Main Street. He also serves as chairman of the Department of Radiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, as well as clinical assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medical College.
After receiving his BS in biology at Binghamton University and his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University, Dr. Jonisch completed his residency at Yale New Haven Hospital Radiology. He has four children and lives in Harrison, New York.
Li Li is the branch manager of Dime Community Bank on Main Street in Flushing. She has over 19 years of experience in retail and commercial banking, having worked previously at HSBC, Sovereign Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank and others.
Li graduated from Binghamton University with a BS in management, and is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Fujianese and English. She lives in College Point and has two children.
The QBG board also announced the following new officer roles:
Neil Flesichman, regional director of Tricore, will serve as QBG Board Chair
Michelle Stoddart, director of PR and community development at Resorts World Casino NYC, will be QBG Vice Chair
Edward Potter, senior property manager at Stillman Management, will be the new QBG Treasurer
Ming-der Chang, administrative director at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, will be QBG Secretary.
The Queens Botanical Garden has a board of 15 members.
In the 24th annual Valentines for Vets gift drive in northeast Queens, residents donated a record number of items for hospitalized veterans.
Co-sponsored by Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, the Law Offices of Ann-Margaret Carrozza and Community Board 11, the drive netted thousands of handwritten cards, candy, new clothing items, playing cards, puzzles and toiletries.
Donations were made by 30 schools across the district, as well as civic organizations, libraries, Girl Scout troops and local residents.
“These donations, which were the most received in the 24-year history of our community’s Valentines for Vets program, helped to brighten the day of hundreds of veterans by showing that we care about them and appreciate their sacrifices,” Braunstein said.
Here are the schools and community groups that contributed to this drive:
Bayside High School Key Club
Bayside Historical Society
Bayside Public Library
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy
Fresh Meadows Public Library
Girl Scout Troop 4587
Grace Episcopal Conron Girl Scout Troop
Greater Whitestone Taxpayers Civic Association
Holy Trinity Catholic Academy
IS 25
Jefferson Democratic Club
MS 158
Miracle Ear
MS 294 – Bell Academy
New York-Presbyterian Queens/Cancer Services Program
The Douglaston/Little Neck branch of the Queens Public Library will temporarily close on Saturday, February 22 for an interior maintenance project, library officials said.
It’s expected to reopen on Monday, March 16. The library is located at 149-01 Northern Boulevard.
Mobile library service will be provided on Thursdays, beginning on February 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Full library service is available at nearby locations in Bayside (214-20 Northern Boulevard) North Hills (57-04 Marathon Parkway), and Glen Oaks (256-04 Union Turnpike).
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