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ABOVE: Ricardo Cortez, Jacques Jiha & Dr. John Park. Cortez Receives Queens College President’s Medal The Queens College President’s Medal

ABOVE: Christine Persichette, Leo Horey & Edward Grayson. Persichette to Anchor Catholic News Program New York native Christine Persichette has

BY SARA KREVOY Raquel Olivares, director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District (WBID), was on Jamaica Avenue last month for

BY VICKY FERREIRA CHAMBER OUTREACH ASSOCIATE In collaboration with the Queens Chamber of Commerce, Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz distributed free masks,

CAPTION: Queens Chamber staff joined Congresswoman Grace Meng (far left) and Salvatore Crifasi (center) for the PPE distribution event. BY

CAPTION: Mayor de Blasio, standing next to Claudia Coger of the Astoria Houses, watches as the ferry sails away from

BY VICKY FERREIRA CHAMBER OUTREACH ASSOCIATE Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Lorelei Salas last month visited businesses

BY BENJAMIN FANG The four developers that make up the Your LIC team have revealed initial concepts of what the

BY BENJAMIN FANG Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a local bank has been committed to supporting and giving back to the

MARCH DOWN CROSS BAY BOULEVARD TO PROMOTE LOCAL STORES BY BENJAMIN FANG bfang@queensledger.com More than two dozen Howard Beach residents