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Volume 67, No. 17 FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2021 50 Borough Hall celebrates Indo-Caribbean Heritage Month for the first time By Rachel Vick Queens Daily Eagle Borough President Donovan Richards hosted a virtual Indo-Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration Wednesday for the first time to honor the unsung heroes from the community. Special guests and honorees, including Hon. Karen Gopee, gathered to mark Indian Arrival Day and the contributions of Queens residents of Indo-Carribean descent. MAY 7, 2021 “We respect, appreciate and advocate for the indo carib community and their contributions to this great city,” Richards said. “These are individuals who are selfless who don’t look for accolades but GOV. ANDREW CUOMO SIGNED THE just do the right thing, but in doing the right thing HERO Act, sponsored by Sen. Michael represent the culture of our borough.” Gianaris, into law on Wednesday. “Too many Gopee, who was born in Trinidad, said she workers have already sacrificed their health for was grateful for the traditions and culture passed our community’s benefit,” Gianaris said. “The down by her family that made her who she is New York HERO Act will honor their efforts by today, and for the prevalence of Indo giving workers the tools they need to protect “In recognizing Indian Arrival Day you are themselves while on the job. I appreciate the choosing to honor your ancestors and all their efforts of so many advocates and organizers sacrifices and hard work,” Gopee said. “The true greatness of America and the borough we live in who made this success possible.” is the fact that we honor diversity and are able to ««« come together to accomplish great things, stand THE JIHYE LEE STRING QUARTET Borough President Donovan Richards hosted the first Indo­Caribbean Heritage Month up and help each other.” will give a live virtual performance from Celebration at Borough Hall on Wednesday. Eagle file photo by Christina Carrega CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 Flushing Town Hall on May 21 to honor the victims of recent anti-Asian hate crimes. “Among the eight victims of the recent tragedy in Atlanta, six of them were Asian women, ST. ALBANS PARK SET TO HOST SUMMER SERIES including four Koreans — immigrants who courageously came to America for better lives. FROM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC They innocently got killed, and left their loved ones behind,” Lee said. “Motherland was the By Rachel Vick musical genres to St. Albans Park out of a custom Linda and Mitch Hart. word that came to my mind. After many Queens Daily Eagle 20-foot-long shipping container to connect “We want to take that crucial work of struggles and defeats, burdened lives are resting The New York Philharmonic kicks off a communities with art after a year of lockdown. partnership, in all its forms, even further. now. The souls are comforted in the loving arms month-long series of mini festivals across the city “Emerging from this difficult period, we have Bandwagon 2 allows us to center the voices of our to consider deeply what we have learned and what partners, and utilize the Philharmonic’s resources of their motherlands.” this weekend. NY Phil Bandwagon 2 is bringing free we want to change,” said Deborah Borda, to amplify the work of our collaborators,” Borda ««« performances across creative disciplines and president and CEO of tNew York Philharmonic CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE 11TH ANNUAL QUEENS WORLD Film Festival will honor the staff at Elmhurst Hospital, which became known as the epicenter of the epicenter, for their service during the pandemic Monday at 10:30 a.m. All 6,000 hospital staff members will receive a full all- access pass to the festival, which includes 196 independent films. “Queens World Film Festival is making sure creative expression and a passion for truth is alive and well in Queens,” said QWFF executive director Katha Cato. “This is a tough time on us and for our planet. Now is the time to hold up a mirror to show us who we are, and what we have done, and who we can be.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 ««« MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO SAID THAT neither he or Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter were consulted on the decision to change Columbus Day to honor both Italians and indigenous people, “ but the end result, a day to honor Italian American heritage and indigenous peoples, I think that’s a good way forward.” ««« A THIRD PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED in connection with the stray bullet killing of Woodside mother Gudelia Vallinas in March. Benaiah Reid, 19, was arrested in Florida last Month by the U.S. Marshals, CBS News reported. Reid faces charges including murder and criminal posession of a weapon. NY Phil Bandwagon is bringing back the free concert series this spring on a grander stage Rendering courtesy of Chad Owens St. Albans park set to host summer series from The New York Philharmonic Continued from page 1 Town Hall, Groundswell, and National Black said. “Fundamentally, it’s an opportunity to make Theatre. joy with our community.” Executive Producer Anthony Roth Costanzo Queens’ events will include James Lovell and questioned the impacts of partnership in the The Afri-Garifuna Music Ambassadors, who will identity of the Philharmonic, “thinking a lot about share their musical traditions for a performance how the words community and communication alongside musicians from the Orchestra, and have the same root.” Soprano Laquita Mitchell performing with a “In building Bandwagon 2 to delve deeper into Philharmonic string quartet. engagement and collaboration, we have Artist Julia Cocuzza designed the mural discovered new harmonies and found different decorating the side of the container — which approaches not only to making music, but to includes a foldout stage and LED video wall — listening,” Costanzo added. to incorporate the diverse identities of the partner Performances will not be announced ahead of organizations A Better Jamaica, Casita Maria time to adhere to safety guidelines for unticketed Last year’s outdoor concerts operated out of a pickup truck. Mary Altaffer/AP Center for Arts & Education, El Puente, Flushing events. Assemblymember Rozic endorses Garcia for mayor By Rachel Vick history and I believe it’s past time we shatter a glass Queens Daily Eagle ceiling that is over 300 years old,“ she added. Assemblymember Nily Rozic endorsed Rozic, who represents Flushing, Queensboro Kathryn Garcia for mayor of New York City on Hill, Hillcrest, Fresh Meadows, Oakland Gardens, Thursday after withdrawing her initial endorsement Bayside, and Douglaston, said that the former of Scott Stringer in response to sexual harrassment sanitation commissioner’s actions during the allegations. pandemic to support the thousands of workers and Against the backdrop of the Unisphere, Rozic coordinate food deliveries for homebound residents. celebrated Garcia’s “moxie and know-how,” and Garcia said she was “honored” to receive emphasized the importance of supporting other Rozic’s endorsements. women in tangible ways. “Her own candidacy for the New York State “Support women, but more importantly — vote Assembly shattered glass when she became the first for them,” Rozic said. “Our city faces an uphill woman elected to represent her district,” Garcia battle in our recovery from the pandemic and needs said. “Here in Queens, which has more languages experienced leadership that won’t let anything stand spoken and more diversity than any other county in in the way of getting the job done.” the country, I am proud to celebrate all of that and “Kathryn is focused on our recovery and ready what brings New Yorkers together is that specialness to lead on Day One, but she’s also ready to make and queens is the uber representative of that.” Cuomo signs law giving parolees the right to vote By Rachel Vick Queens Daily Eagle After years of advocacy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill restoring voting rights to formerly convicted individuals into law on Tuesday. The bill sponsored by Queens State Sen. Leroy Comrie and Manhattan Assemblymember Daniel Queens Assemblymember Nily Rozic endorsed Kathryn Garcia for mayor. Courtesy of Kathryn Garcia O’Donnell passed in the State Legislature on April 21, expanding on a 2018 executive order offering “conditional pardons” to give people on parole the right to vote immediately upon their release. Until now, parolees have had to wait until they received a pardon and register to vote on their Eagle file photo by David Brand own. “Felony disenfranchisement is a relic of Jim Crow America, so there is no need to wonder why it disproportionately impacts people of color,” Comrie said after the February Senate vote, referencing the policy’s roots in the segregation efforts following the Civil War. Today, Black and African American individuals make up the majority of New York’s prison population. Nearly 80% of people with criminal conviction records are Black or Latino, according to the Data Collaborative for Justice. “Over the past several years, New York has been a national leader in election and criminal justice reforms, and felony disenfranchisement is a vestige of Jim Crow era voting restrictions,” Cuomo said. “I strongly believe that restoring the right to vote to people who have paid their debt to society strengthens our democracy, promotes successful reentry into the community, and makes New York a safer and fairer place to live.” 2 • Queens Daily Eagle • Friday, May 7, 2021 Can’t get out to pick up the papers? We can offer you our digital editions Dear Readers, During this time of limited movement and institutional closures, we want to offer you an easy way to get our long-standing newspapers digitally. Simply send an email to [email protected] and request the editions you wish to receive in your email.

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