JCCPP Annual Breakfast Sunday March 31,2019

JCCPP Annual Breakfast Honoring :

NYS Senator  Alessandra Biaggi

Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez

NYC Councilman Mark Gjonaj

Laura Guerriero, Publisher Bronx Times Reporter

Rabbi Yitzchak Gross

Please CALL 718-792-4744 for Ticket info and RSVP

To be held at Bx House 990 Pelham Parkway South, Bx NY 10461, Sunday March 31,2019 a  9:30 am

Team AOC - Brazen double standards

  It’s official -- AIPAC is coming after Alexandria, Ilhan, and Rashida.

Rashida, Ilhan, and Alexandria have at times dared to question our foreign policy, and the influence of money in our political system. And now, lobbying groups across the board are working to punish them for it.

Some members of Congress have even gone so far as to claim that “questioning support for the US-Israel relationship is unacceptable.” But that’s not how our legislative process is supposed to work.

Just a decade ago, it was ‘unquestionable’ to not support the war in Iraq. And we all saw what resulted from that lack of discussion and negotiation.

In this administration and all others, there should be no special relationship or status. We should actively check antisemitism, anti-blackness, homophobia, racism, and all other forms of bigotry.

Racism and bigotry of all forms are inextricably linked. And when we let Republicans pit champions for equality and equity against each other, their own hateful rhetoric is what goes unaddressed.

Pa’lante,

Team AOC

EDITOR'S NOTE: 

The above statement came from Team Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. 

Young Israel Of Pelham Parkway Community Purim Party Thursday 3/21/19

Are you ready to party? 

The Jewish Community Council Of Pelham Parkway and The Bronx Jewish Community Council will be hosting a Purim Party to be held at the Young Israel Of Pelham Party at 900 Pelham Parkway South Bx NY 10461 on Thursday March 21,2019 starting at 3:00 pm.We will be having a delicious enhanced sit down meal, music,and a magic show for the children. PLEASE RSVP to 718-792-4744. Please join us for this free event.

Join us for the reading of the Megillah on Wednesday evening March 20th starting at 7:35pm.

Wave Hill events March 21‒28

Sat, March 23

Woodworking Workshop: Garden Stool/Toolbox

Assemble a multipurpose stool for house or garden with master woodworker and Wave Hill Director of Facilities Frank Perrone. This beginner-level woodworking class is perfect for new woodworkers, parents and children working together, or anyone wishing to practice basic woodworking skills while creating a unique and useful project. No previous carpentry skills needed! Adults and children ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. $55; Wave Hill Members save 10%. Registration required, online or at the Perkins Visitor Center.

Wave Hill House, 9:30AM–4PM

Sat, March 23

Family Art Project: Design a Re-Wilding Device

As spring starts to take root, join Winter Workspace artist Jessica Segall to design a seed sculpture. Using a mixture of soil, clay and local wildflower seeds, create sculpture as a re-wilding device. Take your sculptures home to place in your garden or somewhere that could use a little more wilderness, and watch them transform from art to nature. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

Sat, March 23

Wellness: Grounding Sound—Meditation with Singing Bowls

Allow sound to surround and ground you. Welcome spring, and the vernal equinox, with the harmonic sounds of Tibetan singing bowls, koshi chimes and other tonal instruments. Sound healer Michelle Clifton’s “music” promotes a deeper meditative state, stillness of the mind, balancing of the chakras, and relaxation of the body. Bring a yoga mat and dress comfortably. $55; Wave Hill Members save 10%. Registration required, online or at the Perkins Visitor Center.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–NOON

Sun, March 24

Family Art Project: Design a Re-Wilding Device

As spring starts to take root, join Winter Workspace artist Jessica Segall to design a seed sculpture. Using a mixture of soil, clay and local wildflower seeds, create sculpture as a re-wilding device. Take your sculptures home to place in your garden or somewhere that could use a little more wilderness, and watch them transform from art to nature. Free with admission to the grounds.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

Sun, March 24

Winter Workspace Drop-in

Artists in the Winter Workspace program share their studio practice with visitors on this Drop-In Sunday. In their studios today are Nobutaka Aozaki, Liene Bosquê and Duy Hoàng. Free with admission to the grounds.

Glyndor Gallery, 1–3PM

Sun, March 24

Panel Discussion: Art, Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene

This discussion about artistic responses to climate change and its consequences brings together contributors to a new anthology, Art, Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene. The conversation includes art historian and Christie’s Education Program Director Julie Reiss—who edited the new book—and contributors artist Aviva Rahmani, New York Times art critic Martha Schwendener—also a Visiting Associate Professor at New York University—artist Alice Momm andJennifer McGregor, Wave Hill’s Senior Director of Arts, Education and Programs. Free with admission to the grounds.

Wave Hill House, 2PM

Sun, March 24

Garden and Conservatory Highlights Walk

Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 2PM

Mon, March 25

Closed to the public.

A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River  and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscape, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

HOURS – Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM–5:30PM,  March 15–October 31. Closes 4:30PM, starting November 1.

ADMISSION – $10 adults, $6 students and seniors 65+, $4 children 6–18. Free Saturday and Tuesday mornings until noon. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.

PROGRAM FEES – Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.

Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/getaways/outbound_wavehill.htm

  

DIRECTIONS – Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the W. 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.

Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.

Former Adidas Executive, Former Adidas Consultant, And Aspiring Manager All Sentenced To Prison Terms For Their Roles In Defrauding Adidas-Sponsored NCAA Division I Universities

  Robert S. Khuzami, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that former Adidas director of global sports marketing for basketball, JAMES GATTO, a/k/a “Jim,” was sentenced to nine months in prison, former Adidas consultant MERL CODE was sentenced six months in prison, and sports business manager CHRISTIAN DAWKINS was sentenced to six months in prison, after having been found guilty in October 2018 by a federal jury of wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy charges.  The defendants were sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who also presided over the jury trial.

Attorney for the United States Robert Khuzami said:  “The sentences imposed today only begin to reflect the magnitude of the harm these defendants caused through a scheme that not only defrauded multiple public universities but upended the lives of young student-athletes and corrupted a game cherished by so many.  Today’s sentences send a clear message to those who might be similarly tempted to corrupt collegiate athletics for their own personal gain that defrauding schools in connection with athletic scholarships is not just a rules violation but a crime, one that will result in a prison term.”

According to the allegations contained in the Complaint, Indictment, Superseding Indictment, evidence presented during the trial, and statements made in Manhattan federal court: 

Overview of the Scheme

GATTO, CODE, and DAWKINS, including with the assistance of Thomas Gassnola, a former Adidas consultant, and Munish Sood, a financial adviser, brokered and facilitated payments funded by Adidas to the families of high school and college-aged basketball players in connection with decisions by those players to commit to Adidas-sponsored schools and a promise that the players also would retain the services of DAWKINS and sign lucrative endorsement deals with Adidas upon turning professional.  The payments, which the defendants took great lengths to conceal from the victim-universities, served to defraud the relevant universities in several ways.  

First, because the illicit payments to the families of student-athletes rendered those student-athletes ineligible to participate in collegiate athletics, scheme participants conspired to conceal these payments from the universities, thereby causing them to provide or agree to provide athletic-based scholarships and financial aid under false and fraudulent pretenses.  Indeed, the defendants and their co-conspirators, who included the families of the student-athletes and, in certain instances, one or more corrupt coaches at the universities, knew that, for the scheme to succeed and the athletic scholarships to be awarded, the illicit payments had to be concealed from the universities, and that certifications would be submitted to the universities falsely representing that the student-athletes were eligible to compete in Division I athletics.

Second, the scheme participants further defrauded the universities by depriving the universities of significant and necessary information regarding the non-compliance with NCAA rules by the relevant student-athletes and their families, and, in some cases, by certain corrupt coaches involved in the scheme.  In doing so, the scheme participants interfered with the universities’ ability to control their assets and created a risk of tangible economic harm to the universities, including, among other things, decision-making about the distribution of their limited athletic scholarships; the possible disgorgement of certain profit-sharing by the NCAA; monetary fines; restrictions on athlete recruitment and the distribution of athletic scholarships; and the potential ineligibility of the universities’ basketball teams to compete in NCAA programs generally, and the ineligibility of certain student-athletes in particular.

The University of Louisville Scheme

Beginning in approximately May 2017, GATTO, CODE, DAWKINS, and others worked together to illicitly funnel approximately $100,000 from Adidas to the father of Brian Bowen, then a top-rated high school basketball player, in connection with Bowen’s commitment to play at the University of Louisville, a school whose athletic programs are sponsored by Adidas.  Because the payments to the family of Bowen were both in violation of NCAA rules and illegal, the defendants took steps to conceal them from the University, including funneling the money indirectly through an amateur team affiliated with CODE and a corporation controlled by DAWKINS.  The payments were all funded by Adidas pursuant to phony invoices approved by GATTO, and the first installment was delivered to Bowen’s father in cash in July 2017 in a parking lot in New Jersey.

The University of Kansas Scheme

Between 2016 and 2017, GATTO and Gassnola worked together to funnel approximately $90,000 from Adidas to the family of Billy Preston, then a high school basketball player, in connection with Preston’s commitment to play at the University of Kansas, a university whose athletic programs are sponsored by Adidas.  To conceal the payments from the University, GATTO routed the money to Billy Preston’s family indirectly, through an Adidas-sponsored amateur team affiliated with Gassnola, and pursuant to sham invoices approved by GATTO.

In addition, in the summer of 2017, GATTO and Gassnola agreed to funnel money to the legal guardian of Silvio De Sousa, then a high school basketball player, in connection with De Sousa’s commitment to play at the University of Kansas.  In one instance, GATTO and Gassnola were intercepted over a wiretap discussing a $20,000 payment to the legal guardian.

The North Carolina State University Scheme

In approximately November 2015, GATTO and Gassnola agreed to funnel approximately $40,000 from Adidas to the family of Dennis Smith Jr., then a high school basketball player, in order to stop Smith Jr. from de-committing from North Carolina State University, a university whose athletic programs are sponsored by Adidas.  Gassnola flew to North Carolina to personally deliver the money in cash to a basketball coach at North Carolina State University, who then routed the money to Smith Jr.’s family.  After Gassnola made the payment, GATTO reimbursed Gassnola via his Adidas-sponsored amateur team.

In addition to the prison sentences, Judge Kaplan ordered CODE, 45, of Greer, South Carolina, and DAWKINS, 26, of Atlanta, Georgia, to each pay restitution to the University of Louisville in the amount of $28,261.  The court reserved the decision on the restitution for GATTO, 48, of Wilsonville, Oregon, and set a conference for April 9, 2019, at 10 a.m.  Each of the three defendants was sentenced to two years of supervised release. 

Gassnola and Sood have previously pled guilty and are awaiting sentence. 

Mr. Khuzami thanked the FBI and the Special Agents of the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York for their tireless efforts during the investigation and prosecution of this case.

Attorney General James Announces Arrest And Indictment Of Former Employee Of Two Brooklyn Based Hospitals For Allegedly Stealing Over $550,000

Wendell Lewis Used His Position In The Payroll Departments Of Interfaith Medical Center And New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital To Steal Over $550,000

  Attorney General Letitia James today announced felony charges against Wendell Lewis, 32, of Brooklyn, NY, for allegedly stealing over $550,000 from Interfaith Medical Center (“Interfaith”), a Brooklyn not-for-profit community-based hospital that recently came out of bankruptcy, and New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (“BMH”). The Attorney General's office alleges that Lewis, while working in the payroll department of the two hospitals between 2015 and 2018, engaged in a scheme to fraudulently direct funds from the hospitals to bank accounts set-up by Lewis using the personal identification of other individuals. In 2012, Lewis was convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree for committing similar conduct when he worked in the payroll department at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn.   

The defendant is charged with two counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree (a Class C felony), four counts of Money Laundering in the Second Degree (a Class C felony), two counts of Identity Theft in the First Degree (a class D felony), and two counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (a Class E felony). If convicted, Lewis faces a maximum of 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison.   

“Stealing from our hospitals is unconscionable, but allegedly stealing from those hospitals that support our most underserved communities is especially egregious,” said Attorney General Letitia James. “My office will continue to root out this fraudulent behavior, and use our powers to protect our most vulnerable citizens.” 

According to the Attorney General's filings and statements made by prosecutors, Lewis was an employee in the payroll department of BMH from 2015 to 2016. After Lewis’s termination in 2016 for reasons unrelated to the alleged theft, Lewis was hired by Interfaith, where he remained until Interfaith discovered the theft in 2018. As an employee in the payroll departments of BMH and Interfaith, Lewis had the ability to redirect the direct deposits of the hospitals salaried employees. In order for Lewis to conceal the alleged scheme, Lewis would among other techniques, add former employees of the hospitals back on to the payroll and direct their previous salaries to bank accounts he controlled, but that were in the names of other persons. After funding the fraudulent accounts, Lewis would then reverse the fraudulent payments to make them appear as if no monies were withdrawn from the hospital and to prevent IRS Form W-2s from being generated at year end. In an effort to remain undetected by the hospitals, Lewis would allegedly make the unauthorized entries to the payroll system by logging into the hospital’s computer system using the username of other employees in the payroll department.    

Between 2015 and 2018, Lewis allegedly used 14 fraudulent bank accounts in the names of other persons to steal over $550,000 from the hospitals.  After the transfer of the stolen monies to the Lewis controlled bank accounts, Lewis used the debit cards associated with those accounts to withdrawal over $546,000 in cash from ATM machines throughout New York City.  During this same period, Lewis deposited over $175,000 in cash into his personal bank accounts.  

A review of Lewis’s personal bank accounts revealed that Lewis used the stolen funds in part to live a lavish lifestyle, including taking multiple trips to the Caribbean, going on shopping sprees at high end stores, and dining at some of New York City’s prime restaurants. 

Lewis was arraigned today on the indictment before Supreme Court Judge Danny K. Chun in Kings County. Bail was set at $100,000 bond over $50,000 cash and the case was adjourned to May 1, 2019. 

The charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.  

Attorney General James thanks the State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) Acting Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell for assistance with this matter. The Attorney General’s office also thanks DFS Investigator Albert Flowers for his assistance. 

Chief Of Patrol on the Police-involved Shooting in the 28 Precinct, Manhattan.

March 5, 2019

The information that I'm about to provide to you is preliminary and is subject to change pending the investigation by the Force Investigation Division. Earlier this evening at 5:48 p.m., uniformed officers from the 28th Precinct responded to a report of a man with a gun inside of 234 West 114th Street. Upon arrival, the officers encountered an eyewitness who stated that there was a male with a gun on the 4th floor hallway and provided a description. The officers proceeded to the 4th floor and encountered the male, fitting the description, upon exiting the elevator.

The officers demanded that the male take his hands out of his pocket. The subject refused to comply with the officer's directives. Suddenly, the subject stated that he had a gun, taking a shooting stance and pointed an object at the officers. One of the initial responding officers discharged their firearm, which struck the suspect in the hip. The officers immediately requested EMS, who responded to the scene and transported the 34-year-old suspect to Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and is in stable condition. The officers were also transported to Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center for a medical evaluation. The incident was captured on the officers' body worn cameras and will be reviewed by the Force Investigation Division.

Remarks as prepared for Chief of Patrol Rodney Harrison, with Deputy Chief Martine Materasso, Commanding Officer, Manhattan North Detectives and Deputy Inspector Christopher McIntosh, Commanding Officer, 28th Precinct.

NYC & Company declares 2019 the "Year of Pride"

NYC & COMPANY ANNOUNCES KEY EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF PRIDE

—New York City highlights LGBTQ cultural extravaganza across all five boroughs—  

—NYC to host WorldPride in June, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising—

NYC & Company, New York City’s official destination marketing organization, has declared 2019 as the Year of Pride. NYC is the leading LGBTQ destination in the US year after year and welcomes visitors of all genders, all ages and from all parts of the US and the world.

NYC is offering a collection of Pride activities and events to enjoy before, after and during WorldPride and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in June, a pivotal moment in LGBTQ history.

“We have declared 2019 the Year of Pride, to not only celebrate WorldPride and Stonewall 50 but to acknowledge the perpetual spirit of New York City’s vibrant LGBTQ community,” said Fred Dixon, president and CEO of NYC & Company. “In addition to the iconic events in June, the City is brimming with a yearlong roster of cultural activity.”

WorldPride will take place in NYC—the first time the global event will be held in the US—from June 25–30, with an anticipated 4 million visitors. On June 28, 1969, riots broke out in response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, which is now the country’s first national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights. This June and throughout 2019, NYC celebrates Pride. Below is a sampling of exhibitions, activities and events throughout the year that embody NYC’s welcoming spirit.

Arts & Culture:

Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again – through March 31

The Whitney Museum of American Art

Last chance to see the first comprehensive retrospective of Warhol’s work organized by an American institution since 1989, and the largest monographic exhibition to date at the Whitney’s new location.

Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50 – through July 14

New York Public Library, Bryant Park, Manhattan

Explore the emergence of the LGBTQ civil rights movement during the 1960s and ’70s through photographs from pioneering journalists Tobin Lahusen and Diana Davies, that sit alongside the library’s vast archives from LGBTQ history.

Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now – through January 5, 2020

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

This multiphase retrospective features Robert Mapplethorpe’s collages and photographs, as well as the work of contemporary artists who reference the artist.

On the (Queer) Waterfront – March 5 through July 7

Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn

Learn about the largely forgotten LGBTQ communities that thrived along Brooklyn’s waterfront in the 1800s and through WWII, highlighting both the changes and continuities in the ideas and experiences of sexuality in Brooklyn.

Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern – March 17 through June 15

Museum of Modern Art & PS1, Manhattan & Queens

Best known for establishing the New York City Ballet, Kirstein was also a key figure in MoMA’s early history. Bringing together some 300 rare artworks alongside materials drawn from the museum’s archives, the exhibition illuminates Kirstein’s influence on MoMA’s collecting, exhibition and publication history, and his position at the center of a New York network of queer artists, intimates and collaborators.

Art After Stonewall, 1969–1989

NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, Manhattan – April 24 through July 20 

Leslie-Lohman Museum, Manhattan – April 24 through July 21

Presented in two parts, this will be the first major exhibition to highlight the impact of the LGBTQ civil rights movement on the art world. Over 150 works of art and materials from artists including Nan Goldin, Holly Hughes, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tim Miller, Catherine Opie and Andy Warhol will be on view, paired with that of artists who interacted with queer subculture.

Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall -

May 3 through December 8

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

Borrowing its title from the rallying words of transgender artist and activist Marsha P. Johnson, Nobody Promised You Tomorrow aims to expand understanding of the Stonewall Uprising beyond the image of protesters in the streets to consider the everyday acts that reinforce such public activism.

Camp: Notes on Fashion – May 9 through September 8

The Met Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

The Costume Institute’s spring 2019 exhibition will explore the origins of the camp aesthetic featuring nearly 200 objects, including womenswear and menswear, as well as sculptures, paintings and drawings dating from the 17th century to the present. The exhibition is inspired by writer Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes on Camp.”

Stonewall 50 Exhibitions – May 24 through September 22

New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

Letting Loose and Fighting Back: LGBTQ Nightlife Before and After Stonewall will explore the history of LGBTQ bars, clubs and nightlife in NYC during the second half of the 20th century. By the Force of Our Presence: Highlights from the Lesbian Herstory Archives will examine lesbian lives both pre- and post-Stonewall. Special graphic installation, Say It Loud, Out and Proud: Fifty Years of Pride, will feature imagery from five decades of NYC Pride marches.

Music of Conscience Series – May 30 and June 1

New York Philharmonic, Manhattan

Experience John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 1, the New York composer’s “personal response to the AIDS crisis,” inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center created its own Quilt Project, and a portion of that quilt—inscribed by visitors to Central Park in June 1988—will be on display in the lobby of David Geffen Hall.

PRIDE – June 6 through November

Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

Examine NYC through the lens of photographer Fred W. McDarrah, who created an encyclopedic archive of culture and politics for The Village Voice; from the Beats of the 1950s to the counterculture of the ’60s to the Stonewall Uprising and major political events of the early 1970s. The exhibition features images of cultural icons such as Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan, with attention to gay liberation, anti–Vietnam War marches and the women’s movement.

Walt Whitman: Bard of Democracy – June 7 through September 15

The Morgan Library & Museum

Experience Whitman’s writing that earned him a global audience, including “O Captain! My Captain!” Additionally, view documents from Oscar Wilde, Hart Crane, Federico García Lorca and Allen Ginsberg, which trace the writer’s influence on the 20th century.

Pride Auction – June 20

Swann Auction Galleries

A unique and landmark event, featuring work from artists and writers including James Baldwin, Tom of Finland, Gertrude Stein, Alice Walker, Robert Mapplethorpe and more.

NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project – Year-round

Citywide

The recently launched project is the first initiative to document historic and cultural sites associated with the LGBTQ community in all five boroughs. Sites illustrate the richness of the City’s LGBTQ history and the community’s influence on America.

Alice Austen House Museum – Year-round

Staten Island

Take the free Staten Island ferry to visit the Alice Austen House, named by the National Register of Historic Places as the “national site of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) history.” Austen was a turn-of-the-century lesbian photographer who lived with her female companion for many years in her home that boasts views of the Manhattan skyline.

Lesbian Herstory Archives – Year-round

Brooklyn

View the largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities. Part library, part museum, the LHA is a communal place to browse photographs or files, read a book, watch a video, listen to a CD or LP, do research or volunteer. Group tours can also be arranged.

50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising – Year-round

The Jewish Museum, Manhattan

The museum will pay tribute through a year of programming, while highlighting LGBTQ works of art from the museum’s collectionthat explore themes of gender and identity.

Borough Parades:

Staten Island PrideFest – May 10–19

PrideFest will celebrate 15 years with a full week of events in May, including a 5K fun run, a Sober Coffee House and a Youth Prom. The week ends with an afternoon festival at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden featuring live music, drag performers, food trucks and craft vendors.

Harlem Pride – May 31 through June 29

The 10th anniversary of Harlem Pride in 2019 is also the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. The monthlong celebrations will consist of performances, discussions and ceremonies at iconic locations including the Apollo Theater.

Queens Pride – June 2

Pride month kicks off in the heart of Queens with this annual parade down 27th Avenue in Jackson Heights, followed by an afternoon street festival in the neighborhood that features music, drag performances and local cuisine.  

Brooklyn Twilight Pride Parade – June 8

Brooklyn puts its own twist on Pride with a nontraditional march starting at dusk through the streets of Park Slope. Following the march, a Pride street fair will take place with food, crafts and entertainment.

1 Bronx Festival – June 23

The march will take place preceding the annual 1 Bronx Festival that promotes inclusion, community and dialogue. Pride events throughout the festival inspire, educate and celebrate the diverse Bronx community.

Furthermore, visit New York City’s historic LGBTQ landmarks, including: Bethesda Fountain; Christopher Park; Julius; The Langston Hughes House; The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center; The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art; New York City AIDS Memorial; Stonewall Inn.

For more information on NYC’s Year of Pride celebrations, visit 

nycgo.com/year-of-pride.

For information on WorldPride–specific events, visit nycgo.com/worldpride.

For all things LGBTQ in NYC, visit nycgo.com/lgbtq. 

About NYC & Company:

NYC & Company is the official destination marketing organization and convention & visitors bureau for the City of New York, dedicated to maximizing travel and tourism opportunities throughout the five boroughs, building economic prosperity and spreading the positive image of New York City worldwide. For the official source on all there is to see and do in New York City, go to nycgo.com.