By Phil Orenstein
Our 151st Anniversary Lincoln Dinner is right around the corner, and it is shaping up to be the most spectacular patriotic gala our club has ever hosted. This year’s dinner is more than an annual tradition—it is a celebration of America’s 250th birthday and a defining moment for the future of New York State. On Sunday, March 1st, at Antun’s of Queens Village, we have the opportunity to come together, pack the grand ballroom at Antun’s, and ignite a movement.
By Stan Norwalk
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, along with other Minnesota officials—including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz, who nearly became Vice President—have helped stir up protesters in their home state against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In doing so, they have encouraged disorder, endangered public safety, and contributed to property destruction and civic unrest.
These public officials took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, the country, and its citizens. Yet their actions raise serious questions about whether they are honoring that oath or instead protecting lawbreakers at the expense of law-abiding Americans. At the very least, they appear to be enabling anarchy while turning their backs on the people who elected them.
February 5, 2026 General Club Meeting
One of our newest club committees, the Academic Freedom Committee, presented a special speaker program on Education Reform and Academic Freedom. Education is the #1 issue in America, and Republicans and Conservatives and all good people of common sense must get involved with it.
Our featured speakers included former CUNY Trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld and renowned historian and educator Gerald Matacotta, who discussed the historical background and the urgency of restoring excellence, merit, and free thought in America’s schools. St. John’s University student Massimo Guerriero shared a powerful firsthand account of his ongoing fight to establish a Charlie Kirk affiliated TPUSA chapter on campus, an effort blocked by the student government, raising serious concerns about viewpoint discrimination at SJU. See the videos below for the full presentation. Thank you to our videographer, Jim Doukas.
By Chris Wales
I am happy to say that U.S. Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) has introduced legislation to
repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), also known as the “Motor Voter” Act.
The NVRA has fundamentally compromised the integrity of our electoral system by requiring
states to register voters without proof of citizenship. House Resolution No. 55 (H.R. 55) seeks to
repeal this unconstitutional legislation.
On January 8th the Queens Village Republican Club kicked off the New Year with the installation of our Club Officers and Board Members. True to our motto, “Educating and Informing all New Yorkers since 1875,” we were treated to a comprehensive and informational presentation on NYC’s green energy mandates, by commercial real state and energy policy expert, Edward Lombardo. See the videos below of the full presentation and Q & A. Thank you to our videographer, Jim Doukas.
Chris Mancz performed the swearing in of our club Officers at the January 8th 2026 meeting of QVRC. Chris is the owner of Mancz Auto & Tire now in Floral Park, formerly Robert Mancz Service Station. They have been a neighborhood institution with over 75 years of honest service.
Greg Hach isn’t afraid to tell it like it is! He’s a Republican running to unseat Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi, aka “Taxman Tom” for proposing a federal tax hike on people making over $400,000 and voting ‘NO’ on Big Beautiful Bill tax cuts and ‘NO’ to enhancing SALT deductions for New Yorkers. Greg is a US Air Force veteran, and co-founder of Hach & Rose, LLP law firm. He believes in secure borders, a strong middle class, tax relief, national security and “peace through strength.”
At the 1/8/26 QVRC club meeting we learned from the foremost expert on the subject, Edward Lombardo, a commercial real estate mortgage and energy policy expert. New York City’s green energy mandates are no longer theoretical—they are hitting property owners with higher electric bills and serious penalties will be forthcoming under Local Law 97. This is the green energy agenda NYC has initiated to combat climate change. Knowledge is Power!
These Guidelines mark the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in our nation’s history.
The message is simple: eat real food.
To Make America Healthy Again, we must return to the basics. American households must prioritize diets built on whole, nutrient-dense foods—protein, dairy, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and whole grains. Paired with a dramatic reduction in highly processed foods laden with refined carbohydrates, added sugars, excess sodium, unhealthy fats, and chemical additives, this approach can change the health trajectory for so many Americans.
The United States is amid a health emergency. Nearly 90% of health care spending goes to treating people who have chronic diseases. Many of these illnesses are not genetic destiny; they are the predictable result of the Standard American Diet—a diet which, over time, has become reliant on highly processed foods and coupled with a sedentary lifestyle.
The consequences have been devastating. More than 70% of American adults are overweight or obese. Nearly one in three American adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 has prediabetes. Diet-driven chronic disease now disqualifies large numbers of young Americans from military service, undermining national readiness and cutting off a historic pathway to opportunity and upward mobility.
For decades, federal incentives have promoted low-quality, highly processed foods and pharmaceutical intervention instead of prevention. This crisis is the result of poor policy choices; inadequate nutrition research; and a lack of coordination across federal, state, local, and private partners.
Learn more below….
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Brooke L. Rollins
Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
By Elena Chin Coppola
“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” – Benjamin Franklin
On December 15, I had the honor of attending a White House event commemorating the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791. With America nearing its 250th birthday, it was a powerful reminder of the liberties that make our unique experiment in self-government possible. Today, more than ever, those liberties are being put to the test and must be defended, especially in our schools and on our college campuses, where viewpoint diversity is too often punished rather than debated. Students are learning that certain perspectives are protected while others are policed; that conformity is rewarded and dissent is prohibited.
President’s Message by Philip Orenstein
January 2026
It was Friday night, December 19th, and I had just begun drafting this President’s Message for The Queens Village Eagle. I was focusing on the critical 2026 Republican primary for Governor of New York, when breaking news changed the landscape. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced that she was ending her campaign for governor.
Congresswoman Stefanik is a rising Republican rock star and was the state GOP’s endorsed candidate, even as another major Republican leader had entered the race. I had planned to write about the fundamental importance of competitive primaries—why grassroots Republicans must have a real voice, rather than having their nominee dictated from the top down by party insiders. That approach has failed New York Republicans repeatedly in recent years, and the results speak for themselves.
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Her book, “Outcast: How The Radical Left Tried to Destroy A Young Conservative,” recalls the chilling story of how Belmont University students terrorized her son, Stevie, when he wouldn’t bow down to the woke mob. Having lived in Communist Yugoslavia, Gloria voices concern about NYC under recently-elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, how women vote, winning the midterm elections, and how our schools are producing more “Mamdani voters.”
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