Dan Schultz and Steve Stern, who helped get President Trump elected, were guests this past year on United Patriots Uprising Podcast with Gary Binford. They were instrumental in winning the war at the ballot box with the Precinct Strategy and you can hear about it and learn how you can get involved by listening to the podcasts below.
The Queens Village Republican Club celebrated the spirit of the holidays and President Trumps’ victory with a MAGA-nificent Christmas Chanukah Party on December 17th at Marbella Restaurant, featuring a special celebration of our beloved VP Hemant Shah’s 20 years of distinguished service to our club! Also on hand were special guest speakers, the great Curtis Sliwa, Newsmax host, Cara Castronuova, and Maud Maron, Republican candidate running for Manhattan DA against Alvin Bragg! See videos below. Thank you to James Doukas for videotaping our event!
The November 7th General Meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club was an ecstatic celebration of President-Elect Donald Trump’s historic victory as our 47th President of the USA! Just two days after the General Election, after days and weeks of biting nails down to the nub, we exploded in glorious celebration with a Champaign toast, sharing Trump victory cakes, doing the Trump dance to the YMCA song, with an amazing post-election analysis by Professor Nicholas Giordano, and other terrific speakers. See below for the complete videos.
Thank you to James Doukas for videotaping our guest speakers!
Champaign Toast to our great victory! Congratulations on President Elect Donald J. Trump’s historic victory as our 47th President of the USA, in the Red Wave that swept our nation and is bringing on the “Golden Age of America.” Congratulations to all of our club members, your family and friends and all Americans. Thank God for protecting and saving America! God Bless America, and President Trump and all Americans.
Special guest speaker, Ret. PO Louis DeMarco is a volunteer and local coordinator for Wreaths Across America, a nationwide organization dedicated to our veterans. The mission of Wreaths Across America is to remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.
Lisa Azzarelli was a special guest speaker at our club’s Nov. 7th Victory celebration. Lisa is an education advocate and the founder of Save Our Schools, a grassroots watchdog group for local school boards and administrators.
We welcomed back our friend and special guest speaker, Professor Nicholas Giordano, who presented a Post-Election Analysis, like no one else can do. Nicholas Giordano is a professor of political science and the host of The PAS Report Podcast. Follow him on X @PASreport.
Who is Loren Spivack aka Dr. Truth aka Free Market Warrior?
The October 10th meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club featured some fantastic guest speakers, including Loren Spivack, Katie Siebert representing TPUSA, and Rick Hinshaw on why we need to Vote NO on Prop 1! See below for the complete videos:
Thank you to James Doukas for videotaping our guest speakers!
The April 4th meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club featured Land Use and Zoning Expert, Paul Graziano who presented a comprehensive analysis of the “City of Yes,” the citywide zoning proposal by Mayor Adams. This insidious proposal could subject our residential communities to massive overdevelopment and commercial expansion. The “City of Yes” threatens to destroy single-family and two-family zoning and transform our peaceful residential communities into busy commercial zones, escalating noise, traffic, crime, and congestion. This proposal is not about affordable housing. It will destroy residential communities and put an end to private property ownership. We must say NO to the City of Yes!
Thank you to Michael Ferrara and James Doukas our videographers!
The March 7, 2024 meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club in the Banquet Hall of the celebrated Marbella restaurant, hosted a jam packed program of fascinating speakers and Republican candidates. Each one of the speakers made a request to do something, to help them petition for signatures for ballot access, to get involved in their patriotic cause, to save our city and our country. The word is action – don’t be a spectator, be a gladiator!
Thank you to James Doukas for videotaping the speakers!
Cara Castronuova is a former Republican candidate for State Assembly, freedom fighter, founder of Citizens against Political Persecution, investigative journalist, and two time Golden Gloves boxing champion. Last year, she was the Republican Woman of the Year at our Lincoln Dinner. She is a fighter, and this year, she will win the title of US Senator of New York!
Yiatin Chu is a New York City public-school parent turned education activist, president of Asian Wave Alliance and cofounder of PLACE NYC, the premier organization fighting for merit in our school system. Many Asian voters have shifted to voting for Republicans and Yiatin is largely responsible for that demographic change by educating Asian voters.
We welcome back Dwayne for a full presentation on his race for State Assembly, his vision and plan. Dwayne Moore is the Republican candidate for State Assembly, in District 29. With experience as a 9th-grade English teacher, college counselor, professional actor, model, and music artist, this talented and capable leader aims to do nothing less than contribute to making America great again for everyone. America needs Moore!
Greg Garvey, Campaign Manager for The Coalition to Protect Kids-NY, is working to fight the so-called Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) or the Parent Replacement Act as it should be called, which is on the ballot in New York in November. Greg explains the hidden dangers which will obliterate parental rights and says to vote NO on the ERA ballot proposal.
Maria Lynn is CEO and Sr. Director at the Patriot Wellness Company, speaking about Tactical Civics and Switch 2 USA at the March 7th QVRC Club meeting. Tactical Civics is a responsible new way of life, with a plan to take back America. Switch 2 USA helps Americans break up with mega-corporations, that own the vast majority of consumer brands, and move their shopping to an American Made, Family Owned Manufacturer.
Project Civica is inspiring people to run for office, hold voter registration drives, carry petitions for our candidates, and more. Principally, each of our individual efforts combined will yield a thriving nation firmly established in liberty for future generations. projectcivica.org
The 149th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner, on March 3, 2024 at Antun’s of Queens Village, was a spectacular patriotic gala with the theme “Make America Great Again in 2024.” We’ll see you all at our milestone 150th next year! Here are the videos of the outstanding speakers and honorees from beginning to the end of the dinner program.
Thank you to James Doukas our Lincoln Dinner videographer!
“…we learned about some positive forces spearheading the change in America today.”
On December 12, 2023 we celebrated the joy and excitement of the holiday season with our greatest party ever, having the most fun, festivities, and dancing at our annual Christmas/Chanukah Party at the fabulous Marbella Restaurant! We heard from our special guest speakers, Curtis Sliwa and Rebecca Sugar, writer for the NY Sun. US Marine Corps reservists were in attendance for our Toys for Tots toy drive. One of the highlights of the night was Charlie Vavruska singing Meat Loaf’s “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” while we were dancing like crazy! The grand finale was the heartfelt singing of “God Bless the U.S.A.” We’re the Party that knows how to Party!!!
Thank you to James Doukas for videotaping the speakers!
Curtis Sliwa, former Republican NYC mayoral candidate, founder of the Guardian Angels, and WABC Radio talk show host addresses the crowd of “rebels” at the Queens Village Republican Club Christmas/Chanukah Party.
Rebecca Sugar is an author, NY Sun Contributor, philanthropic consultant living in New York, and Moms for Liberty member. She is married and has twin teenagers and an English Bulldog named Batman.
The Queens Village Republican Club hosted a toy drive with US Marine Corps Reservists collecting toys for the Toys for Tots program at the Christmas/Chanukah Party. The mission of Toys for Tots, a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, is to collect new, unwrapped toys each year and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community, in order to bring joy and hope to children in America!
We’re the Party that knows how to Party! At the Queens Village Republican Club December 12th Christmas/Chanukah Party at Marbella!
This is a must see!! Charlie Vavruska does his rendition of Meat Loaf’s “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” at the QVRC Christmas/Chanukah Party with Jimmy James DJ.
The grand finale of the QVRC Christmas/Chanukah Party was the heartfelt singing of “God Bless the U.S.A.”
At our November 2nd Club Meeting, we were proud to present prominent speakers, addressing the illegal alien invasion of America, and how to stop it. We presented 2 speakers from Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a non-profit which fights to end illegal immigration in America, Curtis Sliwa, former NYC mayoral candidate and the leader of the rebels, as well as our local Republican candidates.
On September 7th our club hosted a special presentation on the Convention of States at our new meeting venue, Golden Years Senior Program (formerly Burger King) in Floral Park, Queens. Guest speakers, were Mary Ellen Probanski, Convention of States Action (COSA) NY Regional Captain/Grassroots Coordinator and Silver Dreaming Wolf COSA NY State Director, patriotic Americans determined to bring power back to the states and the people. Here is the video of their presentation.
The Queens Village Republican Club, in keeping with our motto, “Educating and Informing all New Yorkers since 1875” held a dynamic and energizing club meeting on June 1st focusing on parental rights, our children, and our freedoms that are under attack. Here are the videos of the speeches by the NYS Freedom Fighters who gave inspiring presentations on how to fight back.
We welcomed back Attorney Bobbie Anne Cox, our 2023 Lincoln Dinner American Patriot of the Year honoree, who addressed parental rights and our freedoms under attack by the New York State Legislature and Gov. Hochul. Bobbie Anne Cox is the brave NYS Attorney who independently sued the government and defeated Gov. Hochul’s unconstitutional DOH regulation to place people in quarantine camps, in a lawsuit which is now under appeal. She is calling for all concerned citizens to fight for a Republican majority in the State Senate to overcome the Democrat supermajority in the NYS legislature that inflicts this bad legislation on us all.
Kozi is a health freedom activist, rapper, and former healthcare worker. After 14 years working as a healthcare worker he was fired for refusing the COVID vaccine on religious grounds. Kozi has been fighting against medical tyranny since 2009 and has been a fierce leader in the medical freedom movement, working alongside various organizations. He began rapping last year under the name Kozi-19 in order to spread truth and inspire change through his music.
Edwin is a Community Leader and former Republican candidate for NY City Council and State Assembly. He is leading a grassroots movement, the Northern Manhattan Republicans, for Democrats to exit the Democrat Party and register with the Republican Party. He spoke about how he is getting Democrats to exit the party of disaster, and getting Hispanics involved in the Republican movement.
Haris is Executive Director of the new organization, Cannabis Impact Prevention Coalition (CIPC) calling for individuals and groups to sign on as plaintiffs in a lawsuit to overturn marijuana legalization laws. He has been a longtime advocate against marijuana abuse, and discusses his anti-marijuana litigation against New York State.
There was an uplifting Q & A session at the June 1st general meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club with guest speakers who are NYS Freedom Fighters.
Republican Candidates Daniella May, running for NY City Council in the 31st Councilmanic and Bernard Chow running in the 23rd Councilmanic, spoke at the June 1st Club Meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club.
The Queens Village Republican Club Meeting on May 4th focused on how we can fight back and take back control of our communities! The guest speakers are prominent community leaders who discussed the impact the Creedmoor land redevelopment project and Local Law 97 is having on our communities. Here are the videos of 2 of the three speakers who presented.
The April 13, 2023 meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club was one of our most inspirational and exciting meetings to date. View the speaker’s videos and see for yourself!
Aura Moody attended a rally protesting President Trump’s indictment in Manhattan. This is what she said to clueless Democrats protesting Trump in a video that went viral.
“If you lose this country, there is no other place to go. You are being indoctrinated by the Democrats and the radical left. And that party is the evil party. They want to destroy the family. They don’t believe in God. They don’t believe in the country. They believe in the welfare system. So you should be grateful that you are in our country and enjoy your freedom and prosperity. If you do not like this country, if you hate it so much, why don’t you go somewhere else? And the reason why you don’t go somewhere else is because you know there is no better place than the United States. So you better wake up before you lose it.
Let me tell you something about history. The Republican Party freed the slaves. The Republican Party gave black people the right to vote. The Republican Party gave black people the right to own property. The Republican Party funded the historical black colleges and universities so you could have an education. So read your history. Because what the Republican Party has done for the minorities is unimaginable.”
The 148th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner, on March 19, 2023 at Antun’s of Queens Village, was a spectacular patriotic gala with a roster of outstanding speakers and honorees. Here are the videos of the speeches from start to finish.
Welcome to the 148th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner hosted by the Queens Village Republican Club on March 19th 2023 at Antun’s of Queens Village. Barbara from Harlem, Mistress of Ceremonies is also known as the “Godmother of Black Conservatives.”
The February 2nd 2023 meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club was the scene of a packed house of energized patriots as Joe Pinion and other Republican Rock Stars as well as NY City Council candidates fired up the crowd. There was a club pinning ceremony for new members, a committee report, and a special announcement of our newly formed Mom’s for Liberty Chapter in Queens.
Joe Pinion was the Republican and Conservative party candidate for US Senate in 2022. If you recall, he DESTROYED Sen. Chuck Schumer in the NY-1 debate. Total knockout! A Political News Commentator on Newsmax and other media, he is a rising star and the future of the Republican Party in New York.
Chris Wright is host of the Christopher Wright Show on YouTube and founder of the Conservative Republican Alliance of New York and has regular meetings in Manhattan at the Metropolitan Republican Club headquarters.
Walter Mejia is President and Founder of New York Republican Latinos, to increase Conservative Latino representation in gov’t by training and creating the next generation of Latino leaders.
Kristina Raevsky will be the recipient of the Young American Patriot of the Year award at the Lincoln Dinner on March 19th, and is a young accomplished author of two published books and essays on America. Her latest book, “A Sheep’s Tale, A Young Patriot’s Guide to Saving America” available on Amazon, is a fictional narrative of a family who flees Soviet communism to come to America to find us headed in the same dangerous direction, and how to fight to save our country and restore our values and God-given rights.
Daniella May is the Medical Freedom and Republican candidate running for NY City Council in CD-31. She is a nurse who worked in plastic surgery for most of her career. She is Vice Chairwoman NYYRC Black caucus and the Secretary to the NYYRC women’s caucus.
Scott Harney spoke about his candidacy for NY City Council in CD-23. He is a former journalist and also a retired federal officer with the US government. He served in numerous overseas diplomatic postings, including war zone deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict zones.
Tony Nunziato, Queens GOP Chairman
Queens GOP Chairman, Tony Nunziato addressed the members of the Queens Village Republican Club on November 3, 2022. He discussed the Republican Party slate of 20 qualified candidates running for public office in Queens.
Danielle C. NY Citizens Audit
Danielle from NY Citizens Audit, presented an overview of the work of NY Citizens Audit fighting for the integrity of our elections in New York. Use the Citizens Election Integrity Report form to report any violations or election irregularities. Report at: AuditNY.com
The September 1st meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club was a combination GOP Candidates Night with a line up of America First Patriots bringing on the RED WAVE, and a victory party for Tina Forte, winning the Republican nomination for Congress, to run in District 14 against AOC. We were also treated to a special guest speaker, Josephine Aronson who presented an overview of the work of New York Citizens Audit to uncover the truth of the 2020 elections, who are calling for the decertification of the entire New York State 2020 General Election.
Our June 2nd Club Meeting was the Movie Night viewing of 2000 Mules, a documentary film created by Dinesh D’Souza, that exposes widespread, coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 election, sufficient to change the overall outcome, with a special introduction and open discussion after the viewing led by Professor Nicholas Giordano. We heard from a couple of Republican candidates as well. Here are the videos of this incredible night. You can watch 2000 Mules or buy the DVD at SalemNOW.com.
The sanctuary room of the Bellerose Jewish Center was packed on this rainy night for the April 7th meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club. Many people came to hear guest speaker Congressman Lee Zeldin, who’s flight from DC was cancelled due to the thunderstorms. But this allowed our other candidates, guest speakers and musicians more time to energize the crowd, which was the intent of the club meeting dubbed “Bring on the Great Red Wave.” Absolutely no one was disappointed. Here are the videos of the Republican candidates, speakers, and a moving musical performance.
On March 20, 2022, after a two-year hiatus, the Queens Village Republican Club hosted our 147th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner, a magnificent celebration of Freedom and the Party of Lincoln, Reagan and Trump, together with 300 patriotic friends.
Our club’s dinner committee put a great deal of sweat and toil into it, and the fruit of our labor was that the attendees left in high spirits, energized, and motivated to go out, organize, build our party, and elect Republicans! We’ve been getting rave reviews from the attendees. Here are the pictures and videos that tell the story.
On March 20, 2022, keynote speaker James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, wowed the crowd at the 147th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. He gave an enlightening audio-visual presentation on his entirely new type of undercover journalism. His message is to be brave and do something! Years ago, he played Cowboy Curly in the Broadway Show “Oklahoma” and he treated us to an acapella rendition of “Oh What a Beautiful Morning.” VIP Room guests enjoyed an exclusive meet and greet with James O’Keefe, including a free signed copy of his blockbuster bestseller, “American Muckraker.” Here is the video of the entire presentation.
On March 3rd 2022, the Queens Village Republican Club held its first of several GOP Candidates Nights to
“Bring on the Great Red Wave!” Many solid Republican candidates have stepped up to run in local Queens and statewide races, some involved in primaries. They are riding on the cusp of a mighty red wave which started in 2021 with the great victory of City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, and Republican victories that swept Nassau and Suffolk. Here are the videotaped speeches of the March 3rd meeting featuring some of our amazing 2022 Republican candidates running in Queens and statewide races and a stimulating Q & A.
On February 3rd 2022, a special in-person Queens Village Republican Club meeting was held with New York Post journalist and Fox News contributor, Miranda Devine. She signed copies of her best-selling book: “The Laptop From Hell, Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide” and presented the unvarnished story of what’s really inside the laptop and what China knows about the Bidens, and took questions from the audience. Here is the videotape of her full presentation.
On January 6, 2022, we kicked off the New Year riding a massive red wave into 2022 with a fabulous club meeting with some amazing speakers, Gavin Wax, the dynamic president of the New York Young Republican Club, and Barbara from Harlem, the “Godmother” of Black Conservatives. City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino administered the oath of office for the installation of our 2022 Club Officers and Board Members and shared stories of her first day on the job. We had a couple of young and impressive Republican candidates: Stefano Forte for State Senate, and Seth Breland for State Assembly. Here are the videos and photos of the meeting.
Our annual Christmas/Chanukah Dinner Party on December 2nd, 2021, was held at Pita Park Greek Restaurant in Floral Park. The festive dinner party featured a delectable three course dinner, the election of our new club slate of Officers and Board of Directors, our featured guest speaker, Andrew Giuliani who is running for governor of NYS, and special surprise guest, Councilwoman-Elect Vickie Paladino. We celebrated her astounding victory flipping a blue seat to red, and everyone had a grand time! Here are the videos of the guest speakers. Videos filmed and edited by James Doukas Productions.
General Club Meeting on November 4, 2021 at Bellerose Jewish Center in Floral Park, Queens featured Rob Astorino, Republican candidate for NYS Governor, Maureen Grey, neighborhood historic preservationist speaking on saving St. Joseph’s Church, and Professor Joseph Cheruvelil, speaking on the Conscience of a Conservative. Here are the videos of their intriguing presentations. Videos filmed and edited by James Doukas Productions.
Rob Astorino: Republican candidate for NYS Governor
Rob Astorino, Republican candidate for NYS Governor, speaks at November 4th Queens Village Republican Club meeting. He is the former Westchester County Executive and 2014 Republican candidate for NYS Governor. Having nearly clinched the 2014 race, and won the state outside of NYC, he outlines the path to victory in 2022.
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Maureen Grey: Saving St. Joseph’s Church
Maureen Grey, guest speaker at the November 4, 2021 Queens Village Republican Club meeting, is a neighborhood historical preservationist, lifelong educator, and was a teacher at St. Joseph Parish Day School. She is leading the fight to landmark St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church and save it from demolition. She told the story of a beautiful church that many Republican club members were parishioners of since its inception.
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Prof Joseph Cheruvelil: Conscience of a Conservative
Professor Joseph Cheruvelil, guest speaker at the November 4, 2021 meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club, speaks lucidly about the Conscience of a Conservative. The professor is a popular conservative luminary who taught many years on the faculty of the English Dept. of St. John’s University. His book “A Passage to America” is an autobiography of Professor Cheruvelil, who describes himself as “a Catholic in religion, a Hindu in culture, a conservative in politics, and an eclectic in taste.”
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General Club Meeting on October 7, 2021 at Bellerose Jewish Center in Floral Park, Queens featured NYS Assemblyman Mike Lawler, Rick Hinshaw, discusses voting NO on ballot propositions #1, #3 and #4, Dr. Devi, Republican candidate for NYC Public Advocate, Tony Herbert, Conservative and Independence Party candidate for NYC Public Advocate, followed by a lively Q & A. Here are the videos of the entire meeting. Videos filmed and edited by James Doukas Productions.
Rick Hinshaw discusses the urgency of voting NO on ballot propositions #1, #3 and #4, that threaten the integrity of our elections. Rick is the former editor of The Long Island Catholic and director of communications for the Catholic League.
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Dr. Devi is a scientist and physician working on the frontlines of the pandemic for the past year and a half, working in pain management and treating combat veterans. Very compelling story about why she decided to run for Public Advocate in order to humanize a bloated inhumane city bureaucracy. Supporters poured donations into her campaign coffers, more than enough to meet the threshold for a televised debate with Democrat opponent Jumaane Williams which will air on Oct 19th.
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Tony Herbert is running for NYC Public Advocate on the Conservative Party and Independent lines. Jumaane Williams, the current NYC Public Advocate, is the Democrat candidate for Public Advocate, who as a City Councilman, refused to recite the pledge of allegiance and was a supporter of FALN terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera. Williams is also a supporter of BLM and defunding the police. Tony is a community leader, a former radio show host who cares about the people of NYC, and is a voice for the voiceless.
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NYS Assemblyman Mike Lawler was the only Republican to flip a Democrat State Assembly seat in 2020. Mike served as Executive Director of the State Republican Party and advisor to Rob Astorino when he was Westchester County Executive. We worked together on Rob’s past gubernatorial campaign, and we are thrilled to have him scheduled to speak at our November meeting as a Republican candidate for governor of NYS. Mike is our pro-police, pro law and order, pro-fiscal conservative voice in the State Assembly, and leading the charge to break the One Party monopoly in NYS!
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Q & A on vaccine mandates, crime, murder of kids in NYC, qualified immunity, ballot proposals.
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General Club Meeting on September 2, 2021 at Bellerose Jewish Center in Floral Park, Queens featured Curtis Sliwa for NYC Mayor and Vickie Paladino for NY City Council. Here are the videos of their inspiring presentations as well as an informative Q&A session.
Curtis Sliwa fires up the crowd at Sept 2nd meeting. “Vote in Curtis Sliwa—what do you have to lose?” The City Council defunded the police; took away the anti-crime unit, got rid of homeless outreach. De Blasio robbed the City of 1.4 billion dollars for his wife’s do-nothing ThriveNYC program. We need to “Save our City” or let it be turned over to Adams and de Blasio’s buddies -“Over my dead body.”
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Republican NY City Council candidate Vickie Paladino spoke to members of the Queens Village Republican Club on Sept 2nd after a walking tour of her district in Whitestone and Bayside after the devastation caused by tropical storm Ida. She saw over 50 people who’s homes and basements were flooded, some with as much as 8 feet of water, and who have to pay out of their own pockets for the damage, as our government and local city and state elected officials are helpless and useless.
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Q & A with Curtis Sliwa and Vickie Paladino. Questions about Deep State and RINOs impeding Trump, Councilman Eric Ulrich backing Eric Adams. Curtis asserted that “establishment Republicans are our worst enemies.”
We held a rally and press conference on the steps of Queens Boro Hall in 2014 to protest King Cuomo’s despicable remarks that conservatives are not welcome in New York State. Remember when he said the following. Well, karma’s coming for him.
Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that’s who they are and they’re the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.
“Cuomo Outrage!!” Rally/Press Conference
Tuesday Jan. 21, 2014 at 12:00 Noon
Queens Borough Hall
Queens Village Republican Club Zoom Meeting. Panel of speakers addressing the indoctrination of our children from Elementary School to College and how we can rebuild America’s Public Education System
The Queens Village Republican Club’s monthly General Club Meeting on February 4th focused on our small businesses and restaurants, the relationship of citizens to government, which should be protector of our rights and privileges, and how State Legislators have made Governor Cuomo “king” who has excercised his absolute powers to pick winners and losers and crush the backbone of small businesses. Here is the video of the entire meeting, including experiences by Mickey King, president of Antun’s of Queens Village, and Duke Quan, owner of BIA Restaurant in New Hyde Park.
“The essence of a free and democratic society is based on checks and balances on power. Queens County is one of New York State’s 62 counties. Queens suffers from absolute control by one political party. There are no checks on power and Queens legislators at the city and state level cower at King Cuomo’s exalted powers. At the end of this political gamesmanship rests the fate of the New York City small business community. After thousands of small businesses shutter their doors, the autopsy will reveal the true cause of death to put on the toe tag of each dream which was known as a small business. In varying degrees, many counties across the state have suffered the same fate.”
– The Politics of the Pandemic: Crushing the Backbone of Americas Small Businesses
We celebrated the joy of the holiday season with our annual Christmas/Chanukah Party at Nancy’s Restaurant in person! Joining us were a few Republican candidates, Scherie Murray, Giovanni Perna and Ragini Shrivastava who ran courageous campaigns in local districts. Our featured guest speakers, Diane Atkins and Rev. Daniel Ulysse gave us encouraging guidance and inpired us to realize we have a lot to celebrate!
It was a rainy evening on September 3rd but more than 80 guests attended the Dinner Meeting under the Triple Crown Diner Tent in Bellerose filling the venue to capacity. The event featured Steve Bannon video conferenced in live from the War Room Pandemic, and other exciting speakers in person. Enthusiasm was evident as chanting spontaneously broke out—“USA, USA” and “Four More Years” repeatedly. Here are the videos of this energizing event.
Steve Bannon
Bevelyn Beatty
Diane Atkins
Dave Franklin
Giovanni Perna
Ruth Papazian is a Republican “working class candidate” who was born and raised in the East Bronx, seeking the Republican nomination in NY Congressional District 14, to run against AOC, the most dangerous Congressmember in America. AOC will be defeated!
Gene Ho was Donald Trump’s Personal Campaign Photographer and author of the #1 bestseller, TRUMP-ography: How Biblical Principles Paved the Way to the American Presidency.
Video of our other guest speaker, Ruth Papazian, Republican seeking nomination to run against AOC, will be coming soon!
This video compiled and produced by Michael Ferrara is a tribute to three veteran friends of his, lifelong residents from his home town of Corona, Queens. This is a special tribute to the Greatest Generation on Veterans Day, November 11, 2019. We must never forget the service and sacrifice of our veterans, especially the great patriotic veterans in this video, one of whom, Tony who is celebrating his 100th birthday.
The October 3rd General Club Meeting was our annual Columbus Day Dinner held at Nancy’s restaurant. The Queens County Republican Party Reorganization was scheduled for the same night, so our club president and several officers and members could not be present.
Our Sept 5th Club meeting featured Joseph Imperatrice, founder of Blue Lives Matter – NYC, who received an outpouring of love and support from the a packed house of patriots at Queens Village Republican Club. Antoine Tucker, candidate for US Congress seeking Republican nomination in NY-14 running against AOC, spoke and energized the club meeing. Our other guest speakers were Moshe Hill, conservative commentator, Kristi Kollar, Pro-Life advocate, David Solano, for PTA President Bayside HS, and more.
“Out with the old in with the new” was the theme at the Queens Village Republican Club 144th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. All the cool Republicans and WalkAway Democrats gathered together to celebrate and promote the Grand Old Party with new people young and old with new ideas in moving forward and fighting to make our city, state and country great again. Video compilation by Michael Ferrara.
Special thanks goes to James Doukas, our videographer: jaydees2002@yahoo.com
“The Great Awakening: Breaking the Chains of the Democratic Party” is the world’s first “documonial” film. This is a testimonial documentary created entirely by using #WalkAway™️ Campaign testimonial videos. These are the true stories of black American patriots about the history and present of the Democratic Party. Please share this documonial film everywhere.
Assemblyman Kieran Lalor: Assemblyman from Dutchess County, NY. Marine Corps veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a frequent guest on the Fox News discusses the new Amazon HQ Boondoggle and the longterm corruption of New York State government projects.
Curtis Sliwa: Founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, radio talk show host, WABC Radio, former Chairman of NYS Reform Party, and he was a candidate for NYC Public Advocate. Here he regales the audience with the message that when people take an active role in their community it makes things better for all of us.
We had a packed house for the June 7th club meeting with a nice sampling of our local Republican candidates from Assembly, State Senate to Congress! Our club doesn’t make endorsements while primaries are going on but we give all candidates the opportunity to present themselves to our membership! Here are the videos below from this exciting meeting.
Dr. Holmes delivered the opening keynote address at the 143rd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner.
Frank Gaffney is the former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy under President Ronald Reagan, and Founder and President of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., one of our country’s foremost organizations actively defending our freedom and national security.
Michael Conigliaro presented the “Future of America Awards” to Nicole Weingartner, Ryan Girdusky and Michael Jannis, on behalf of the Queens Village Republican Club, at the 143rd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner.
Ann Schockett was honored as the Republican Woman of the Year at the 143rd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner on March 18th.
Congressman Lee Zeldin delivered an uplifting Keynote Address at the 143rd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner.
Dr. Florence Maloney was honored with the prestigious Harvey Moder Lifetime Achievement Award, at the 143rd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner on March 18th.
The ceremonial presentation of the “Rabbi Morton Pomerantz Veteran of the Year Award” to World War II Veteran and decorated war hero, 1st LT Sampson Lester Friedman, U.S. Army Air Corps (Ret.) was the most moving part of the Lincoln Dinner program. This award was named to preserve the memory of our club board member Rabbi Morton Pomerantz, who was a Marine Corp and Navy chaplain, and acclaimed advocate of Veterans and Republican causes. LT Friedman was accompanied by fellow World War II Veterans Lt. Col. John Peterkin and Jason Kaatz, Crew Engineer, UH1 Helicopter, who escorted Mr. Friedman up to the podium to the haunting musical strains of “Mansions of the Lord” performed by John Walters.
David Bressler was the recipient of the Community Leader of the Year Award at the 143rd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner on March 18th. In his acceptance speech he officially declared his candidacy as the Republican running for State Assembly in the 26th Assembly District in Northeastern Queens.
“Are you ready for some Stone Cold Truth?” Such was the way that Roger Stone, special guest speaker at the Lincoln Dinner on March 18th, introduced his up-close and personal account of the victory of President Trump against all odds, and the tratorious machinations of the political establishment to unseat and destroy him after he was elected, in what he described was “the largest case of political espionage that makes Watergate look like small potatoes.” Roger Stone is the legendary political consultant, bestselling author, and senior campaign advisor to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and Trump. The following is the video of Stone’s entire historic speech to over 350 like-minded patriots at an awesome, uplifting gathering in a vast sea of blue called New York City.
The special guest speaker at our March 1st club meeting was Anthony Scaramucci, American financier, entrepreneur, political commentator, and former White House Communications Director. “The Mooch” talked and took questions for over an hour of enlightening and informative discussion on many topics including the current state of politics and polarity and how it is affecting the markets.
Pamela Geller was the featured speaker at the February 1st Book Event for her new book, Fatwa: Hunted in America, the chronicles of her courageous fight for freedom all across America against the fake righteous bastions of the left, and their allies, the jihadists.
Pamela Geller has been called the Joan of Arc of the counter jihad movement and her critics call her the most dangerous woman in America. She says truth is the new hate speech, and she has been targeted by jihadists and leftists since she stood up to speak the truth and defend our most fundamental right, our freedom of speech.
Here it is, for those who didn’t get a chance to hear Rabbi Menashe Bovit’s inspiring and encouraging message at the Club’s annual Christmas/Chanukah Dinner Party, December 7, 2017. The Rabbi sang “L’man achai v’rayi / For All of My Brothers, Sisters and Friends” by his mentor, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and other holiday songs, and regaled us with stories about the spirit of hope and dedication, the true meaning of the holiday season. Listen to these words of wisdom again and again and share them with your friends.
Here is the videotaped presentation of Rev. Michel Faulkner, who was a guest speaker at the April 6, 2017 meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club. Rev. Faulkner is a Republican NYC Mayoral Candidate, Former NY Jets Football Player, and Founder and Pastor of the New Horizon Church of New York in Harlem. Rev. Faulkner has dedicated his life to serving his community for over 30 years. He gave a full presentation of his background, beliefs, and vision for the City of New York, the disaster of Mayor de Blasio’s progressive policies, and his solutions for NYC.
We were thrilled to have honored Margaret A. Wagner at the 142nd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. As Past President of Rockaway Republican Club and Associate Broker at Century 21 Amiable II, Margaret was the proud recipient of the prestigious Businesswoman of the Year Award. She was honored as a successful entrepreneur, an activist in Queens political campaigns, and a “mover and shaker” in her Rockaway community where she has received numerous Real Estate Awards and Community Service Awards. Katherine James, former NYC Board of Elections Deputy Chief Clerk of Queens County, President of the Queens County Federation of Republican Women, was the presenter of the award.
We are proud to have honored Tariq Rehmat at the Lincoln Dinner 2017. He is President of United Pakistani-American Christian Community and National Diversity Coalition for Trump Adviser. He was the recipient of the Republican Leader of the Year Award for his leadership and selfless service to the Pakistani-American community and Republican Party of the greater Eastern Queens community. He has proved to be a leader who works hard to pay back his gratitude to America, to make America the greatest nation in the history of the world. Joe Concannon, former NYPD Captain and City Council candidate in CD #23 was the presenter of the award.
Our keynote speaker at the 142nd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner, was John Jay LaValle, Chairman, Suffolk County GOP, Regional Vice Chair NYS GOP and Trump Campaign Spokesman. Chairman LaValle was the recipient of the American Patriot of the Year Award, duly honored for his winning spirit in all his endeavors and above all, putting his country above his political aspirations, as a shining example of the true American patriot. The award was presented by Bob Turner, Chairman of Queens County Republican Party, and former Congressman from Brooklyn-Queens. Chairman Turner won the epic special election against longtime Democrat David Weprin in an overwhelmingly Democratic district, becoming the first Republican to represent the area in over eighty years.
Robert F. Holden, President of the Juniper Park Civic Association, was honored at the Lincoln Dinner for Lifetime Achievement. He was the recipient of the Harvey E. Moder Lifetime Achievement Award for his full devotion of time and energy to benefit the community, and his lofty accomplishments, not the least of which is the Juniper Park Civic Association, which he has shaped into one of the leading civic groups in New York State. The award was presented by James A. Trent, President/Founder of the Queens County Farm Museum, President Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation Alliance Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the Queens Village Republican Club and Lincoln Dinner Chairman.
Lt. Col. Paul Schottenhamel, U.S. Army (Ret.), the past Queens County American Legion Commander, was honored as the Veteran of the Year at the Lincoln Dinner. He was the recipient of the Rabbi Morton Pomerantz Veteran of the Year Award, for his heroism on the battlefield, as a highly decorated combat war veteran, and his tireless leadership of the community of veterans in New York City, in order to always remember their service and sacrifice to keep America free. The award was presented by Lt. Col. John W. Peterkin, U.S. Army (Ret.), who served in World War II, served two combat tours in Korea, and two combat tours in Vietnam and served in NYC as an NYPD Officer.
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis was the recipient of the Republican Woman of the Year Award at the 142nd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. She was celebrated for standing up like a one-woman army in the NYS Assembly, and speaking out boldly on the major issues of public safety, national security and the rule of law, which affect all New Yorkers. She is a great example of a Republican representative who puts people over politics. David Bressler, Regional Manager of Bimbo Bakeries USA and Republican candidate for NYS Assembly race in 26th Assembly District in Northeast Queens, introduced the Honorable Nicole Malliotakis.
Brandon Muir, Executive Director of the Reclaim New York Center for Government Reform and Accountability was the featured speaker at our March 2nd General Club Meeting. He spoke about Mayor Bill de Blasio’s latest budget proposal – at $84.6 billion dollars – which is nearly 25% higher than Mayor Bloomberg’s last effort. The bottom line for New Yorkers, our taxes will make up the difference. To fully understand how these budgets impact you and your family, he spoke about the financial obligations these spending promises carry, along with an outlook for governance across New York over the next two years.
Residents of the Glen Oaks Village Co-Op gathered with city council candidate Joseph Concannon on Tuesday (12-13-16) to raise their voices after going without gas in their homes since Nov. 3rd. The presser was fully covered by the media, Queens Tribune reporting, “A Month Without Gas in Glen Oaks” and Times Ledger, “Gas pains at Glen Oaks.” Concannon cried out admonishing the elected officials and city agencies who were AWOL and the powers that be: “City of New York: wake up. Get the gas back on here.” The gas was turned on after the presser as reported in Queens Chronicle, “Glen Oaks gets gas fixed after presser” and Queens Courier, “UPDATE: Glen Oaks co-op residents regain gas service after being without for more than five weeks.”
Video: Roy Fox, guest speaker at Columbus Day DinnerOur October Club Meeting was a dinner meeting in honor of Columbus Day. We were entertained and inspired by guest speaker, Roy Fox, a former radio host, and currently lecturer at the Rufus King Mansion Museum in downtown Jamaica. Mr. Fox is an expert on the life of Rufus King who not only was a signer of the U.S. Constitution, but was an ardent foe of slavery in America. Here is the video of his outstanding speech.
On September 11, 2016 we held a very moving and inspiring Memorial Ceremony at Tribute Triangle Park in Glen Oaks Village, to commemorate the heroes and the fallen of September 11, 2001. The Master of Ceremonies was Rabbi Menashe Bovit. Reflections and memories were presented by Lester Friedman, Retired WWII Airman, Jewish War Veterans, LTC John W. Peterkin, USA Retired, also WWII Veteran, including NYPD, FDNY, first responders, religious and community leaders. It was billed as a “Support Your Local Police” event. Here is the video of the unforgettable ceremonies.
The June 2nd Queens Village Republican Club General Club Meeting was a campaign rally which started off with Scott Berry leading everyone in the signing of “You’re a Grand Old Flag!” This was followed by vigorous chanting of “Make America great again, Trump, Trump, Trump!”
There was a floor vote on a resolution for a club endorsement of Donald J. Trump for our Republican candidate for President, which passed unanimously. Our congressional candidates, Senator Jack Martins and Mike O’Reilly spoke as well as Frank Denatali, a representative from Donald Trump for President Campaign, Trump Tower Call Center in Manhattan.
Our thrilling April 7th General Club Meeting featured Wendy Long, our Republican, Conservative, and Reform Party Candidate for U.S. Senate in New York running against Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Mike O’Reilly, Republican Candidate for Congress in New York’s 5th District in Eastern Queens running against Rep. Greg Meeks. Also our featured speaker was Ryan James Girdusky, Fox News, Fox Business, Radio & TV Pundit, Writer and Public Speaker who talked about the exciting and contentious presidential races. Here below are the videos of that awesome event:
Captain James Van Thach (Ret.) U.S. Army, received the Rabbi Morton Pomerantz Veteran of the Year Award at the 141st Anniversary Licnoln Dinner. The presenter was Commander Bernadette Semple, a highly decorated wounded warrior herself. Captain Thach, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, who was given the honorary title of Brigadier General by the Iraqi government as an advisor to the New Iraqi Army, spoke passionately, as a Veteran’s Advocate with Wounded Veteran Initiative of Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) with his beloved service dog Liz by his side. He spoke about finding one’s passion in life and in one’s community, and to “never give up” the fight. He said to “find a pal” to help you through any difficulty. The passion that gives him strength and purpose in his life, as a Suicide Prevention Counselor and a pal to the numerous veterans and fellow wounded warriors he has met traveling throughout the nation and the world, is to share healing and encouragement with each and every one of them, because of the tragedy of approximately 22 American veterans committing suicide every day.
Fred Brown, the venerated Chairman of the National Black Republican Council and President of the New York State Black Republican Council, received the Harvey Moder Lifetime Achievement award, which was presented by Queens Republican Party Chairman Bob Turner. This award is presented annually to real-life American heroes, memorialized eternally in the name of the highly acclaimed past president of the Queens Village Republican Club, and World War II Veteran honored by Congress for his lifetime quest to fully account for our POW/MIAs.
The Queens Village Republican Club General Meeting on March 3rd, 2016 was a public forum focusing on local and national security issues and counter-terrorism.
The first speaker was Police Officer Steven Vranick from the NYPD Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) Queens North. He gave us a detailed counter-terrorism briefing. He expressed the around the clock constant vigilance of the CTU, and the club members expressed their deepest respect and support for all our NYPD.
Legendary Buffalo developer and New York State Conservative firebrand, Carl Paladino delivered the keynote address, on the occasion of the 141st Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. He addressed a jam packed ballroom at Antun’s of Queens Village calling for the second American Revolution.
Carl Paladino is a risk-taker, unafraid to pioneer strategic retail developments in the most economically depressed areas of Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany. As Chairman of Ellicott Development Company, which he founded in 1973, and a life-long advocate of the City of Buffalo, Paladino is best known for championing strategic ideas and has brought new life to the city and region. In the political arena, he pulled off an upset victory in 2010 winning the Republican nomination for New York State governor, and although he didn’t beat Cuomo, he is poised to run again for governor, which he mentioned in a recent interview with Neil Cavuto on the Fox Business Network.
Phil Orenstein, President of the Queens Village Republican Club and Republican District Leader of the 24th Assembly District in Queens, was honored as the Patriot of the Year. The presenter was former NYPD Captain and former City Council candidate, Joe Concannon. President Orenstein pledged to continue to pursue the Impossible Dream here in the belly of the beast, NYC until we take back our government from the progressive left.
Nikoloz Chkheidze, Chairman of Tvistomi Association – Georgian Community Organization of America, received the Businessman of the Year award at the 141st Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. Hemant Shah, was the presenter who said you can go to Italy but you can’t become an Italian, go to Germany but you can’t become German, but you can go to America and become an American. Nikoloz came to America and became an American. He was a Medical Doctor and a Freedom Fighter against the Soviet regime in Georgia, and said it was the great leadership of his hero, the hero of the Georgian people, President Ronald Reagan, who made it possible to defeat the Soviet Union. He holds the greatest appreciation for America, the greatest county in the world, the country where his dreams are coming true.
Three generations of great New York City Republicans participated in the presentation of the “Youth of the Year” award to Pierry Benjamin at the 141st Anniversary Lincoln Dinner.
As he was making the introduction of Pierry, presenter Francois Wellington summed up the moment perfectly saying: “I am so honored to have two of the greatest people receiving awards here today. I have Fred Brown, who was my mentor. It’s incredible what he’s done for us. If you want to know the history, the beauty of what the Republican Party means to us, you sit down with Fred Brown, who told us as Democrats: ‘you’re Republican, you just don’t know it.’ Receiving the Youth of the Year award is the person I mentored, Pierry Benjamin. I used to be his youth minister and I am so proud of what he has achieved, so proud of the love and passion he has for young people.”
In humble gratitude Pierry expressed his deepest thanks to his mentors and caring friends with a stirring speech about “the three sincere things, which are preparation, words and the light that God has vested throughout everyone of us.”
Rolaine Antoine, past Treasurer and Advisor of the Cambria Heights PTA and CEO of $mutlimillion non-profit, recieved the Education Advocate of the Year Award at the 141st Anniversary Lincoln Dinner.
Her presenter, Katherine James had this to say for her introduction: “Rolaine is a revolutionary, a change agent. With her family, her extended family, freinds and civic relationships, she worked for the greater good of all.”
New York State Senator Jack Martins speaks at our 141st Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. A great speech, great friends and patriots, and a great gathering to “Make New York Great Again!”
“These are turbulent times in 2016. But in turbulent times there are opportunities. Each one of us has the opportunity to make a difference. We can turn around the last seven years of this country and set us back on the road to properity. This is going to be great Republican year!” – Senator Jack Martins
The February 4th Public Forum on Education Reform focused primarily on the issue of school choice and presented the lowdown on what’s wrong and how to fix our broken education system. According to Frank Russo, one of the speakers and leading advocate for school choice, “everyone wins with school choice—parents, children and taxpayers. The opposition comes primarily from public school teacher unions which want to keep their government school monopoly. Half the states have passed legislation to provide some measure of choice in education, but not New York.”
James Trent, our club’s board chairman and president and founder of the Queens County Farm Museum, gave the lowdown on Mayor de Blasio’s bogus zoning plan ostensibly for the purpose of building housing for the poor.
In this video presentation at the January QVGOP Club meeting, Trent articulated how this mayor, under the guise of getting more affordable housing built, wants to change the zoning of residential communities to allow taller buildings, limited parking, reduced size apartments, and higher density. The mayor’s zoning plan is only a windfall to developers, and he is doing this largely as payback for the developer’s help in getting him elected. The rents charged in these so-called affordable developments, are hardly affordable, being upwards of $3000 a month.
Ken Abramowitz gave a great speech about saving our civilization at our January Club meeting which was a forum on National Security.
Ken Abramowitz is co-founder of NGN Capital, a $450 million worldwide healthcare venture capital fund. Formerly he was a Managing Director for the Carlyle Group. He is a writer, speaker and freedom activist for saving Western Civilization. He is the founder of SavetheWest.com, which is dedicated to saving Western civilization, based upon the fundamentals of individual rights, free enterprise and limited constitutional government which is under assault, and we are losing the battle.
Former U.S. Congressman and Fox News contributor John LeBoutillier spoke about national security at our January 2016 monthly meeting. It was a public forum and John delivered a riveting, inspiring presentation that articulated the politics behind Barack Obama’s failed leadership and his destructive foreign policy. Here is his videotaped presentation. It is a MUST SEE!
John LeBoutillier is a renowned political commentator, columnist, radio and TV personality, author and public speaker. He is a former Republican Congressman who served in Northeastern Queens and was elected in 1980. He served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Special House POW/MIA Task Force. One of his books he co-authored with Ed Klein “The Obama Identity”. He appears every Sunday on Harris Faulkner’s Fox News show, Political Insiders.
Hundreds of residents of the Queens Village and Bellerose community in Eastern Queens came out for National Police Week, the annual week commemorating police officers who have given their lives in the line of duty each year. During 2014, 117 police officers nationwide died in the line of duty. Candlelight Vigils were held throughout New York City, Long Island and the nation, to show our gratitude and appreciation for the great service and sacrifice of our police officers for our safety and security. In this video and photos, you can see the spirited Community March from Our Lady of Lourdes Church to the 105th Police Precinct in Queens Village, as the community joined together in solemn gratitude to conduct the Candlelight Vigil to honor the memories of Det. Brian Moore and the brave men and women of law enforcement throughout the nation. WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL POLICE!!
The honorees at the 140th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner were the following shining lights of their Queens, NY communities:
New York City’s Bravest Award presented to Bill Miccio, FDNY Lieutenant, VP of 2011 World Police and Fire Games in NYC, on behalf of our gallant men and women of the FDNY.
Businessman of the Year: Harshad Patel, President of the Gujarati Samaj of New York, President and CEO of East End Hospitality Management Co., LLC.
The Harvey Moder Lifetime Achievement Award presented to: Katherine James, former NYC Board of Elections Deputy Chief Clerk of Queens County
Education Advocate of the Year Award presented to: David Lee, Co-founder and Director of CoalitionEdu, an education advocacy group seeking to preserve the high scholastic traditions of our Specialized High Schools of NYC.
William Kristol, keynote speaker at the 140th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner gave renewed hope and courage to all in attendance to stand up for Republican principles in a perilous world. He spoke for over 30 minutes addressing the major issues peppering them with stories and anecdotes from his youth growing up as a conservative in New York City, up to today, and ending with a questions and answer session. Kristol exuded great confidence in our future and the election of a Republican president in 2016.
On May 3, 2015, the Zionist Organization of America/ZOA Long Island-Queens Region hosted a free public event at Great Neck Synagogue featuring former Ambassador John Bolton, who was introduced by ZOA National President, Morton Klein.
The first “Rabbi Morton Pomerantz Veteran of the Year Award” was presented to Congressman Chris Gibson (R – Kinderhook), at the 140th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. A decorated war hero, he retired as Colonel after a 24 year U.S. Army career. He commanded the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team during the opening month of a humanitarian relief operation in Haiti. He earned four Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, and many other medals of valor.
Special guest of honor Consul General of India, Ambassador Dhyaneshwar Mulay was presented with a bouquet of flowers at the annual Lincoln Dinner on March 22, 2015. He spoke briefly about building good U.S.-Indian relations, and that in India, a land of many diverse people sharing one land, Jews who have been in India since 200 B.C., Christians since 58 A.D. and Indians all live together peacefully.
Richmond Country District Attorney, Dan Donovan is the Republican and Conservative Candidate for the 11th Congressional District in the May 5th Special Election for Congress. Donovan delivered the annual Lincoln Address and told us why he is a Republican – because people, not government, are what really matter!
NYPD Captain Joe Concannon (Ret.) presented New York’s Finest awards to Police Officers Kenneth Healy, Peter Rivera, Taylor Kraft and Joseph Meeker, honoring the four officers of the 103rd Precinct for their bravery and courage, who were savagely attacked by a hatchet wielding terrorist, two of whom sustained injuries in the line of duty while serving and protecting fellow New Yorkers.
New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox spoke at the December 2014 Queens Village Republican Club meeting and Christmas Party, introduced by Vice President Hemant Shah. He called for unity in the Republican Party in Queens in order to win elections. He praised the Queens Village Republican Club as one of the most active and diverse Republican Clubs in th state. He said that in New York State, the Republican Party is back. We now have a majority in the New York State Senate. But we would have had one more State Senator, Michael Conigliaro, who received 47% of the vote, had there been unity in the Queens County GOP.
NYPD Captain Joseph Concannon (Ret.) leads the Support Your Local Police” rally on the steps of Queens Borough Hall on Tuesday January 13th at 12:00 noon. Video credit: Michael Ferrara.
Video of the Queens Village Republican Club meeting on September 4th 2014, captures the entire discussion with Sarah Stern, founder and presesident of EMET, Endowment for Middle East Truth and Steven Emerson, founder of the Investigative Project on Terrorism. Also included is the trailer of Emerson’s film, The Grand Deception revealing the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to destroy America from within.
Sheriff Chris Moss, Republican, Conservative and “Stop Common Core” ballot line candidate for NYS lieutenant governor was introduced by former Congressman Bob Turner who won the 2011 Special Election for Congress in a majority Democrat district in Queens:
Rob Astorino, County Executive of Westchester, NY visits the Queens Village Republican Club, for a rally on June 30th, 2014, at the Knights of Columbus in Glen Oaks, Queens. He articulately laid out his platform for putting New York State back in the winning column and returning NYS to the Empire State. Here is the full video of Rob Astorino’s remarks and questions and answers.
Common Core is destroying our education system and hurting our children’s future. Many volunteers are presently circulating the petitions to create a “Stop Common Core” ballot line in November. Rob Astorino and our statewide candidates, Chris Moss for Lt. Governor, Robert Antonacci for Comptroller and John Cahill for Attorney General are all listed on the peititons, since they have pledged their support to stop Common Core once elected.
Three distinguished speakers from the veterans community addressed the VA scandal and its sweeping implications at our General Club Meeting Thursday June 5, 2014 at our new meeting hall, the Knights of Columbus, St Anne’s Council in Glen Oaks, Queens. The Dept. of Veterans Affairs operates the nation’s health care system for our Veterans with over 1700 hospitals, clinics and other facilities. Now news reports of gross mismanagement, corruption, and abuses are coming to light as whistleblowers coming forward are exposing the veterans we left behind to die waiting on fraudulent lists. Our country has not lived up to its obligation to all our veterans to provide the care they deserve. The videos below recorded our three speaker’s testimonies of the horrific scandal and what can be done about it.
On May 7, 2014 the Queens Village Republican Club hosted an informational meeting on voting and elections. We were fortunate to have as our featured speaker, Michael J. Ryan, the Executive Director of New York City’s Board of Elections. He covered numerous issues with the voting system, including problems with the scanner machines, multilingual ballots, informing the public, safeguards against voter fraud, military voters, electioneering, and the task of cleaning up the voter rolls. The full video of Mr. Ryan’s presentation and the question and answer session is now available below.
Mr. Ryan’s background is largely in the field of criminal justice as a practicing attorney. In addition to his private law practice, he served the public on matters of criminal justice policy serving in the Office of the Governor of New York and later in the Office of the Mayor in the City of New York. He began serving with the Board of Elections in 2010 and in August 2013, he was appointed to the position of Executive Director of the Board of Elections.
The April 3rd General Club Meeting featured informative presentations on the Common Core State Standards Initiative by two dynamic speakers. Here is the complete video of their presentations in five parts.
Madeleine Sharp, a Long Island Mom shares her research and insights into this federal/corporate takeover since the beginning of her amazing journey through every last detail of “Common Core” as the direct result of her own family’s personal battle with the NYS Education Dept.
Doug Smith is the Constitutent Services Director for Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C District 5, Holbrook), who sponsored Assembly bills to withdraw NYS from the Common Core and Race to the Top programs.
He is a great friend and a great Republican, and if people knew him, knew their history and knew what a Comptroller’s job was, John Burnett would be the New York City Comptroller today.
Historian Jerry Matacotta introduced John Burnett at the Lincoln Day Dinner saying that he is a nice person. But more important than being a nice person, is that John is a man of character and values, not just rhetoric. He is a great friend and a great Republican, and if people knew him, knew their history and knew what a Comptroller’s job was, John Burnett would be the New York City Comptroller today.
Dan Bongino is a former NYPD officer and a former United States Secret Service agent who worked for three presidents. He is the current Republican candidate for Congress in Maryland’s 6th District. He was honored as the American Patriot of the Year at the Lincoln Day Dinner on February 9th at Antun’s of Queens Village. Dan said: “The fight is here.” He encouraged us to stay in New York and fight for our liberties and values which are slowly being dissipated day by day.
Sridhar Munirathinam (Sri) was honored at the Queens Village Republican Club’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner on Sunday February 9, as the “Businessman of the Year.” Historian Jerry Matacotta presented the award saying that he and his wife were seeking new dining experiences and befriended Sri when he discovered they share the same values of love of country and love of the values of America. Sri came to America to pursue his dream of opening his own restaurant and today his restaurant, Southern Spice in New Hyde Park has been recognized by NY1 and New York Times, and has won awards as one of the finest Indian restaurants in Long Island. In fact, in October 2013, Newsday declared Southern Spice the #1 Asian restaurant in Long Island. Learn more about Sri and Southern Spice on the Queens Village Republican Club’s website.
“Support our troops in the field, and that goes for the active military as well as the Reserves and the National Guard…..They are willing to put their lives on the line to support the principles upon which our country was founded.”
Lt. Col. John W. Peterkin (Ret.) U.S. Army, a decorated war hero who served in WW II, the Korean War and Vietnam, was honored with the “Veteran of the Year” award at the 139th Anniversary Lincoln Day Dinner of the Queens Village Republican Club. Additionally, New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich, Chair of the Council Veterans Committee presented a City Council proclamation to LTC Peterkin, who sacrificed so much for his country.
LTC Peterkin accepted both the award and proclamation in the name of all our men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. You can read LTC Peterkin’s complete bio on the Queens Village Republican Club website.
Adam Sackowitz with Republican
congressional candidate Frank Scaturro“Americans never quit; Republicans never quit; we never hide from history; we make history!”
Adam Sackowitz, a proud Jewish Conservative who loves his religious culture, his state and nation, was honored as our “Youth of the Year” at the Queens Village Republican Club’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner gala on Feb 9th. Adam, a lifelong history enthusiast, and a student of Political Science, American Studies and Jewish Studies at Hofstra, has been active in the battle for the preservation of historic sites and our religious liberty in America.
Ryan James Girdusky, a prolific young political commentator, consultant and writer, who has been published in more than a dozen publications, presented the award to Adam. Ryan has appeared as a political consultant on many radio and television shows including The Dr. Gina Show, The Sean and Frank Morning Show, The Mark Skoda Show, Cavuto, Fox and Friends, Justice with Judge Jeanine, Hannity on Fox News, and many others.
In a rousing speech after accepting the award, Adam said about the diverse representation of young and old, and the many different races and ethnicities in the room: “I’m proud to say, this is the new Republican Party. It’s a Party we can all be proud of.” Ending his comments about the role of youth, he exclaimed: “Americans never quit; Republicans never quit; we never hide from history; we make history!”
Ted Anagnostos is the owner of the Subway Shop at 251-05 Jamaica Ave in Bellerose Queens right near Staples. Ted, who owns two Subways and is planning on a third, is a young patriotic entrepreneur and a wonderful guy. Joe Concannon was the presenter at the 2014 Lincoln Day Dinner of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award to Ted for his courage to take risks, his spirit as a builder and job creator who is making an impact and the dignity that a job creates in people’s lives.
Phil Orenstein, new Queens Village Republican Club president gives the audience a brief welcome and introduces Tony Lo Bianco, Master of Ceremonies. James Trent, Chairman of the Board of Directors, presents the Outstanding Service Award to former Club President Philip T. Sica.
James Trent
New York State Senator Frank Padavan, our beloved Republican State Senator for 38 Years in Eastern Queens, now retired, presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to James Trent. President and Founder of the Queens County Farm Museum, James Trent has selflessly given over 50 years of civic service and leadership to the residents of Queens County, without asking for anything in return. As the Club’s workaholic Lincoln Dinner Chairman, he exclaimed that this was “the most successful, profitable and well attended GOP event he has ever hosted.”
In his keynote address, Rep. King talked about America, about New York City and Queens as well as his bid for the presidency. He called on the Republican Party to move forward in Queens and get rid of the intramural fights and stand together.
Here are the videos and photos of former Congressman Bob Turner introducer and keynote speaker Congressman Peter King at the 139th Anniversary Lincoln Day Dinner. Republican Congressman Bob Turner formerly represented New York’s Congressional District 9, after he won the epic special election battle against longtime Democrat David Weprin in an overwhelmingly Democratic district, becoming the first Republican to represent the area in over eighty years. Turner was mentored by Homeland Security Chair, Congressman Peter King and today they remain very close friends.
The Club’s annual Christmas/Chanukah Party was held on December 5, 2014, about a month after Election Day when Republicans were still recovering from hard fought campaigns in a deep blue city that just experienced the lowest voter turnout in 50 years. But the room was packed to the rafters with spirited Club members, friends and volunteers from the recent campaigns. Due to a clerical error on the part of the reservations department, nearly 20 more people showed up exceeding the count we had given to the restaurant, which threw the caterers into a bit of a tailspin.
Obama was very successful at the Social Media political marketing game crushing Romney’s efforts in the past presidential elections. We can learn from team Obama’s use of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to engage target audiences, share and connect with the voters so that the intended message snowballs to the American people.
Nickolas Chkheidze
Nickolas Chkheidze, President/Founder of the American Georgian Community Organization. He read from a written statement, but his words were sincere and moving to everyone in the room who heard his heartfelt passion. He had emigrated from Georgia, a country torn asunder in the throes of independence from the Soviet sphere. He was an active leader in the recent Georgian presidential election and the country’s transformation into a flourishing Democratic state, while neighboring Ukraine is presently engaged in their own revolutionary struggle to extricate themselves from Russian domination as Putin aspires for the restoration of the “Evil Empire.” Nickolas spoke reverently about the great communicator and liberator of his people, President Reagan who fought heroically against the global and domestic threat of communism. Unfortunately we no longer have great leaders like Reagan, Thatcher or Churchill to lead America back to freedom, he lamented. But we have great potential leaders right here in this room, and we need to rebuild and rebrand the Republican Party until these capable leaders take their seats in public office. This is the new face of the Republican Party.
City Council candidate Scherie Murray (R-Distirct 31) held a very successful press conference on the steps of Queens Boro Hall on Wed with Councilman Eric Ulrich, City Comptoller candidate John Burnett as well as the six other GOP City Council candidates along with major media coverage. Queens Republican City Council candidates, Dennis Saffran CD-19, Sunny Hahn CD-20, Daniel Peterson CD-22, Alex Blishteyn CD-24, Craig Caruana CD-30, Scherie Murray CD-31 and Eric Ulrich CD-32 stand united with members of the law enforcement community in opposition to the “Community Safety Act.” We need to keep the pressure up to stop the City Council’s vote for the “Coummunity Safety Act” from being enacted. We all can help stop the City Council’s madness and help to elect our GOP City Council candidates in order to prevent dangerous bills like these from receiving veto-proof majorities.
Rabbi Aryeh Spero, also known as “America’s Rabbi” was our featured speaker at our June 6th Club meeting and gave a spellbinding address on “the Battle for the Soul of America” at the famed Antun’s rather than our usual venue, Trattoria Lucia Restaurant. The room couldn’t be a more appropriate setting appointed Antun’s-style with a fancy buffet of home baked cookies and brownies, and silver urns of coffee and tea.
Rabbi Spero was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at our Lincoln Day Dinner on February 10th, but was unable to make it due to the heavy snowstorm. We were fortunate to devote most of the evening to hearing his stirring call to action to reclaim our country’s greatest inheritance that has been hijacked by the Left. The Club meeting also featured briefs and endorsements of our Republican City Council candidates, Alex Blishteyn, Dennis Saffran, Scherie Murray, and Sunny Hahn. At the end of the evening, people lined up for book signing with Rabbi Spero for his highly acclaimed book “Push Back, Reclaiming the American Judeo-Christian Spirit.”
RABBI SPERO ADDRESSES QVRC AT ANTUN’S from Queens Village Republican Club on Vimeo.
The Queens Village Republican Club proudly honored Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir with the Educator of the Year award at the Lincoln Dinner, February 10, 2013. In his acceptance speech he talks eloquently about the values of hard work, self-reliance, individualism, character development that were inculcated into him early on by his Republican parents and grandparents who were proud patriotic Americans. His classical education background which shaped the curriculum of Maspeth High School developed from his Catholic School upbringing. Maspeth High School, the unique and flourishing product of his background, is a new public school created from scratch offering a classical curriculum that exceeds the state graduation requirements. Classical education is the “mechanism through which the morals, values and ethics of our Western Civilization were developed, built upon and still examined.”
Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir, Educator of the Year from Queens Village Republican Club on Vimeo.
At the end of the 2013 Lincoln Dinner speaking program, John Catsimatidis was called upon to say a few words about his candidacy for mayor of New York. Joe Lhota and George McDonald were present for the cocktail hour, but Catsimatidis was the only GOP mayoral candidate who stayed through the entire dinner party. Catsimatidis followed Greg Buckley, Sr. and Pamela Geller, which was a tough act to follow. The first thing he said, in a veiled quip at Lhota, was that if he were head of the MTA, she would get her signs right away and wouldn’t have to sue. He spoke about his own 20 year old son and how he understands the pain of the Buckley family. He has a lot of friends in Washington and he said he is willing to do whatever he can do to help. He said “your son deserves justice, and nobody forget in this room, that we’re not going to stop until we get justice.”
Greg Buckley, Sr. told the tearful story about his son’s insider murder in Afghanistan in a safe zone, his marine military base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on August 10, 2013, at the hands of the Afghanistan police the marines were training. There was not a dry eye in the room as everyone stood up and listened with rapt attention as he spoke about the stonewalling and disrespect from our government and requested that we all unite to demand justice for his son. The Queens Village Republican Club made a promise to support the Buckley family and seek justice for LCpl Greg Buckley Jr. This is the complete video of the moving speech and call to action delivered by Greg Buckley, Sr. at the Lincoln Dinner on February 10, 2013.
Professor Gerald Matacotta, founder of the acclaimed History Seminar Series at Queensborough Community College, delivered the Lincoln Day Keynote Address in place of Rabbi Aryeh Spero who was detained at an airport, unable to make it due to the heavy snowstorm. In his address, Matacotta spoke on Lincoln and what he means to this country and about education. He warned the audience that the Republican Party has given up the school system of the United States to a group of elitists who used similar takeover tactics as the 20th century strongmen: Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler to hijack the education system. He ended calling on Republicans to take back the schools.
Professor Gerald Matacotta, Keynote Address from Queens Village Republican Club on Vimeo.
Raj Mehta, producer of the talk show called “Interviews That Matter with Raj Mehta” has invited Greg Buckley, Sr., father of LCpl Greg Buckey, Jr. who was murdered in an insider attack in Afghanistan, to sit down for a comprehensive interview on the story of his son’s murder and the quest for prosecutorial justice. Greg Buckley, Sr who has been speaking out in the media and at patriotic events has issued a clarion call across the nation to demand swift justice for the jihadist murders of all our sons and daughters in the US Armed Forces in Afgahnistan and to bring them home now!
Raj Mehta, Chairman and CEO of Infosys International Inc., was honored as “Businessman of the Year” at the Lincoln Dinner on February 10th. He came to America from India with six dollars in his pocket and rose within the information technology industry to establish his own company which has become one of the leading information technology companies on Long Island and was listed in INC 500, as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. He is also producer and host of a talk show called “Interviews That Matter with Raj Mehta” which airs on ITV/ITVGOLD on Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. Mr. Mehta is a great example of success and achieving the American Dream as an immigrant with humble beginnings.
Pamela Geller is founder, editor and publisher of Atlas Shrugs.com and executive director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and Stop Islamization of America (SIOA). She is best known for organizing mass rallies to protest the Ground Zero mosque and for her recent subway ad campaign calling for support of civilization against the savagery of jihad, which was initially rejected by the MTA. She sued and won in court with the judge ruling that the MTA violated her First Amendment rights. Ms. Geller was honored at the Lincoln Dinner as the “American Patriot of the Year” for her heroic defense of freedom of speech and individual rights.
Pamela Geller, American Patriot of the Year from Queens Village Republican Club on Vimeo.
