In The Press

May 3, 2015 0

Flushing Remonstrance Revisited

We received a shout-out from Victoria Sheridan, Edward I. Koch Fellow at the Historic House Trust of New York City: The LatimerNow team would like to congratulate fellow Flushing landmarks the John Bowne House and the Old Quaker Meetinghouse on their future assessment for National Park Service [...]

March 9, 2015 0

President Signs Flushing Remonstrance Study Act

On December 19, 2014, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law No. 113-291). Section 3051(b)(5) of this new law authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to study the viability of the National Park Service supporting historic sites associated with the [...]

January 1, 2015 0

Religious Tolerance (A German Perspective)

Recently, German public television (ARD) interviewed members of the Flushing Interfaith Council about the diversity of our community and how we relate to one another. Specifically, ARD journalists were fascinated by the relative harmony between religious groups in Flushing compared to the rising [...]