World's Flair in today's Daily News

On April 22,1964 the world came to Queens for opening day of the World's Fair that opened in Flushing Meadow Park. 

Here is what that newspaper looked like:

Today we produced a look back at the '64 and '39 fairs and it looks amazing. We have beautiful archival photos and great pieces from our very own Lisa Colangelo, Borough President Melinda Katz, Matthew Silva on why we need to save the NYS Pavilion and Nicholas Hirshon on why the pavilion matters to him.

Daily News World's Flair online

Melinda Katz sworn in as Queens Borough President

On Thursday January 9th Melinda Katz was sworn in as Queens Borough President by New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio at Queens College. Our colleague Renetta Fitzgerald was in attendance as well as several prominent Queens lawmakers. 

Our own Lisa Colangelo was there as well and filed this report:

Daily News article

Queens has a history of electing strong women - Melinda Katz