{"id":276896,"date":"2026-06-24T18:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276896\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:09:54","slug":"steinway-astoria-partnership-meeting-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276896\/","title":{"rendered":"Steinway Astoria Partnership Meeting – Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"Tony<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony Barsamian, Chairman of the BID, went over the previous year\u2019s programs and events.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, June 17, the Steinway Astoria Partnership held its annual meeting. The event was hosted at Lunera Fusion Restaurant located at 32-24 Steinway Street and was well attended by business and property owners. Kevin Foley, Pres\u00adident of the BID, thanked the mem\u00adbers and Executive Director and staff for their dedication. Tony Barsamian, Chairman of the BID, went over the previous year\u2019s programs and events. He continued by going through the BID\u2019s FY26 Fiscal Report and the FY27 Budget stating that the Stein\u00adway Astoria Partnership continued to maintain fiscal responsibility, noting the budget was identical to the previ\u00adous year. Some discussion centered on the future of the district and whether expanding the business im\u00adprovement district or rezoning might have a positive impact. Senator Michael Gianaris, the guest speaker, spoke about his memories of Stein\u00adway Street growing up in Astoria. Tony thanked the senator for his re\u00admarks and presented him with an award for his years of dedication to the street and Astoria. The senator shall be missed in the years to come for his steady guidance and dedica\u00adtion to the neighborhood. Tony thanked Lunera for hosting and com\u00adplimented the excellent cuisine and welcoming atmosphere. <\/p>\n

\"Tony<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony Barsamian, Chairman of the BID, thanked Senator Gianaris for his remarks and presented him with an award for his years of dedication to Steinway Street and Astoria.<\/p>\n

\"Senator<\/a><\/p>\n

Senator Michael Gianaris, the guest speaker, spoke about his memories of Steinway Street growing up in Astoria.<\/p>\n

\"(L.<\/a><\/p>\n

(L. to r.): Tony Barsamian, Chairman of the BID; Senator Michael Gianaris; Marie Torniali, Executive Director of the BID; Kevin Foley, President of the BID.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Barsamian, Chairman of the BID, went over the previous year\u2019s programs and events. On Wednesday, June 17,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-276896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}