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Rockaway Election 2020: NYS Assembly candidate Khaleel Anderson

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - November 02, 2020 14:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Khaleel Anderson, 24, has been a community activist, a member of Community Board 14, and now this impressive young man from Far Rockaway wants to become the youngest Assembly Member in 20 years. He makes his case with Mark C. Healey, Editor In Chief of The Wave, Rockaway's newspaper since 1893.

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey artwork

Rockaway Election 2020: QBP Candidate Donovan Richards Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - October 30, 2020 20:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Currently on the City Council, Donovan Richards tells Mark C. Healey, Editor In Chief of The Wave, Rockaway's newspaper since 1893, why he's the best person to serve Queens.

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey artwork

Rockaway Election 2020: New York Senator Joe Addabbo Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - October 29, 2020 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
New York State Senator Joe Addabbo makes his case for a seventh term as he sits down with Mark C. Healey, Editor In Chief of The Wave, Rockaway's newspaper since 1893.

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey artwork

Rockaway Election 2020: NYS Senate Candidate Thomas Sullivan is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - October 28, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Breezy Point resident Tom Sullivan thinks he will do a better job than current NYS Senator Joe Addabbo, and stated his case with Mark C. Healey, Editor In Chief of The Wave, Rockaway's newspaper since 1893. 

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Rockaway Election 2020: Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - October 27, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato discusses her track record with Mark Healey, the Editor In Chief of The Wave, as she runs for re-election.

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey artwork

QBP Candidate JoAnn Ariola Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - October 26, 2020 19:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Joann Ariola sits down with Mark C. Healey, Editor In Chief of The Wave, Rockaway's newspaper since 1893, to state her case to be the next Queens Borough President .

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey artwork

New Deputy Chancellor Has Rockaway Roots

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - August 12, 2020 18:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The First Deputy Chancellor's job is to be the "connective tissue that links every school to the things that they need from our superintendents, executive superintendents, and central offices."  Donald Conyers is a Beach Channel graduate and the first person to be named to this brand new post. H...

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A Plan To Open Rockaway's Beaches?

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - May 18, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ocean Chief Lifeguard Janet Fash was the first female Chief Lifeguard in Rockaway over 40 years ago and has been a familiar face on Rockaways beaches ever since. As a tireless advocate of public safety, Fash has rescued countless individuals off our shores and trained numerous lifeguards and memb...

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Addabbo Family Health Center Is Creating A Covid-19 Testing Site

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - April 13, 2020 18:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center says it is opening of a By-Appointment Only walk-up COVID-19 Testing Site at its 1288 Central Avenue in Far Rockaway to help curb the spread of the deadly virus.  Dr. Miriam Vega, AHC CEO, will join The Wave's Mark C. Healey to discuss the details.  

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Dealing with COVID-19 In Rockaway

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - March 18, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Dr. Miriam Y. Vega, Ph.D., the Chief Executive Officer of The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center and Dr. Veronica N. Wiltshire will join The Wave’s Mark C. Healey with the latest information and tips on how to deal with the COVID-19 crisis

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Queens Beep Candidate Liz Crowley Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - March 14, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Liz Crowley says she's a reformer who will fix Queens' problems.  The former Councilwoman says Queens deserves its “fair share” from the city and state, especially transportation, affordable housing and business investment.  She also spoke directly to issues Rockaway residents are facing. On Ma...

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Queens Beep Candidate Costa Constantinides Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - March 12, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Councilman Costa Constantinides says as Queens Borough President he will make the borough stronger, more equitable, and more resilient in the face of climate change. He says those issues should make him Rockaway's candidate. On March 11, he sat down with The Wave's Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey...

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Queens Beep Candidate Jim Quinn Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - March 12, 2020 03:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
With the last Queens Borough President now serving as Queens DA, crime fighter Jim Quinn now wants to be the next Queens Borough President. Quinn, a former prosecutor, was Senior Executive Assistant District Attorney in charge of the Trial Division. when DA Melinda Katz took office. He quickly r...

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Queens DA Candidate Joe Murray Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - October 31, 2019 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
A registered Democrat running on the GOP ticket, defense attorney Joe Murray thinks he's a better choice for Queens District attorney than his Democrat opponent Melinda Katz.  He sat down with The Wave's Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey to discuss why he's the better choice.

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Surf's Up As Vans Duct Tape Invitational is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - October 02, 2019 19:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Returning to New York after its original debut in 2010, the celebrated Vans Joel Tudor Duct Tape Longboarding Series will traverse upon our shores here at Rockaway Beach on October 3-6. Celebrating surf craftsmanship, creativity and innovation, the Vans Duct Tape Festival will feature a world-cl...

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Walker's World Tour

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - September 13, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Singer-songwriter Walker Hornung is off to jam in jolly old England, but before he does, he stopped by The Wave’s HQ to sit down for an interview.  He plays a few of his new hits and talks about his process.  

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The Marcal Group's Seth Caller Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - August 08, 2019 17:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Seth Caller is the head of Acquisitions, Leasing, and Sales for The Marcal Group. He'll join The Wave's Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey to discuss the One Sixteen project on Beach 116th Street and what it means for the peninsula's resurgence.

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AmpSurf's John Roberts Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - June 18, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Rockaway Beach resident John Roberts is the Coordinator of AmpSurf’s Rockaway Beach/Breezy Point Chapter.  AmpSurf's mission is to “promote, inspire, educate, and rehabilitate people with disabilities” via adaptive surfing, a sport that is close to Roberts’ heart. He'll join The Wave's EIC Mar...

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Queens DA Candidate Betty Lugo Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - June 10, 2019 20:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Betty Lugo, a former ADA in Nassau County, is also a founding member of Pacheco and Lugo, PLLC, the first Hispanic women-owned law firm in New York.  According to her website Lugo has “conducted trials, hearings, arbitrations, an appeals in complex matters in both state and federal courts. She'l...

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Queens DA Candidate Tiffany Cabán Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - June 03, 2019 19:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Tiffan Cabán, a career public defender, wants to make sweeping restorative changes to the Queens District Attorney’s office, and has assumed  a decisive stance against the decriminalizing of poverty and mass incarceration. She sat down with The Wave's managing Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey to s...

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Councilman Rory Lancman is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - May 13, 2019 19:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
NYC Councilman Rory Lancman visited The Wave to discuss his candidacy for Queens DA. Though Lancman has never prosecuted a case, he chairs the Council's Justice System committee, and oversees the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the district attorneys in all five boroughs, the city’s special ...

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Queens DA Candidate Mina Malik Is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - April 08, 2019 21:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Former Queens prosecutor Mina Malik  is one of the more experienced candidates running for Queens DA. She's been on both sides of the criminal justice system, as a prosecutor with the Queens District Attorney’s office for 15 years, a defense investigator, and reformer. Most recently she served a...

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Queens DA candidate Melinda Katz is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - March 20, 2019 18:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is running for Queens DA, and says that more than piling up convictions, the job of a DA is to get justice for victims and defendants.  She stopped by The Wave to discuss her campaign. 

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Queens DA candidate Greg Lasak is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - March 19, 2019 22:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
A lifelong Queens resident, Greg Lasak rose through the ranks at the District Attorney's office before being elected a Supreme Court Justice. Now he's running to be our DA to bring experience, integrity, and progressive principles to the office.  He visited The Wave to discuss his campaign with ...

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Queens DA candidate Jose Nieves is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - March 18, 2019 21:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Jose Nieves has dedicated his life to public service as a career prosecutor, army combat veteran and community leader for more than twenty years.  On March 18, he stopped by The Wave to state his case to be the next Queens District Attorney

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Rockaway Will Fight Shelter Placement

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - February 15, 2019 20:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, The Wave learned that the NYC Department of Homeless Services has decided to place 120 males at a new homeless shelter located at 226 Beach 101st Street. There are two schools nearby, several businesses and many families. Locals business owners and residents are going to f...

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NYC Public Advocate candidate Eric Ulrich is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - January 24, 2019 16:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich says his campaign for Public Advocate  -- which will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 26 -- represents the best chance for Rockaway to get real representation and recognition from city government.  He stoppoed by the Wave on Wednesday, Jan. 24, ti make his case.  

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Ben Yee is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - January 14, 2019 20:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
For the last ten years, Ben Yee has been engaging people to get more involved in the way government operates. On Jan. 14, he stopped by The Wave in Rockaway Beach to discuss his run for NYC Public Advocate with Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey.

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NYC Public Advocate candidate Melissa Mark Viverito is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - January 08, 2019 20:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Melissa Mark-Viverito isn't new to politics: as Former City Council Speaker, she's proven she will be a rubber stamp for Mayor Bill de Blasio.  But is she the right choice for Rockaway? On Jan. 8, Mark-Viverito will join The Wave's Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey to discuss why she's the best cho...

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JJ After Dark is Riding The Wave

Riding the Wave with Mark Healey - December 07, 2018 14:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
WFAN radio host John Jastremski is joining The Wave newspaper as a columnist, and his column "JJ After Dark" will make it's Rockaway debut on Friday, Dec. 7. JJ visited The Wave Rockaway Beach HQ to talk about his new column, his popular overnight show and what's next for New York's baseball tea...

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