{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/qf8jd4q12h/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Daniel Dromm Oral History"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 1, 2012: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel Dromm speaks to the diversity and constantly shifting ethnicities of Jackson Heights, the community he represents as a New York City Council Member and calls home.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 2, 2012: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore Daniel Dromm was elected to office as a New York City Council Member, he was a public school teacher. He shares his beliefs about the importance of LGBT education in schools, the role of teachers in school reform and the role of parents in their children's education.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 3, 2012: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel Dromm recalls Jackson Heights' gay culture in the 1970's when he would visit bars like The Alley and enjoyed the sense of community he felt there in an era when bars were the only meeting places for gay people. Dromm later went on to organize several community groups in Queens that serve the gay community. He is currently a New York City Council Member serving a district that includes Jackson Heights.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 1, 2017: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel recalls an instance where he expereienced discrimination when he was trying to buy a co-op. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary of 2012 Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the time of this interview, Council Member Daniel Dromm serves as the Democratic District Leader in the 39th Assembly District, Part A since 2002.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c/span\u003eHe has been re-elected three times to represent his district, which includes Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, LeFrak City, Corona, Rego Park and Woodside in the New York City Council. In this interview, Dromm discusses his coming of age as a gay teenager living in Queens and how Jackson Heights has been a welcoming and diverse home for him since the 1970’s when he arrived. Dromm also discusses his teaching career and how it evolved into a political career in the early 1990’s. Community organizing and education have been key themes in his decades of work in Queens. Dromm provides numerous names of organizations and individuals as well as dates that provide an historical framework for many activist activities in the borough.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary of 2017 Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York City Councilmember Daniel Dromm has been representing the communities of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst since 2009. He describes how he fell in love with the unique spirit of Jackson Heights. After a nationally publicized hate crime shocked the neighborhood, he was motivated to give back to his community by becoming involved with a multitude of LGBTQ centered activist groups. He also details the multitude of changes that have affected the neighborhood including immigration and gentrification.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e (general)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/search/browse/21548"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2012-01-30 (created)","2017-10-05 (created)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Daniel Dromm (Interviewee)","Natalie Milbrodt (Interviewer)","Linda Ganjian (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["2017 interview made in conjunction with Linda Ganjian's \"Griffins's Tales\" drawing project."]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["Jackson Heights, Queens, NY (spatial)","1970-2017 (temporal)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (primary)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 1, 2012:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDaniel Dromm speaks to the diversity and constantly shifting ethnicities of Jackson Heights, the community he represents as a New York City Council Member and calls home.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 2, 2012:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBefore Daniel Dromm was elected to office as a New York City Council Member, he was a public school teacher. He shares his beliefs about the importance of LGBT education in schools, the role of teachers in school reform and the role of parents in their children's education.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 3, 2012:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDaniel Dromm recalls Jackson Heights' gay culture in the 1970's when he would visit bars like The Alley and enjoyed the sense of community he felt there in an era when bars were the only meeting places for gay people. Dromm later went on to organize several community groups in Queens that serve the gay community. He is currently a New York City Council Member serving a district that includes Jackson Heights.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eClip 1, 2017:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDaniel recalls an instance where he expereienced discrimination when he was trying to buy a co-op.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSummary of 2012 Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAt the time of this interview, Council Member Daniel Dromm serves as the Democratic District Leader in the 39th Assembly District, Part A since 2002.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003eHe has been re-elected three times to represent his district, which includes Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, LeFrak City, Corona, Rego Park and Woodside in the New York City Council. In this interview, Dromm discusses his coming of age as a gay teenager living in Queens and how Jackson Heights has been a welcoming and diverse home for him since the 1970\u0026rsquo;s when he arrived. Dromm also discusses his teaching career and how it evolved into a political career in the early 1990\u0026rsquo;s. Community organizing and education have been key themes in his decades of work in Queens. Dromm provides numerous names of organizations and individuals as well as dates that provide an historical framework for many activist activities in the borough.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSummary of 2017 Full Interview\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eNew York City Councilmember Daniel Dromm has been representing the communities of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst since 2009. 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