Daniel Dromm, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Daniel Dromm

Date: Time Period: 1970-2012; 2012-01-30; Interview recorded: January 30 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder. Dimension: Total running time: 0:47:20

Creator: Daniel Dromm interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:21544 dromm_full

Description: At the time of this interview, Council Member Daniel Dromm has served as the Democratic District Leader in the 39th Assembly District, Part A since 2002. He 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.

Title : Daniel Dromm, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:21548

Creator : Daniel Dromm interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1970-2012; 2012-01-30; Interview recorded: January 30 2012

Summary/Description : At the time of this interview, Council Member Daniel Dromm has served as the Democratic District Leader in the 39th Assembly District, Part A since 2002. He 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.

Subject : City council members; Educators; Gay pride parades; Gay culture; Coming of age; Teaching; Community activists

Relation : Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Daniel Dromm

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Jackson Heights, NY Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:47:20

Identifier : aql:21544 dromm_full