Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer Celebrated His Groundbreaking Inauguration
Saturday, January 9, the 800 seat, two-tiered theater at the Frank Sinatra School of the Performing Arts High School (Astoria, Queens), was over capacity with all available space filled with standing spectators. Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer was sworn into office by State Supreme Court Member Judge Paul G. Feinman, and was joined by elected officials, community organizations and local school groups. Attendees enjoyed performances by the Sunnyside Drum Corps, Aviation High School Color Guard, and opera singer Nicholle Bittlingmeyer, and the Center of Hope International Choir closed out the event with two spirited numbers. A video montage, designed and produced by the Chocolate Factory Theater, opened the show, displaying images of Jimmy’s historic, grassroots campaign and all of the people in the community who made his inauguration possible.