Riding the Wave with Mark Healey

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 March 11, she sat down with The Wave's Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey to discuss her campaign.

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 to discuss his campaign.

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 resigned and announced his candidacy for the vacant borough president's office.

On March 11, he sat down with The Wave's Editor In Chief Mark C. Healey to discuss his campaign.

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.

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-class longboard competition for men and women, a Vans skate jam, film premieres and board demos. 

Joining the podcast will be professional surfers Joel Tudor and Pat Schmidt, who will be part of this weekend's festivites!

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.

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.

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 Mark C. Healey to discuss the upcoming AmpSurf fundraiser on June 28, followed by the first AmpSurf Clinic on June 29.

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'll sit down with The Wave's EIC Mark C. Healey to discuss her campaign.

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 state her case