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Butler, Kelly Honored
Photo Hammed Iqbal Powhatan and Pocahontas Democratic Club members gathered at festivities at Riccardo's Feb. 23rd to honor former Assemblymember Denis Butler (center l.) and Mary Ann Kelly (center r.) were (front row, l. to r.) Democratic State Committee Member Laura Jean Hawkins, Patricia Colella, president, Pocahontas Democratic Club, Queens central Board of Education Member Terri Thompson, James Cazilas and Anne-Marie Anzalone, 36th Assembly District Leaders, and Assemblymember Audrey Pheffer; (back row, l. to r.) Assemblymember Michael Gianaris, who succeeded Butler in the 36th AD seat, Peter Vallone Jr., Ed Berberich, Powhatan Mens Club President and Queens County Democratic Leader Thomas Manton. More...
NYPA Must Explain Plans To Assembly Panel, Gianaris Says
by john toscano

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) received some unexpected help last week from Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, but NYPA officials will be on the griddle on Mar. 15th "to answer the tough questions it has been avoiding," Assemblymember Mike Gianaris announced. More...

Shulman Mum On Power Plan
by richard gentilviso

"The matter is in court," Borough President Claire Shulman said of the continuing effort to stop construction of two power generators in Long Island City during a joint session of the Queens Borough Cabinet and the Queens Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 20th even as the New York Power Authority (NYPA) received a permit from the state Department of Environmental Conservation to build the last of 10 47-megawatt generators throughout the city on Staten Island. More...

 Community Calendar
• Community Meetings
Feb. 28, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society; Emanuel United Church, Woodhaven Boulevard; 846-1907. More...
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 Political Page
• Vallone Set To Appeal Ruling Killing Cop Monitors
City Council Speaker Peter Vallone lost a round in his fight to get a city-sponsored independent monitor for the Police Department when a state appeals court ruled in Mayor Rudolph Giuliani More...
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 Seniors
• Senior Spotlight
Schumer Calls For Larger Mammogram Payments To Cut Mammogram Wait More...
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 Editorials
• Editorial
G Train Is Vital To Queens, Brooklyn
Plans are underway to drop G subway train service in Queens. According to statements issued by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with the advent of V train service to run on the Queens Boulevard line this summer, G train service, which now runs from Smith and 9th Streets in Brooklyn to 71st-Continental Avenue in Queens, will terminate at the Court Square station. Supposedly, the change will make room for the V trains. More...
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