Queens Borough President Helen Marshall provided the Jackson Heights Neighborhood Association (JHNA) with a summary of initiatives, coined the "Marshall Plan" by her staff. More...
The U.S. House of Representatives last Friday passed legislation to help capture rapists and put them behind bars by strengthening the use of DNA evidence in the law enforcement process. More...
GIANARIS BASHES ENERGY CONTRACT: Assemblymember Michael Gianaris is spearheading an Assembly inquiry into a 10-year contract between Consolidated Edison and Astoria Energy LLC, a subsidiary of SCS Energy. More...
Compiled By Linda J. Wilson Crowley Seeks Drug Reimportation Bill Passage
Congressmember Joseph Crowley (D-Queens/The Bronx) last June introduced a bill to lower prescription drug prices for all Americans by allowing federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved safe prescription drugs sold in Canada and Mexico, often at far lower prices than those charged for their counterparts in the United States, to be reimported and sold in the U.S. More...
The November meeting of Community Board 2 members included election of officers and by that measure marked the anticipated return of Joseph Conley as chairman. More...
Jazz Is Alive At