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"Is this a beautiful day or what?" asked City Council Speaker Gifford Miller of the crowd at the fifth annual St. Patrick More ... A work considered among the foundations of Western thought was presented at Queens College recently. Actor Yannis Simonides presented Plato More ... Dana Broccoli, the widow of movie producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, one of the founders of the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, died of cancer on Sunday, February 29, at her home in Beverly Hills. She was 82 years old. More ... Queens lawmakers and public officials charge that while they have been urging Mayor Michael Bloomberg to replace buses and improve service on private bus liens, the mayor has been sitting on $150 million and doing nothing with it while waiting for the MTA to take over the private bus firms. More ... New disturbing hate crime data showing the worst surge in anti-Semitic incidents over the three-year period ending in 2003 were released last week by Congressmember Anthony Weiner. More ... Now that the city is beginning to thaw, the city Department of Parks and Recreation has stepped up its efforts to recruit qualified swimmers to become New York City Lifeguards at one of the city More ... Assemblymember Catherine Nolan said last week that passage of her bill to increase the minimum wage was necessary because many New Yorkers work tough jobs and families need the additional wages to make ends meet. More ... |
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