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Queens lawmakers in Washington have secured large amounts of money for improving quality of life in the borough, and other programs including projects which will produce a quieter environment in Woodside and Little Neck. More ... In a strategically timed campaign move which could give Barack Obama a tremendous boost toward capturing the Democratic Party presidential nomination, television superstar Oprah Winfrey will campaign with Obama in the crucial final stages of the first primaries of the campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. More ... Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike blasted the MTA subway fare and bridge toll increase plans prior to Governor Eliot Spitzer's intervention last week, which saved a small percentage of straphangers from increased commuting costs. More ... Zoning shapes the city is how the Department of City Planning succinctly describes the art and science of zoning in New York. But until 1916, there was no zoning in the city. At that time, height and setback requirements were first written. More ... Following a stormy Dutch Kills Civic Association meeting 10 days earlier, the Department of City Planning held an environmental assessment hearing just before Thanksgiving. The meeting, held in the school auditorium of Evangel Church on Crescent Street, was the latest part of the long process toward completing the Dutch Kills rezoning project. More ... |
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