Editorial
Access-A-Ride Veto Hurts Those Most Vulnerable
      "It's déjà vu all over again," legendary baseball figure Yogi Berra is supposed to have said. The remark loses its amusing qualities when applied to two successive governors of New York state vetoing bills by Queens legislators that would extend Access-A-Ride service into Nassau County...
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Rebuts Op Ed
To The Editor:
      Since you published the op-ed article from Alex Epstein, ("Celebrating Income Inequality", Gazette, Aug. 1, 2007) I assume you might consider publishing this rebuttal. Mr. Epstein should have lived in the 19th century when there were no controls over the amassing of wealth and no consideration of...
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Thanks CALDC
To The Editor:
      On behalf of the Dutch Kills community and, I am sure, the entire Astoria/Long Island City community, we wish to thank the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition for a stupendous and outstanding summer concert series.
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Hails Library, More
To The Editor:
      I am really pleased upon hearing on the radio and also in the Aug. 1, 2007 issue of the Gazette several positive pieces of legislation or donations that will contribute to positive quality of life for all of our Astoria, Queens residents, as well as for our city.
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Save 'John Doe' Bill
To The Editor:
      I was reading today that there is a bill in Washington called the "John Doe Amendment" that in part would protect citizens who see something and say something from litigation.
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Op-ed
Rising College Costs Create A Crisis For 9-To-5 Families
BY STATE SENATOR TOBY ANN STAVISKY
      From high school seniors receiving their diplomas to undergraduates beginning summer classes to bring themselves closer to their own graduation day, college is on the minds of many students this time of year. Most will continue their education right here in New York, home to some of the best inst...
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