Editorial
Storm Brings Out Transit Woes
      This is supposedly the city that never sleeps. Last Wednesday, though, some two hours of intense rainfall delivered a knockout punch that brought New York City to its knees. Some Metro North rail lines to Grand Central Terminal, some Long Island Rail Road lines into Penn Station and some rail rout...
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Both Elated And Dismayed
To The Editor:
      As I begin to write my opinions to share with Gazette readers, feelings of dismay and elation are present.
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Correction
      In the Gazette of August 8, the article, "Queens Pedestrian Bridges Rated Poor and Fair" by Liz Goff, misidentified Willow Lake Bridge in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The bridge does not cross over the Van Wyck Expressway, but rather the lake. The bridge, although rated in poor condition, had b...
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Four Investigations = Four-Ring Political Circus
Op-ed
BY CONGRESSMEMBER CAROLYN MALONEY
      Last month New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office completed and released a report on alleged wrongdoing by Governor Eliot Spitzer's aides that found that the governor's staff had broken no laws.
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Community Conversation At North Shore Towers
BY CITY COUNCILMEMBER DAVID WEPRIN AND CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN
      Last week, at North Shore Towers in Floral Park, something remarkable occurred. On a night when Tom Glavine was going for his 300th win and Alex Rodriguez his 500th home run more than 200 residents unglued themselves from the television to join with their councilmembers in celebrating our progress...
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