Queens' D.C. Lawmakers Secure Funds For Local Improvements
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      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.
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Oprah Hitting Campaign Trail Invites Much Speculation
POLITICAL ANALYSIS BY JOHN TOSCANO
      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 Hampshi...
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Looks Like GOP Senators Will Make Fare Hike An Issue In '08
      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.
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Bd 1. Rejects 31st St. Zoning Change
BY RICHARD GENTILVISO
      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.
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Dutch Kills Questions Rezoning Plans
BY THOMAS COGAN
      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 towa...
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