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U.S Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, surrounded by advocates of increased mass transit funding, called for support of her new legislation to help meet the nation's growing demand for mass transit as commuters look for alternatives to rising gas prices. More ... John C. Liu, in his second term representing the 20th City Council district, which covers Flushing, told the September luncheon meeting of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce that politics has been "the best experience of my life", though he didn't say if or how he would continue in it after term limits force him from office at the end of 2009. More ... "Today was one of those days you don't want to have, but we had it," said George Stamatiades on the evening when the Dutch Kills Civic Association held its September meeting, three days after the City Planning Commission had unanimously voted approval of a rezoning plan for Dutch Kills. More ... City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. is working with city agencies to investigate a pit bull attack in Astoria last Friday, September 12, that killed a dog and injured a woman. Although the police responded to the scene after neighbors complained of the attack, the dog was not located at the time and little has been done about the matter since. More ... Congress last week passed a bill that provides new tools to law enforcement authorities to crack down on tobacco smugglers and illicit tobacco sales over the Internet. The legislation sponsored by Congressmember Anthony Weiner, also makes it a felony to sell tobacco in violation of any state law. More ... The first post-summer Community Board 1 cabinet meeting was chiefly concerned with the impending opening of the HANAC senior residence on Hoyt Avenue and 29th Street and with the Transit Authority's flood abatement program for subway and elevated stations More ... As the case against Assemblymember Anthony Seminerio proceeds through the federal courts, onlookers will be seeking confirmation of the identification of an Assembly colleague who allegedly informed on the South Ozone Park lawmaker to the FBI. More ... A shift of women and Jewish voters has brought John McCain within five points of Barack Obama among New York state voters, according to the latest Siena College poll. Democrat Obama had led Republican McCain by 51 to 33 percent in a Siena poll in June, but the September poll figures released on Monday had Obama ahead by only five points (46 to 41 percent). More ... |
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