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Plans are underway for the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to become the sole tenant of Two Gotham Center, a 662,000-squarefoot, 21-story, Class A office tower to be built on the site of a former parking garage near Queens Plaza at 28th Street and Thomson Avenue. More ... To The Editor: Term limits bring competitive elections to all voters by providing a level playing field for all candidates. Regardless of one's position, the integrity of the process demands that any change to term limits be done by Voter Referendum. But power must be intoxicating. More ... To The Editor: "The Hudson River Notes Waterway's Importance" review of The Hudson River: A Great American Treasure by Greg Miller October [8] brings to mind the explorer Henry Hudson. Our waterways are an underutilized natural asset. Most of our existing public transportation and roadways are already operating at or above capacity. More ... To The Editor: There are so many topics and opinions that I would like to share in the Gazette and I appreciate the opportunity to write and share. Firstly, since the Jewish New Year is based on holiness, compassion, caring for the unfortunate, I wish to see some of these beautiful words that are said on the pulpit practiced in daily life. More ... To The Editor: Joe Wurzelbacher [now known as Joe the Plumber], an Ohio man looking to buy the plumbing business he has worked for 10-12 hours a day now symbolizes the American dream. More ... An argument that has recently been repeated again and again is that the decades-old votes on term limits reflect the height of citizen engagement and democracy. Actually, quite the opposite is true. The term limit debate in 1993, and again in 1996, was never a fair fight. More ... |
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