Vallone Makes Plea To Restore Vallone Scholarship Fund
      The Vallone Scholarships, created by then City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., awarded to anyone who graduates from a New York City high school with a B average or better and attends a CUNY college, have been greatly reduced in this year's budget. However, efforts are being made to restore the funds.
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'Things Just Great In 108' Community Council Told
BY THOMAS COGAN
      Things are just great in the 108th Police Precinct right now, according to its two top officers. At the October meeting of the precinct community council, Precinct Commander Deputy Inspector Thomas Kavanagh previewed his 28- day crime report by proclaiming it "Outstanding!
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Vallone Secures HPD Grant Funding For CALDC
      City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. has secured a $39,715 grant from the City Council for the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition (CALDC), a local group that provides services for landlords and tenants in the community. The grant, the HPD Community Consultant Contract, had been awarded to the group for the past ten years.
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Nucleus Of Opposition To 'Candidate' Bloomberg Forms Over Term Issue
      Mayor Michael Bloomberg was forced to listen to the sharpest criticism to be voiced during his almost seven years in office in an unprecedented four-hour hearing at City Hall on Monday. It was just a preview of what he'll be hearing in the course of his campaign for mayor next year.
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