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BY JOHN TOSCANO Slamming the City Planning Commission's passage of the controversial Willets Point development plan as "a rubber stamp" action, City Councilmember Hiram Monserrate predicted the measure was headed for a doomed fate in the City Council when it comes up for a final vote. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Queens Republican Party Chairman Phil Ragusa and Executive Vice Chair Vince Tabone lauded U.S. Senator John McCain as a winning candidate in this year's presidential election at a McCain- Palin rally last Saturday. Many of the party candidates in the November 4 elections also turned out for the r... More ... Crowley's Attempt To Turn The Bailout Tide Falls Short In a last-ditch effort to try to turn defeat into victory and get the $700 billion financial industry bailout passed, Congressmember Joseph Crowley rose from his seat as the vote on the package was ending in the House and shouted: "The market is going down 600 points! More ...
Addabbo Gets Help From Labor Orgs In Challenge To Maltese Organized labor is coming out strongly for City Councilmember Joseph Addabbo Jr. in his very tight contest against state Senator Serphin Maltese in Western Queens' 15th senate district. More ... Chamber Confers Awards, Marshall Assesses Business BY THOMAS COGAN "Keep It in Queens," the name for a marketing campaign soon to be launched by the Queens Chamber of Commerce to promote the importance of the borough as a manufacturing and business center, was announced at QCC's mid-month luncheon, also the occasion for its Business Persons of the Year Awards. More ... |
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