As has been the case for the past several years, Borough President Helen Marshall recently launched her annual “Discover Queens in August” campaign. This year, “Discover Queens” was linked to another effort, “Power Up Queens”. While Discover Queens is aimed primarily at people who live in the borough but who seem to spend most of their spare time and discretionary […]
Comments On Issues
To The Editor: There are several issues which either appeared in your August 9 issue of the Gazette or that I have heard on the radio, that have evoked thoughts and opinions which I would like to share with my fellow Gazette readers this week. The minimum wage is such a truly important issue that must be dealt with. I […]
Stem Cell Research
To The Editor: Just when you think it’s impossible for this president to inflict any more damage to our country than he already has, he vetoes federal funding for stem cell research, even as overwhelmingly passed by his own “No Oversight” Republican Congress. They were only 55 short of the 290 needed by his own “in his pocket” House to […]
Fighting Parking Ticket
To The Editor: I am a resident of 150-40 71st Ave. in Flushing for the past three years. I am writing because I’m hoping that this can be resolved. In early March of 2006, I received a parking ticket on 71st Avenue. I have always parked there and so have all who reside in the area. This is where the […]
WTC: 5 Years After
To The Editor: Having seen the film, “World Trade Center”, the day before, on Tu e s d a y, August 15, I returned to the World Trade Center site to put into perspective what the movie showed, and to see how the site had changed since my last visit there two years ago. Although construction had started on the […]
Council Passes ‘Bouncer Bill’ Tightening Bar Security
In the wake of incidents where bouncers from bars and clubs have been involved in crimes including murder, the City Council last week unanimously approved legislation tightening security at nightclubs and bars and authorizing shutdowns of those establishments which fail to conduct background checks of security employees. The legislation also makes failure to comply with the new security provisions just […]
New York City Kids Win Prizes And ‘Stomp’ Out Litter
If the future of our city depends on our youth New York City is in excellent hands. And I can attest to that. recently, having the privilege of presenting Team Up to Clean Up (TUTCU) awards to two of this year’s Golden Apple contest winners. The Golden Apple annual competition, open only to schools in New York City, consists of […]
Douglaston Hate Crime Condemned
The vicious attack on four Asian American young men by two white men in Eastern Queens two weeks ago, labeled a hate crime by the Queens district attorney’s office, triggered a torrent of protests from public officials and community o rganizations at several meetings last week. All condemned the alleged bias attack in Douglaston where anti-Asian epithets were hurled at […]
Cuomo Retains Lead Despite Green Assaults
Andrew Cuomo, the frontrunner in the Democratic primary for state attorney general, has been getting hammered steadily by opponent Mark Green over the past several weeks, but no seriously damaging blow appears to have struck the race favorite with less than three weeks left until the September 12 election. No polls have been released showing that Green has cut into […]