Licenses And Illegals



To The editor: I can’t think of a more ridiculous law approved by Governor [Eliot] Spitzer than the one that approves the issuing of drivers’ licenses to illegal aliens. This N.Y. state law is also vehemently opposed by City Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. Would I vote for Eliot Spitzer if he ran again for a public office? Most probably not. […]

Deserves Renaming



To The Editor: I would at this time like to applaud Community Board 11 who voted in favor of renaming a street in Douglaston after the late Rev. John J. Gribbon, who served 37 years at St. Anastasia Parish. Now the reason 1 commend this action is because I had known Father Gribbon for many years. Father Gribbon was chaplain […]

Water Rate Hikes Unfair



To The Editor: I was dismayed upon hearing on the local radio and TV news programs that water bills will rise to an exorbitant increase. With Con Edison bills on the increase, fuel oil and gasoline price increases and the general cost of living increasing, how can New Yorkers afford to pay for water rates and rising rent? The utilities […]

Can’t Forecast Weather



To The Editor: Here we are nearly two-thirds of the way through hurricane season and once again, nothing has happened along the East Coast. The predictions of the so-called experts have once again not come to pass, like all the predictions the weather people make. They are all overpaid media alarmists and “hypers” who just stand in front of a […]

Trees Present Problems



A copy of the following letter was received by the Gazette. Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor City of New York City Hall New York, NY 10007 Dear Mayor Bloomberg: I am writing to express my deep concern about a growing problem, literally, that I have witnessed in certain areas of my district in Queens: overgrown tree branches that are obscuring […]

Forget About Another Rate Hike, Lawmakers Tell Water Bd.



City Councilmembers David Weprin and James Gennaro, who vehemently opposed the 11.4 percent water rate increase foisted upon city homeowners three months ago, are now demanding that the city Water Board abandon any plans for a new “special rate boost” of 18 percent by next January. The board said recently the second rate hike might be necessary because there was […]

Mount Sinai Hospital Of Queens To Hold Town Hall



Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens invites the community to join the hospital’s third annual Town Hall meeting on Thursday, October 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. The meeting will center on “Health and Hospitals Initiatives” and is co-sponsored by the United Community Civic Association (UCCA). It will take place at the Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th […]

Pistilli Offers To Buy Westway At UCCA Meeting



A raucous meeting of angry residents, fed up with conditions related to the ongoing use of the Westway Motor Inn for homeless services, resulted in a pledge by officials to help end the practice. “We are all upset in this community. [Westway] is a festering sore,” United Community Civic Association (UCCA) President Rose Marie Poveromo said at an emergency meeting […]

Nourish NYC Opens First Queens Location



Nourish NYC announces the opening of its first neighborhood retail location in Sunnyside. Nourish NYC is the first store of its kind in the area, providing high-quality, natural and organic goods, vitamins and supplements, body and hair care, natural weight loss, fitness nutrition and even a mother and child section. Nourish NYC offers a contemporary approach that surpasses traditional health […]

Annual Community Dinner & Movie A Success Once Again



Annual Community Dinner & Movie A Success Once Again The Salah M. Hassanein Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens held their annual community dinner on Monday, October 15, followed by the premiere of “Martian Child” starring John Cusack at the Regal-Kaufman Cinema. The gala event, held at Cavo Restaurant and Lounge in Astoria, was chaired by Gus Antonopoulos. Board […]