Let Queens Help Make Valentine’s Day Perfect
Next Tuesday husbands, wives, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, cousins of all degree and significant others, the last named encompassing every conceivable variant of human relationship, will observe the day that has celebrated human love since the time of the Roman festival of Lupercalia. The myth of Cupid and the legend of Saint Valentine combined can prove a powerful inspiration for […]
Letters to the Editor
Food For Thought To The Editor: Manhattan state Senator Bill Perkins’ proposed bill to ban eating in the subway is the personification of the nanny state. His legislation would be enforced by police issuing $250 fines to those caught chowing down on the subways. Riders have to deal with those hogging two seats, yawning as if in the dentist’s chair, […]
No Money To Retire-A Crisis In The Making
Are New Yorkers ready for retirement? A new study by the New School for Social Research and my office shows that a growing number of New Yorkers don’t have enough money to retire, which would force them to rely entirely on Social Security or help from family members – or keep working into old age. This savings shortfall accompanies dramatic […]
Crime Up In Parks, Need More Officers Says Vallone
Crime has increased in public parks and the number of safety officers are down, Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (D–Astoria) stated last week. The Astoria representative called for the hiring of more parks enforcement officers and better reporting by the NYPD of crimes committed there in order to keep park-goers safe. Vallone stated at a council committee hearing last week: “Our […]
114th Community Council Honors Detective, Patrol Officer
In November and December 2011, the 114th Police Precinct experienced a string of burglaries in the area extending from Steinway Street to 49th Street and Astoria to Northern Boulevards. “Two individuals, a male and a female, were doing real damage, committing numerous burglaries,” 114th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Stephen Cirabisi told the precinct community council on January 24. Detective […]
UCCA Holds Annual Breakfast
The United Community Civic Association (UCCA) held its third annual Legislative/Executive Breakfast on February 3. Civic and community leaders, community board representatives, major commercial, industrial and hospital chief executive officers and administrators were invited to speak on various topics from the city budget, hydrofracking, garbage pick up, education and quality of life issues. The panel of city and state elected […]
Beatles Land In Queens
Feb. 7, 1964 is known as Beatles Day in the United States. On this day 48 years ago the “history of the world changed”. It all started in Queens, right here in our home borough. In late November 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. That was about 10 weeks before the Beatles’ invasion of the U.S. In that time […]
Boomtime For LIC, Astoria
Gazette country is growing by leaps and bounds, with seven new towers planned for Hallets Point in Astoria and a dizzying array of developments underway in Long Island City. Major relocations will bring the offices of the federal Social Security Administration (SSA) and JetBlue Airlines to Dutch Kills, while the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law prepares […]