When the voting was over in Iowa on Monday evening in the caucus battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, there was no apparent winner – unbelievably the Democratic voting ended in a tie – Clinton at 49.9 percent, Sanders 49.6 percent and Martin O’Malley 0.5 percent. It took some time, but the unusual result, the first in the nation […]
Iowa Caucus
Cruz Defeats Trump, Rubio Close BehindUS Senator Ted Cruz defeated Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses on Monday and Trump narrowly beat Senator Marco Rubio, who staged a very improved performance in the nation’s first contest to select a Republican presidential nominee. It was Trump’s first setback since he entered the political arena last year and dominated presidential debates and the political scene generally. The […]
Boro Prez Discusses 2017 Budget
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and the Queens Borough Board held their annual joint public hearing for capital and expense budget priorities in the coming fiscal year 2017 last week. As Mayor Bill de Blasio presented his preliminary budget of $82.1 billion on January 21, Borough Boards from the five boroughs are required under the City Charter to next submit […]
Super Bowl 50
This year Super Bowl 50 pits the Carolina Panthers vs. the Denver Broncos, on Sunday, February 7. The mega-event will be held in Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California, and starts at 6:30 pm, to be broadcast live on CBS. Not only is there the suspense of the game, there is the traditional entertaining Half Time show, this year featuring Coldplay […]
Celebrating Beatles Day
February 7 is the anniversary of the day, 52 years ago, when The Beatles landed in Queens, USA. Pan Am Flight 101 carried The Fab Four across “The Pond” to the newly-named John F. Kennedy International Airport on February 7, 1964. Everyone who was alive at the time, even those who were only in the single digits, remembers the arrival […]
Community Media Must Be At The Center Of Government Outreach
Op-edEvery day, readers like you get their news from publications like this one. You are among the millions of New Yorkers who turn to ethnic or local news sources for information in languages other than English and for reports about what’s happening in your neighborhood, or in the homelands to which you’re still connected. In my own district, I join […]
Letters to the Editor
Cuomo’s Math Faulty To The Editor: There is more to “Modernization Of Queens MTA Subways To Commence” (January 13). Remember last week’s announcement by Governor Andrew Cuomo that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit will increase rehabilitation for subway stations to a state of good repair by 10, or 50 percent from the original 20 planned in the […]
NYLCV Gives Constantinides Perfect Environment Score
The New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) has awarded Councilman Costa Constantinides a perfect score on its annual environment scorecard. Constantinides, appointed Chair of the Environmental Protection Committee in June, was rated on the basis of selected environmental legislation. Councilmembers were given points for support or sponsorship or had points deducted for votes against bills or absence without illness. […]
Maloney Hails Indictment Of Propaganda Creators
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D–Queens/Manhattan) released the following statement after a Houston grand jury indicted David Daleiden, the Director of the Center for Medical Progress, and another of its employees: “A grand jury that was asked to investigate Planned Parenthood found cause to indict the creators of anti-Planned Parenthood propaganda instead. This outcome follows investigations by at least five states that […]