Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Sanders the next one in trouble?

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From the NY Post : Southeast Queens residents traded one politician who’s under indictment for allegedly covering up the theft of state fu...
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Queens native back home

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From NBC : A 26-year-old Queens man who was banned from flying without explanation while trying to return home after visiting family in M...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

What it all boils down to

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From an Op-Ed in the Daily News : Bloomberg-preferred developer the Related Companies in partnership with Sterling Equities, the real esta...
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Because what Queens needs is a 3rd proposed convention center

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From The Politicker : ...even though Mr. Doctoroff is no longer in command, might it still be possible to see a gondola stretch across th...
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Consumers may get whacked by regulatory decision

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From the Times Ledger : The state is demanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission turn back a recent decision regarding how market r...

Those in historic districts think restrictions are worth it

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From the Times Ledger : Manhattan and Brooklyn, with their dense housing stock, have about 30 and 50 historic districts, respectively. But...
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CUNY Law School opens in LIC

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From the Daily News : The state’s top judge has delivered his ruling: CUNY School of Law’s new location in Queens is a boon for the judi...
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Monday, October 22, 2012

They tweed in their own homes as well

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From the NY Post : When politicians snooze, taxpayers don’t just lose — their cash goes to support legislators’ real-estate investments. ...
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Broad Channel residents fined due to DEP incompetence

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From the Queens Chronicle : It’s a classic case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand was doing. Residents living on Larnark...

There are some who think Bloomberg is a master urban planner

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From WNYC : Justin Davidson, New York magazine’s architecture critic, looks at the ways development has changed the city’s character duri...
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Continued hysteria over Greek Nazis

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From the NY Times : The evidence was elusive: late last month, a professional Web site suddenly appeared, showing the party’s swastikalike...
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A bit of a conflict, don't you think?

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From the Times Ledger : A Manhattan consulting company often tapped for city development projects plays dual roles in Queens, having supp...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Farm Museum to tend to cemetery - if city buys it back

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From the Times Ledger : The Queens County Farm Museum board recently voted unanimously to maintain Brinckerhoff Cemetery, the centuries-...
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What a soccer stadium will actually cost us

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From a letter to the editor of the Queens Chronicle by MLS president Mark Abbott: Your story, “ Less recreational space — Teams worry abo...
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Large SI site next to be crappified

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From SI Live : It has provided spiritual comfort for more than a century, but the future of the Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Fo...
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Koo notices that Downtown Flushing has an issue

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From the Daily News : Navigating the sidewalks of downtown Flushing is a bit of an art form as pedestrians weave and dodge around merchan...
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Cost of living rises faster than income

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From Crains : In the decade that ended in 2010, housing and transportation costs rose nearly twice as fast as income for median-income ho...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Hot sheets hotel killed

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From the Queens Chronicle : A controversial plan to open what many feared would be a “hot sheet motel," a charge-by-the-hour facility...
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Profiles in gerrymandering: Woodhaven, Kew Gardens and Richmond Hill

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Redistricting Maps 3 From Queens Civic Congress : Woodhaven / Richmond Hill / Kew Gardens The Commission has proposed a wholesale shift...
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Hoped-for greenstreets put on hold

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From the Queens Courier : A state senator scolded the city for making changes to a green program that has left some turf in his district d...
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