Checked your absentee ballot status!

For those who have requested absentee ballot, please check your tracking number or use your name and birthdate to be sure it is Received VALID! The most common problems for a rejected ballot are (1) not having signed the outside envelope; and (2) not properly sealed for having licked the gum of the envelope when … Read more

Another NY State’s Marijuana law failure

New York Cannabis Social Equity Investment Fund paid out $1.7 million to its Social Equity Impact Ventures managers earning 2% per annum fee plus $25,000 per store without any incentive to further its social justice mission! However much money people contribute or the State put in, it will be depleted.

Queens Chronicle article on the State Senate race

I did respond to Stephanie Meditz’s request, but it was after this article was published. The following is what I wrote back to her. Hi Stephanie, Please accept my apology for the delay responding to your request.  In addition to being the State Senator Candidate on the ballot against Joseph Addabbo, I am also the … Read more

Inflation September 2024; One year later

Auto insurance keeps surging while gas prices drop Car insurance costs haven’t been this bad in 47 years. Senior care, other health costs continue to rise Though inflation is easing overall, costs borne largely by seniors have been slower to cool.

Mass parole for CHNV plagued without meaningful enforcement

Started by the Biden Administration on October 19, 2022 for Venezuelans followed by Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans on January 9, 2023, it was meant to humanitarian parole “orderly pathways to the United States” for up to 30,000 nationals per month. The program has been plagued with false sponsorship information, and the Department of Homeland Security … Read more

What if you disagree with your union’s political agenda?

“The purpose of a union is to represent their members, not force them to fund extreme political agendas against their will,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.  Cassidy’s bill would amend current law so workers have to “opt in” to paying for any union activities … Read more