It is a given that the Board of Elections is partisan. To protect party-favored candidates, creating unexpected rules and using lies and innuendos among 5 Republican and 5 Democrat Commissioners are to be expected. My Democrat opponent, Joseph P. Abbabbo, filed We The People independent nominating petition. The Queens Clerks concluded that Addabbo had 2,812 … Read more
Community board and the neighborhood voted against the bike lanes in May 2016, but ex-Mayor de Blasio pushed ahead the stretch from 74th Street and Eliot Avenue until Union Turnpike. Six years later, has the death and accident count changed? Has the business along the bike lane stretch benefited from the bike lane? If not, … Read more
Other sections of Jamaica Avenue street milled at the same time has been paved back, but not this 3-block stretch. Why?
Yes, property owners are responsible, but what if the lifting is caused by the vibration of the elevated J Train on Jamaica Avenue?
Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement. Click here to order free bin before October 1, 2022. What to Compost at the Curb ALL LEAF AND YARD WASTE of any kind, like leaves, flowers, twigs, grass clippings, and more. ALL FOOD WASTE AND FOOD-SOILED PAPER of any kind, everything from fruit and vegetable scraps to bones and shells to moldy … Read more
CPI. Do you have the financial cushion to take price-increase hits? What are the adjustments you have made to cope? How long can you go on? How close are you to your breaking point?
Before COVID, token booth clerks could take cash purchases, transfer card values, and be of service helping straphangers. My mother got a new MTA Reduced-Fare MetroCard. The expiring one has money in it, so I asked my token booth clerk to help. No luck. I could mail it in for a refund or visit a … Read more
Quote from Chief Justice John Paul Stevens recalling remark from Justice Thurgood Marshall in the New York State Board of Elections, et. al., PETITIONERS v. Margarita Lopez Torres et al. 552 U.S. (2008) case. 15 years later, stupid laws in nominating candidates for open seats in the Supreme Court continues.
According to local merchants, the pile of trash pictured has been there since mid-July. What is the procedure to request a sanitation waste basket at the street corner of 126 Street?
Merchants and neighbors complained about late night noise, public urination and defecation, gun shots that damaged properties… What are the rules and consequences to open certain shops and when those shops become a nuisance or detriment to the neighborhood?