Politician should respect the judicial system, always.
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls the new congressional maps ‘fraudulent’. She said that the new lines cut (black) communities in half disadvantaging marginalized people and undermining voting rights protection. Really?…
Curb & Street Dining Permanent in NYC?!
NYC City Planning voted November 15, 2021 to make outdoor dining permanent. A bill Int 0031-2022 sponsored by Councilwoman Marjorie Velazquez (D-13) is before the City Council. Updated: One of…
Thank you David Hwang for picking up trash on Woodhaven Blvd
“It’s a good excercise.” He would not mind if the Parks Department is willing to hire part time people like him. We should always thank people who make our neighborhood…
Our respect for the Supreme Court has been tarnished by one leaker
Wherever you stand on the abortion spectrum, we have just witnessed how one person knifed American constitutional democracy. The leaker is an anti-“deep throat” for having done something that corrodes…
NYS Independent Redistricting Commission continues hiring even though its task ended in January
If the job is done, STOP! Remaining fund should be returned to the state. Update (April 29). Job posted after Court of Appeals voided Albany’s maps. Web Programmer/Analyst Independent State…
Inflation bites. 8.3% in April.
To see how your buying power has eroded, US Bureau of Labor Statistics has a CPI Inflation Calculator. COVID has disrupted our routines. Inflation is changing our habits and priorities.…
Finished during COVID, the new Flushing Meadows Park section floods
Sections of the reconstruction of the Meadow Lake promenade finished in 2019 with a $4.424M budget still flood becoming useless and impassible. Should that problem not be already anticipated in…
Change NY Primary system from Closed to Open
New York is one of nine states where primaries are closed to enrolled party members. Should we open it up so those of a different party or any voter can…
“Ghost” county committee is an unspoken practice that happens more often than you think!
Ali Najmi and The City’s expose on Brooklyn’s Democrat County Committee primaries has been going on in every election cycle, even when there is no challenger. Other parties do it…