By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
4/03/08
The City Council approved a plan to charge drivers to enter Manhattan below 60th Street Monday by a vote of 30-20 despite [...]
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City passes congestion pricing legislation
David Oats, park activist, dies at 58
By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
2/14/08
Flushing Meadows Corona Park lost its watchdog last week.
David Oats, a lifelong civic activist and journalist in Queens, died Feb. 5 at [...]
Flushing remains epicenter of religious diversity
By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
12/06/07
Three and a half centuries after 31 men took a stand for religious freedom in northern Queens, Flushing continues to be an [...]
Flushing development bubble may have burst: Liu
This article was part of a package that was awarded 3rd place for Writer of the Year in the New York Press Association’s 2007 Better [...]
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By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
6/28/07
State legislators failed to come to an agreement on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan last Thursday, providing a temporary snag in [...]
Borough immigrants worry law would divide families
By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
5/24/07
As the U.S. Senate came together to debate a bill that would dramatically alter the nation’s immigration law, several Queens immigrants are [...]
Borough Koreans fear reprisals for VA Tech massacre
By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
4/26/07
In northern Queens, which boasts a large population of Korean immigrants, the Virginia Tech massacre hit a particularly personal chord, leaving the [...]
Mayor would boost mass transit with toll for drivers
By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
4/26/07
Mayor Michael Bloomberg rolled out 16 initiatives to improve the city’s transit system as part of his much-ballyhooed PlaNYC sustainability plan Sunday, [...]
