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Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:15 AM EDT
Via YourNabe.com
For a brief series of moments on Monday, a small slice of Queens was bathed in Hindu ritual and pageantry courtesy of a frenetic collection of sights, sounds and an elephant named Minnie.
“You will never see anything like this again in your life,” one man said.
Shortly after [...]

Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:16 PM EDT
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Via the Queens Campaigner

“This is it: 43-55,” volunteer Jennifer Kim says before rattling off a registered Democrat’s name.
First-time City Council candidate S.J. Jung checks the pronunciation of the resident’s name, flashes a smile and heads toward the door of a single-family home.
“This is my favorite part of the [...]

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:32 PM EDT
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Via YourNabe.com
The city will formally kick off plans to seize control of the remaining privately owned land at Willets Point this month, an announcement that left shocked property owners scrambling for legal help and prompted questions as well as criticism from borough elected officials.
The city Economic Development Corp. [...]

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:32 PM EDT
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U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D−Bayside) has mounted a vocal effort to halt city plans for a waste transfer station in College Point during the last two years, but an even more aggressive, privately led campaign against the project has unfolded over the course of the last several [...]

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:27 PM EDT
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Second in a Series

The swine flu outbreak is intensifying pressure on Queens’ beleaguered health care system, and while the borough’s emergency rooms have been coping with huge patient increases following the closure of three major hospitals, administrators warn long−term reform must be implemented before it is too [...]

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:13 PM EDT
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A Manhattan federal court judge sentence disgraced former Queens legislator Brian McLaughlin to 10 years in prison Wednesday, tossing aside a superseding plea agreement signed with the U.S. attorney’s office and calling the one-time state assemblyman “brazen and perversely creative.”
“Your conduct hearkens back to another era,” Judge [...]

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Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:32 PM EDT
Via YourNabe.com
Work on the federally funded extension of Linden Place in College Point has unearthed hot spots of oil and other toxins at the Flushing airport site and community leaders believe the city may not be handling the cleanup as it should.
College Point marine pathologist James Cervino said [...]

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
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A letter written by state Sen. Frank Padavan (R−Bellerose) on behalf of disgraced former colleague Brian McLaughlin set off a firestorm of political rhetoric last week.
State Democrats blasted Padavan for writing a letter to the judge who is set to sentence McLaughlin next week after he pleaded [...]

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
Via YourNabe.com.

The more than three−year−long saga that has obliterated the reputation of one of Queens’ most influential political and labor leaders may finally come to a close next week.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said former Democratic Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin was scheduled to be sentenced in Manhattan federal [...]

Iron Triangle Tracker
Monday, May 4, 2009 2:30 PM EDT
Last week, as Community Board 7 gave its blessing to move five of his fellow Willets Point landowners to College Point, Joe Ardizzone sat silently and watched.
For the work-worn resident of Willets Point — the only person who still lives in the industrial business community — the [...]