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Wednesday, April 6, 2005

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Where is neighborhood integrity going?

The article “Neighbor laments lost bay view” in the March 3 edition of the Little Neck Ledger relates a sad tale of what is happening all over northeast Queens. Gigantic homes are sprouting like invasive weeds in our lovely neighborhoods, comp
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What is Meng doing with his time in Albany?

Contrast this with another freshman, Ken Zebrowski from Rockland County, who is a prime sponsor for 10 bills and a co-sponsor on over 150 bills. Being the first Asian-American in Albany is good, but it would be nice if he did something besides just colle
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Weiner not representing his constituents

For instance, Weiner (who has not done a single thing for the communities of Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale or Rego Park) is supporting a proposal by Manhattan U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler to build a rail tunnel from New Jersey to Brooklyn and a huge train
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Your editorial of March 31, “Oh no, It’s a school!” is wrong to attribute the vigorous opposition to a new school in Bayside Hills to an attitude of NIMBY. The Department of Education is proposing to build upon the site of a synagogue i

In the first place the site is much too small, in fact so small as to put into question the motive for its selection. My children go to a school in the District with fewer children. That school, typical of others, is on a site of approximately 113,400 s
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Strong legislation needed to tackle graffiti

Since then the city has been scrambling to combat this dreadful crime which has all but destroyed many a community throughout our city. Private homes, city property, and commercial buildings have all been ravaged by this relentless and senseless blight.
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Minarik should quit as state GOP chair

As a former Republican city councilman for 10 years, and the minority leader of the New York City Council, I have been appalled at the lack of respect that our party has received over the past 3-1/2 years from our alleged Republican mayor.

Not only
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Arts and Entertainment Calendar

ON STAGE

A Concert of Chinese Folk Music: The History, Legend, and Folktale of Shen and Guzheng – April 7 at 6:30 p.m., Zhishen Zhang, one of China’s top ranked musicians on the “shen,” and Junling Wang, master of the “guzheng,” u
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Taste of the world

By Janelle Nanos

As she scoops out the soft center of a tamale at a small Mexican deli counter, Suzanne Parker admits she’s been cooking a lot less often lately. The TimesLedger’s restaurant critic has been consumed, so to speak, with f

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