EDITORIAL: A Neutered Democracy
Last week’s elections were a joke. Public schools were closed so a handful of voters could go to the polls to pull levers for candidates and issues they knew little or nothing about. Teachers of social studies may be tempted to tell students that th
EDITORIAL: Charter a new course
This is a bad time for those who have lined up to throw stones at the concept of charter schools. According to scores released Friday, nearly 80 percent of the eighth-grade children failed to pass a standardized statewide math exam. And 65 percent of thes
EDITORIAL: It’s all about choice
We don’t know of any public school in all of Queens that offers courses in Chinese, Korean or Japanese. This is remarkable when one considers the fact that more then 3 billion people live in mainland China and that economists predict that the Pacifi
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Latest News
- Victoria’s Secrets: 39 years and counting…
- Five Queens startups win $20,000 each in 2024 Tech + Innovation Challenge
- City hosting walking tours at the new Arverne East Nature Preserve in the Rockaways on Sunday
- QBP Richards, advocates rally to demand Mayor Adams restore funding to City’s libraries
- Local high school students bid farewell to trout they nurtured as part of a conservation effort
Entertainment
- NY Foundation for the Arts awards $457K to over 130 Queens arts projects
- Smashing success: Thousands gather for for USTA’s AANHPI Tennis Fest in Cunningham Park
- The Rockaway Beach Bazaar returns, kicking off summer at Beach 97th
- Queensboro Dance Festival returns with 30 free dance performances, new partnership
- Family fun day: Douglaston Music and Arts Festival returns Saturday, May 18