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New Mayor, Old (but good) Idea for Long Island City

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Now that we’ve gotten the snide quotes out of the way, it is time to reconciliate. The people have spoken, and the unquestionable majority have voted for Mamdani. With 50.4% of the vote, he beat both Cuomo and Sliwa combined. Hopefully the reality of ruling (and budgeting) will temper some of his idealistic instincts.

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Now that we’ve gotten the snide quotes out of the way, it is time to reconciliate. The people have spoken, and the unquestionable majority have voted for Mamdani. With 50.4% of the vote, he beat both Cuomo and Sliwa combined. Hopefully the reality of ruling (and budgeting) will temper some of his idealistic instincts.

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“The people have spoken, they must be punished” Ed Koch after losing Mayoral election in 1989

Now that we’ve gotten the snide quotes out of the way, it is time to reconciliate. The people have spoken, and the unquestionable majority have voted for Mamdani. With 50.4% of the vote, he beat both Cuomo and Sliwa combined. Hopefully the reality of ruling (and budgeting) will temper some of his idealistic instincts.

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A Tale of Two Halloween Fetes In LIC

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This Saturday, the dichotomy of Long Island City will be on display in two Halloween parties. The first, ‘Halloween on The Waterfront’ sponsored by Hunters Point Parks Conservancy in conjunction with PS78Q and PS384Q will be a family-friendly affair. ‘Trick or Treating’ and ‘Kids Activities’ such as pumpkin painting and costume contests, culminating with a showing of Beetlejuice.

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Gnome Bench Stolen From Hunters Point Home Front

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*You Are Marvelous* The Gods Wait to Delight in You

IN the somberness of the 9/11 anniversary, a lot of man-induced unusually terrible things have been happening nationally, and internationally, in the past week, that very well may have serious implications for how our world looks in the future. Yet sometimes it’s the small things that happen locally that make us ask “What is going on?”

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Ice Cream, Dim Sum, Paddling & Editorial Fireworks This July 4th

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BEER, Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, Watermelon, that’s what we should be thinking right about now here in LIC. But not fireworks, leave that to the other boroughs. And if the red, white n blue cuisine gets to be too much towards day three of a long weekend, maybe a little dim-sum. You will no longer have to travel far for that, as Dim Sum Palace has opened their branch here on Jackson Avenue in Court Square.

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