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INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITOR

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Home to the editor, and soon many others
Home to the editor, and soon many others

Here at LICtalk, we receive plenty of correspondence from the neighborhood wanting to know more about the man behind the curtain. I’m not talking about emails or tweet-to’s, I mean long-form hard copy such as love letters, sometimes even with drawings …and cookies.

Despite a longstanding journalistic policy at this site to prevent the reporter from becoming the story, the public outcry has been so great, that the publisher has made the decision to broach the fourth wall and allow The Editor to answer your questions as posed in an interview with Katie Couric.

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TWO ICE-CREAM-TRUCKS AND A KEBAB-CART

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The Center Boulevard alarm-clock has arrived
The Center Boulevard alarm-clock has arrived

There’s a destination a little up the road
From the habitations and the towns we know
A place we saw the lights turn low
The jig-saw jazz and the get-fresh flow

The three-day weekend brought lighter than usual traffic to Gantry/HPS Park, but the vendors were angling and prepping for the rush, as a pair of ice cream trucks and a kebab cart stationed themselves at the south end.  Despite the HPS half being closed for the fireworks, it’s probably a pretty good preview of the [Read more…] about TWO ICE-CREAM-TRUCKS AND A KEBAB-CART

LIC FOLLOW-UPS

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The Queens Bridge
The Queens Bridge
“Year’s of federal and state disinvestment have led to deteriorating buildings, depriving tenants of the level of housing they deserve,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“I want to thank Mayor de Blasio for making the great investment in improving the roofs in Queensbridge Houses,” said Assembly Member Catherine Nolan.
Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer added, “This is a welcome announcement to the residents of the Queensbridge Houses who have waited many years for the completion of these critical repairs.”

I couldn’t help but feel saddened frustrated regarding my idea to raze Queensbridge, when I read that the city is throwing $100 million into attacking the mold problem at our public housing projects.  A large portion of this money is earmarked for Queensbridge, as is $100 million that Albany is pitching in, and if that is not enough “the mayor announced that [Read more…] about LIC FOLLOW-UPS