Julie Won has entered ‘The Race‘ to replace Nydia Velazquez as our US Congressperson. She is the third candidate to do so.
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And The Race Is On in Long Island City
PACKERS-Lions -> Chiefs-Cowboys, don’t let anyone tell you things were better in the good ol’ days. That’s 7-hours of meaningful NFL action on Thanksgiving, a day synonymous with non-contenders playing other non-contenders or single-loss teams resting their QB’s. I don’t know what’s worse, a pair of sub-250% teams going into OT, or 1st Q blowouts leading to a relative’s request to ‘put Disney on for the kids.’ This year is different, in politics too.
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IT was a five birthday party day in Shady Park on the last Saturday of Summer. That’s a testament to all the kids and new parents filling Hunters Point. Not surprising given all the massive residential buildings completed in the past few years in the southern part of this family-friendly neighborhood: the 800-unit 52-03 Center Boulevard and 400-unit 52-41 Center boulevard in 2022, 1132-unit Gotham Point and an adjacent massive tower whose name I can’t recall in 2023, 1386-units in Malt Drive during 2024-5, and the 500-unit Jasper currently filling up. It’s a shame all the kids at all these birthday parties will never learn to swim.
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DONOVAN Richards gave his thumbs up to the OneLIC Plan this week, with some stipulations, the oddest of which is a request for a new hospital in Long Island City. Oddest yes, but the newfangled demands were multiple and both small and large including a new library for QueensBridge and a batch of $10k small business grants. According to the link below, it was a 4-page laundry list, none of which seem to be binding on the City.
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WHAT can I add to the recent mayoral primary victory this week? Given the strong possibility that Zohran Mamdani will be the next Mayor of New York City, and that his unique policies will require big expenditures by city government, my guess is that ‘Taxing the Rich’ will be his way to pay for it.
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