See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Gina Martinez TimesLedger Newspapers New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s demand for citizenship information in the 2020 census has been amended and growing,…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Calling it one step closer to a “concrete way to give back to those who have given of themselves in service to our nation,” state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) announce…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Mark Hallum TimesLedger Newspapers Mayor Bill de Blasio released a fiscal 2019 executive budget of $89 billion with clear animosity toward Albany for its mandate in the state budget requiring the city to pay half of the m…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his support for the Effective Background Checks Act Tuesday, a measure authored by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) which would extend the time for a ch…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Naeisha Rose TimesLedger Newspapers U. S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) called the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end the temporary…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers They crossed over the Queensboro Bridge from the World’s Borough bearing gifts. Their destination? New York City’s center for urban folk culture, City Lore Gallery, locate…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Ed Konecnik TimesLedger Newspapers America is not just a place but an idea and an ideal and a way of life. It is a place where immigrants did not renounce their heritage, but celebrated and shared their diverse cultures,…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By William Lewis TimesLedger Newspapers Nowhere is it mentioned in the U.S. Constitution that the State of the Union has to be a verbal statement or that the president has to give a speech before members of Congress. All of…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The de Blasio administration is pushing forward with its plan to build a deck over much of the 180-acre Sunnyside Yard in order to construct as many as 24,000 apartments with parkland, sc…
See this story at TimesLedger.com . By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers The Port Authority is considering a new route for the proposed LaGuardia AirTrain after listening to complaints about the project during three meetings in one week last month with Communi…