How one Guyanese singer made his mark in the World’s Borough
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Peter Dass rose to prominence in Guyana by participating in Mohammad Rafi-styled singing competitions, winning one such contest in 1981.
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Both Democratic and Republican candidates for Queens DA have blank voter guides
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Less than one month out from the Queens District Attorney election, both Democratic nominee Melinda Katz and Republican nominee Joseph Murray do not have voter guides up on the New York City Campaign Finance Board website, which could pose a problem for voters looking to know more about the candidates.
Read MoreChaotic Glendale shelter hearing elicits anti-homeless hate and discrimination
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“Put them in a separate area away from society.”
Read MoreActing Queens DA John Ryan will step down when next DA takes office
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“I don’t think it would be helpful for the next DA or for me to stay around.”
Read MoreJournalist's court challenge would reveal uncounted Queens DA primary ballots
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“They counted the votes in Florida after Bush v. Gore — and they should do it in Queens.”
Read MoreLetter to the editor: ‘There is nothing progressive’ about not closing Rikers
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And for Queens residents facing serious charges (to whom he does not seem to want to grant the presumption of innocence), who are remanded by a judge, does he propose they are left on a toxic penal colony? There is nothing progressive about that.
Read MoreWoman confronts AOC with cannibalism proposal at Corona town hall
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“I think your next campaign slogan has to be this: ‘We’ve got to start eating babies,’” a woman who claimed she was concerned about the climate crisis, told Ocasio-Cortez as she took questions from the audience in LeFrak City.
Read MoreNYC voter guides will now have sign language option
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Election Day will be on Nov. 5, where residents will be voting on offices like Queens District Attorney.
Read MoreOPINION: Let’s demand affordable housing for all
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This fear of the “other” is what drives opponent’s motivations to block the shelter from opening. The truth is, we have homeless neighbors who come from our district, including those who have been displaced from homes in Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth and Ridgewood.
Read MoreOzone Park man sentenced to 17 years in prison for gunpoint rape
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An Ozone Park man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping a 40-year-old woman at gunpoint for several hours.
Read MoreAnti-gay subway attacker pleads guilty after fracturing woman’s spine
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The Manhattan man who hurled homophobic insults and fractured a 20-year-old woman’s spine after seeing her kiss a female friend on the cheek on a Queens E train pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault as a hate crime.
Read MoreTransgender woman’s death spurs new task force to look into NYC jail system
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Manhattan Councilmember Helen Rosenthal proposed the creation of the task force in June shortly after Layleen Polanco’s death, and it was passed in the same month.
Read MoreCM Richards announces bid for Queens BP
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Southeast Queens Councilmember Donovan Richards officially announced his candidacy for Queens borough president on Wednesday, throwing his hat into the ring for a position that could open up in a 2020 special election.
Read MoreNYC poverty rate reaches historic low
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The New York City poverty rate dropped to a historic low in 2018, according to data collected by the American Community Survey.
Read MoreOpen House New York shows off a rare side of Queens
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Some of New York City’s most interesting spaces will open their doors to the public for exploration through this month’s “Open House New York Weekend.”
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