Catherine Nolan
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Instead of asking millionaires to pay their fair share, Republican budget cuts are cutting off access to Social Security offices for tens of thousands of elderly people in Western Queens. Congress clearly needs to adjust their priorities.
Congress may think that traveling a few extra miles to access Social Security benefits is no big deal, but the folks in Washington don’t apparently understand that things are a little different here in middle class neighborhoods like Glendale and Ridgewood.
I think there is a lot of anxious concern among people in these school communities about the ability to carry out these plansMore quotes »
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SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER
story and photos by Sam Goldman Members of the Panel for Educational Policy raise their hands to vote for the closure of one of 24 schools in total that the Department of Education will replace as part of a ‘turnaround’ model that will see the schools re from Times Newsweekly Read more »
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CURES SET TO GET STATE HELP
Five local lawmakers have arranged for the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to enter into a partnership with Civics United for Railroad Environmental Solutions (CURES) for the purpose of carrying out a railway environmental study in Q from Times Newsweekly Read more »
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Queens Leaders, In Unison, Blast Mayor’s Closing Of 24 High Schools
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial plan to close failing schools and replace almost half the poorly rated teachers was finally voted on and passed last Thursday, but the loud opposition from Queens officials followed the closings to the very end. Bu from The Queens Gazette Read more »
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‘DON’T CLOSE US DOWN’
In a united voice, members of the Grover Cleveland High School community called on the Department of Education to abandon its “turnaround” proposal for the institiution during a public hearing at the Ridgewood campus on Monday night, Apr. 2. Prior to the from Times Newsweekly Read more »
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Legislation Requires Banks To Make Transfer Warnings
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan announced that a bill she sponsored (A.8928), which would require banking institutions to properly warn customers about fraud before money is transferred, has been favorably reported out of the Assembly Banking Committee. “F from Times Newsweekly Read more »
