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Resolved to never live in fear
A cowardly terrorist got behind the wheel of a rental truck on Tuesday and
ran down a number of people in Manhattan, apparently intending to strike
fear into all of our hearts.
He failed. He failed miserably.
Our police offi cers did a wonderful job in stopping the terrorist; he will
most likely live to be brought to justice.
We mourn the eight people senselessly killed by the coward, and we pray
that their families fi nd comfort in this diffi cult time.
And yet, in spite of what transpired, our city did what it does best: moved
forward.
Th e Village Halloween Parade in Manhattan, and other celebrations and
public events across the city, went on as planned. People lived their lives,
undeterred and undaunted.
New York will never cower to terrorism. We keep calm and carry on.
Don’t take your vote for granted
Twelve percent.
Th at’s the number of registered Democratic voters in Queens who bothered
to show up and cast their ballots in the September primary in an overwhelmingly
Democratic borough. Approximately 94,077 Queens votes were
cast in that primary out of 792,819 registered Democratic voters in Queens.
What word could possibly describe a 12 percent turnout in an election?
Anemic comes to mind; disgraceful is another good one.
Don’t get us wrong, voter apathy isn’t isolated to Democrats and primaries.
Four years ago, when New York City elected its fi rst new mayor in a dozen
years, just 24 percent of registered voters bothered to show up at the polls.
We suspect many Queens voters might feel inclined to sit this election out,
given that the polls predict Mayor Bill de Blasio will be easily re-elected. Th ey
couldn’t be more wrong.
If we learned nothing else from last year’s election, it’s that the only poll
number that counts is the fi nal vote tally on Election Day. Every vote does
indeed count. It’s not decided by a university polling operation, or how much
money a candidate spends, or a candidate’s get-out-the-vote operations. Each
election is in the voters’ hands. We are the ones who control not only our
own destiny, but that of those on the ballot.
Th is coming Tuesday, every registered Queens voter should make the eff ort
to participate in their democracy. Voting takes only a few minutes out of your
day, but what you do with that time will have a long-lasting impact on the
future of Queens and New York City.
Use your time wisely and go vote!
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Flushing, city announces town hall
SUMMARY: The city’s Health Department has confi rmed 14 cases of
Legionnaires’ disease in downtown Flushing and announced plans for
a town hall event in the community next week.
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