19 • TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 Say Local Comedy Show Full Of Racist Depictions Pol, Activists Tear Into Offensive Routine City Council Member Daniel Dromm ripped up a poster advertising a show that was to be held last weekend at the Boulevard Theater and Restaurant on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights. He held a press conference with fellow Council Member Julissa Ferreras to oppose the offensive show last Friday, Mar. 28. Assembly Seeks Nat’l Popular Vote Would Alter Presidential Contest Outcomes party over another in order to devote more time to “swing states.” “New York has over 13 million eligible voters, but has been ignored time and again in favor of states where political party lines are not as clearly drawn,” Silver said. “This has led to low voter turnout and a decreased sense of significance amongst voters. It is not fair for voters to feel as though their votes are insubstantial, and it is not right for a presidential candidate to take their votes for granted in favor of a Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and legislative sponsor Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz announced the passage of legislation that would allow New York State to join an interstate agreement to award the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the majority of the popular vote within all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voting histories, demographic analysis and a wide range of statistical knowledge arm presidential candidates with a wealth of information to make calculated assumptions on a how a state will vote. This leads to candidates ultimately concentrating the majority of their political effort on a few “battleground” states where research has shown the political affiliations of voters to be evenly divided. The resulting strategy is that the candidate largely ignores voters from states like New York that have historically supported one political -SEE POPULAR ON PG. 56- run,” said Dromm. “I was shocked and alarmed to see this poster advertising such a racist event. It’s also unclear if it’s legal for the Boulevard to host such a show because the business lacks the necessary assembly permits for the venue. I call on our community to stand up to racism and boycott this event. It is especially disgraceful that Boulevard would try to promote this show in Jackson Heights, a community known for its diversity City Council Members Daniel Dromm and Julissa Ferreras, George Gibson from the NAACP, Community Board 3 District Manager Giovanna Reid, Democratic District Leaders Jessica Ramos, Veta Brome and George Dixon, and Bill Meehan from Queens Pride spoke out against a racist and transphobic comedy event scheduled to show at the Boulevard Theater and Restaurant last weekend. 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