12 26 26 times THE THE COURIER COURIER • JUNE 18,SUN SUN 2015 •• JUNE JUNE 18,18, 2015 2015 FOR BREAKING FOR FOR BREAKING BREAKING NEWS NEWS VISIT NEWS VISIT www.VISIT timesnewsweekly.www.www.couriersun.couriersun.com com com editorial sun WWW.COURIERSUN.COM VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS JOSHUA A. SCHNEPS BOB BRENNAN ROBERT POZARYCKI AMY AMATO-SANCHEZ NIRMAL SINGH GRAZIELLA ZERILLI STEPHEN REINA RON TORINA, JENNIFER DECIO, CHERYL GALLAGHER LIAM LA GUERRE, CRISTABELLE TUMOLA, ANGY ALTAMIRANO KATRINA MEDOFF, ANTHONY GIUDICE, ANGELA MATUA, ALINA SURIEL CLIFF KASDEN, SAMANTHA SOHMER, ELIZABETH ALONI CRISTABELLE TUMOLA DEMETRA PLAGAKIS WARREN SUSSMAN CELESTE ALAMIN MARIA VALENCIA VICTORIA SCHNEPS-YUNIS JOSHUA A. 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Should the state provide tax credits to parents who send their children to private and parochial schools? “No, that’s the choice that the parent makes. So why should the government give us money for it?” Agatha Michalak BY BROOKE RUTMAN “No, that’s completely their own choice. Why would we need to?” Christina Mcenteer “Yes, what people get paid and the cost to live is ridiculous. Between rent and everything else, the state should do their part.” Steven Lombardo “Yes, most defi nitely. It’s hard for working parents. … They should provide credit, there needs to be college.” Arthur Bergen “No, you’re not forced to send your children to private schools. It’s separation of church and state.” Alex Levin “Yes, of course they should. It’s really expensive.” Elizabeth Marin street talk “No, there’s a lot of good state schools that they could choose to go to.” Alex Maravegias “Yes, everyone still needs a little help.” Shanee Lebron SNAPS QUEENS Girl Scouts from Troops 4242 and 4562 at P.S. 41 in Bayside sell lemonade on Bell Boulevard. Proceeds from the $1 per cup sales were donated to Alex’s Lemonade Stand for cancer research. Photo by The Queens Courier Staff Send us your photos of Queens and you could see them online or in our paper! Submit them to us via our Instagram @queenscourier, Facebook page, tweeting @queenscourier or by emailing editorial@queenscourier.com (subject: Queens Snaps). It’s time for cameras in Forest Park Forest Park should be considered one of the most beautiful parks in the city. There are plenty of tree-fi lled places within the park that are quiet, desolate and serene — seemingly hundreds of miles away from the city’s hustle and bustle. While many parkgoers welcome that quiet, desolate serenity, others may see it as an invitation for trouble. We learned that fi rsthand last week with the discovery of a man apparently bludgeoned to death under an overpass within the park. Though police have a identifi ed someone wanted for questioning in connection with the case, there’s still no sign of a suspect or an arrest. Sadly, this isn’t the fi rst instance of violent crime within the park. Nearly two years ago, a serial rapist targeted women running or jogging through the park, attacking them with a stun gun before attempting to sexually assault them. In the wake of the rape pattern and last week’s homicide, local elected offi cials and other activists renewed their calls for an increased police presence and the installation of security cameras at Forest Park’s various entrances. The cameras in particular, proponents claim, will help make the park safer and make it easier for police to fi nd potential suspects if and when another crime occurs. The city shouldn’t wait for another tragedy to bring new cameras to Forest Park and take additional measures to keep it safe. Residents and parkgoers alike ought to be able to enjoy one of Queens’ greatest natural treasures in peace and security. ‘Nothing moves until everything moves’ Regardless of its ending, the debate over extending rent regulations in New York City was a prime example of continual state government mismanagement. Governor Andrew Cuomo, as quoted in The New York Times, actually spelled it out perfectly. “The way it works in a Legislative session,” he said, “nothing moves until everything moves. There are about 10, 12 key items among both houses and they are working to get agreement, and then they will wind up with a global agreement and everything moves at the end, hopefully.” Is this any way to run the State of New York? Why should the fate of rent regulation — a particularly important issue in neighborhoods such as Astoria and Ridgewood — hang in the balance and attached to other policies such as education tax credits? We know the reason why this is done (spoiler alert: politics as usual), but it doesn’t make it any more excusable. A functioning democracy doesn’t wait until everyone’s in agreement on a dozen or so ideas before moving forward. It handles each case either one at a time, or in packages in which the components are directly related to one another. “Nothing moves until everything moves” is the very defi nition of terrible government. No New Yorker should stand for this incompetence, and residents should remember it come Election Day. 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