18 18 THE COURIER SUN • JULY 2, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com 12 times THE COURIER • JULY 2,SUN 2015 • JULY 2, 2015 FOR BREAKING FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT NEWS www.VISIT timesnewsweekly.www.couriersun.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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Does a restaurant’s grade make a difference in whether you eat there? “Not really. If it’s a really bad grade I won’t. Otherwise I think it’s fi ne.” Anna Earley BY BROOKE RUTMAN “Yes, it doesn’t take a lot to get an A. A B really turns you off.” Jennifer Jimenez “Yes, if other people reviewed it, it’s a good indicator. I think anything less than a B is the “No, it wouldn’t bother me. I guess it depends on the neighborhood.” Tara Ciccione cutoff.” Madeline Villaruz “No, it’s meaningless. It wouldn’t matter to me.” Perry Berger “No, not really. I mean if it’s less than a B I probably wouldn’t, because in my opinion it doesn’t meet the Department of Health’s standards.” Cindy Dougherty street talk “Yes absolutely, depending on the grade is the amount of violations from the Health Department. If they have a C they have plenty of violations.” Bianca Cayenne “Yes, I usually like to eat at clean places. I usually don’t like to eat at places with less than a B.” George Triamtafi llou SNAPS QUEENS This old-school Toyota, representing Colombia, was found on 35th Street in Astoria. 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 [email protected] (subject: Queens Snaps). Confronting our mental health It is probably the least discussed yet most pressing issue facing our society. No one wants to talk about it, even though millions of us are affected by it directly or indirectly in varying degrees. Mental health care in New York City and the rest of the country is sorely lacking. Millions suffer from anxiety, depression, substance abuse and more severe disorders such as schizophrenia, but year after year, the funds to diagnose and treat patients is simply not there to meet the high demand. Fortunately, the city is taking the fi rst steps toward changing this systemic ignorance into an opportunity for positive change. Under the leadership of the city’s fi rst lady, Chirlane McCray, the Health Department hosted an open forum on June 29 in Kew Gardens focused solely on mental health issues. Those who took to the microphone spoke about the challenges facing Queens’ mentally ill, from language barriers, reduced treatment programs, domestic violence, homelessness and even the treatment of incarcerated mentally ill individuals at Rikers Island. Indeed, most every issue we face today in this city is in some way tied to mental health. McCray hopes that this forum, and others held in the rest of the city, will convince lawmakers to do the right thing and increase funding for mental health care programs, along with access to such programs in the poorest of areas. Queens residents and others should no longer suffer in silence. We must no longer ignore the needs of those who face mental health issues. The laws of the land Same-sex couples across Queens rejoiced on June 26 in the Supreme Court ruling once and for all that they are free to marry the people they love. Opponents of same-sex marriage tried to make this issue about faith and religion — and lost. Why? Because the nine members of the Supreme Court are obligated to base their decisions on interpretation of the Constitution, not passages of any scripture. Same-sex couples wanted the right to marry so they can be provided with the same privileges as heterosexual married couples under the law, such as the right to visit their partner in the hospital or to fi le tax returns jointly. The court also upheld last week a key initiative of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) that provides individuals with federal subsidies in order to purchase health insurance they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford. Opponents argued that the law aimed to destroy the health care market, but the court made its ruling based on the language of the law itself — and the law intends to make the health care market more affordable. Same-sex marriage and Obamacare are laws of the land, yet their opponents are already drafting new challenges to them. Instead of wasting the court’s time, perhaps it’s time to move on to more pressing matters facing the city, the state and the country? Font: Engravers Old English Normal Font: Engravers Old English Normal COPYRIGHT 2015 SCHNEPS NY MEDIA, LLC. 62-70 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, N.Y. 11385 General Publication Office: 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 TELEPHONE: 1-718-821-7500/7501/7502/7503 FAX: 1-718-456-0120 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB SITE: www.timesnewsweekly.com ON TWITTER @timesnewsweekly PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOR 107 YEARS COMPOSITION RESPONSIBILITY: Accuracy in receiving ads over the telephone cannot be guaranteed. 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