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STORY: Genius steals money & lotto tickets in Flushing deli burglary
— then tries to cash winning ticket there
SUMMARY: A local man who tried to cash in a winning lottery ticket
he allegedly stole from a Flushing deli the previous day has been
apprehended, prosecutors said.
REACH: 14,984 people (as of 3/26 /18)
Cuomo-de Blasio battle comes with a cost
Th e New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the New York City
subway system are two of the city’s biggest lifelines for working-class residents.
Th ey are also aging and dilapidated, and both systems cry out for a tremendous
overhaul.
Yet, like so many other major issues in government and politics, the subways
and public housing have been reduced to political dodgeballs that
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo hurl at one another on
an almost daily basis.
In a sense, you can’t entirely blame Cuomo and de Blasio for doing this;
aft er all, this is the era of the reality show government. It’s all about getting
the right soundbite, the sharpest tweet or the most memorable headline —
it’s not about actual governing.
But while the “Real Politicians of NYC” are bickering, faulty trains and
crumbling housing complexes are making life miserable for New Yorkers.
Governor Cuomo rightly rails against the crumbling state of public housing
in New York City. In recent weeks, he’s toured the complexes and blamed
NYCHA — with subtle digs at the mayor — for allowing the public housing
system’s problems to fester with little action.
On the fl ip side, Mayor de Blasio has, for months, decried Cuomo and the
state for not fully funding repairs to the subway system. De Blasio scoff ed at
the notion that the city should spend another penny more than it must to
bring the subways back to some semblance of regular working order.
Both the mayor and governor have played the blame game beautifully. In
our view, however, we wish they were as loud about touting real solutions to
help those who depend upon public housing and subways.
Queens is home to the Woodside Houses, which suff ered in January a
major boiler failure at the height of a snowstorm. It’s just one of so many
other infrastructure problems plaguing public housing buildings in Queens,
some of which are nearly 80 years of age.
Almost every day, anyone who takes the 7 train either to or from work
encounters door-to-door crowds in nearly every car — and signal troubles
and other malfunctions that bring their commute to a standstill. Th at’s just
the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to a subway system still dependent upon
80-year-old technology and incapable of serving the eastern half of our borough.
Th e situation cries out for cooperation, and it’s time for the mayor and governor
to stop fi ghting over who’s to blame, or who’s going to pay for it (spoiler
alert: either way, we’re all footing the bill). Th ey must come together and
form short- and long-term action plans to fully fund and fi x our public housing
and subways.
Less talk, more action. Th at’s what New York City needs.
Publisher & E ditor Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher Joshua A. Schneps
Associate Publisher Bob Brennan
E ditor-In-Chief Robert Pozarycki
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Art Director Nirmal Singh
S ocial Media Manager Emily Davenport
S taff Reporters Katrina Medoff, Ryan Kelly, Angela Matua
Suzanne Monteverdi
Contributing Reporters Cliff Kasden, Samantha Sohmer, Elizabeth Aloni
Assistant to Publisher Deborah Cusick
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Controller Maria Valencia
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