16 The Courier sun • may 30, 2013 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com WEINER DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS, CAMPAIGN WITH THE COURIER 718.281.0262 • 5 HOUR PRE-LICENSING COURSE • STICK SHIFT LESSONS • DMV SERVICE-PLATES & REGISTRATION • PATIENT INSTRUCTORS • GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE • DISCOUNT PACKAGES AVAILABLE • DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE • EARLY ROAD TEST APPOINTMENT • REFRESHER & HIGHWAY LESSONS LICENSED BY NEW YORK STATE SERVING ALL OF QUEENS & L.I. $5 OFF ANY PACKAGE WHICH INCLUDES 45 MINUTES ROAD LESSONS, 5 HOUR COURSE, ROAD TEST APPOINTMENT AND CAR FOR ROAD TEST ONE COUPON PER PERSON NOT TO BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER 38-15 BELL BLVD, SUITE 202, BAYSIDE, NY 11361 ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΕΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΕΞΟΥΣΙΑ DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU! (BET. 38th & 39th, Ave.) TEL: 718-281-0261 • L.I. TEL: 516-442-8085 www.nyautoschool.com Oh Boy! What do I do now? 5 & 6 hour course 5 & 6 hour 718.281.0262 course Prayer - practical help, right where we need it “I’ve found in my own experience that no matter what is thrown at us, prayer provides a practical effective solution. International speaker, John Quincy Adams III, CSB is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY! ,” SUNDAY, JUNE 16TH 3:00 P.M. at First Church of Christ, Scientist 60 Greenway Terrace, Forest Hills (718) 268-7863 BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA [email protected] A few days after announcing his candidacy for New York City mayor via a YouTube video, Anthony Weiner returned to the Queens community he represented for over a decade in Congress to sit down with several weekly papers including The Courier. “Community papers have been a fundamental part of the way that I’ve always wanted to communicate with citizens I’ve represented,” Weiner explained. “And frankly, in the mayor’s race it’s going to be the same way.” The Democratic hopeful also stopped by a Rockaway community meeting the same day he sat down with The Courier. “There’s really been two times since I’ve left Congress that I’ve really felt a sense of real regret, that I’ve missed it, and one of them was when Sandy hit my district,” Weiner said. “There are some risks that come with living near the water, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t do everything we can to mitigate them,” he continued. Among major issues affecting Queens, Weiner also discussed developments including a possible new soccer stadium, Willets Point and the expansion of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Weiner said his default position is the belief “we should be developing and that we should try to create jobs and that we should try to create economic activity places outside of Manhattan.” He said he was previously conflicted about expanding the tennis center, even voting against the move when he was on the City Council. But Weiner said generally speaking, he is in favor of the three projects and wants to see them move forward. He added he wants to leave himself some wiggle room on details of the soccer stadium. Addressing issues concerning voters citywide, Weiner expressed a desire to ease health care costs for middle class New Yorkers and help small business owners deal more easily with burdensome summonses. Weiner outlined those ideas in more detail in his “64 Ideas to Keep New York the Capital of the Middle Class” pamphlet that he put online shortly before he made his campaign announcement. Describing his philosophy, Weiner told The Courier, “Don’t build a campaign on a foundation of endorsements and money,” “Good ideas are something people honor, even ideas they might not agree with,” he added. THE COURIER/Photo by Melissa Chan
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