Today, I feel impelled to ask what they put in the water in the County of Queens.
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Today, I feel impelled to ask what they put in the water in the County of Queens.
The author notes: "Judge Jonah Goldstein, a 1940s Republican from New York, said famously, 'The Jews have three veltn (worlds): di velt (this world), yene velt (the next world) and Roosevelt.'”
Chutzpah Award: The Legislature's Black, Hispanic and Asian Caucus calls upon the Justice Department to reject the State Senate lines which its own Assembly members voted for 21-8 (with two excused absences).
The attached story, from 2002 (and several others I've found in my research), has made me revise my take on Queens hack Jeff Gottlieb's laughable, boss-blessed run for Congress.
For over a decade now, Gottlieb has thrown his hat into the ring for every race for an open seat in Queens, even when the seat was going to disappear, or wasn't really open.
Our long term history of mutual long-term spite kept me from noting that Gary Tilzer deserves kudos for being the first to b
On Pesach, we always bring out the good Silver.
I visited a kosher supermarket on McDonald Ave last Sunday to stock up for our week of De-Nile.
COLIN CAMPBELL (2/8/12): Earlier today, Liz Benjamin reported Councilman Erik Dilan is raising money for a federal office, suggesting
Today I went shopping for a hoodie.