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In December of 2014, President Barack Obama ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba; relations that were severed after Communist Fidel Castro and his rebel army overthrew the U.S.-supported government of Fulgencio Batista at the end of 1959.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/6/16
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tanding outside the boarded up waiting room of the Far Rockaway Long Island Rail Road station last Thursday, State Senator James Sanders (D-Rochdale Village), Assemblywoman Michele Titus (D-Far Rockaway) and several representatives of civic organizations called for the Queens community that borders Nassau County’s Five Towns to be included in the LIRR’S CityTicket weekend discount program.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/30/16
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State senator James Sanders (D-Ozone Park) is targeting a run at Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) 5th district house seat in the 2016 primary.
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By Steve Smirti
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12/16/15
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Before Pope Francis ventured to New York last week, he started his visit in the nation’s capital. While in Washington, he spoke to members of Congress, touching on a variety of issues, including immigration and the refugee crisis, poverty and homelessness, and governing.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/30/15
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Is there a bright light at the end of the ISIS tunnel? The answer is no. News surfaced last week that the Islamic State had captured two more important Arab cities, giving it more revenue to funnel into illegal activities.
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6/11/15
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In the 5th Congressional District, eight-term Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from St. Albans, is being challenged by Rockaway Park, Queens, resident Allen Steinhardt, who is running on his own Allen for Congress line, independent of any party affiliation.
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10/29/14
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In seeking his ninth two-year term, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-St. Albans) defeated fellow Democrat Joe Marthone in a June primary, is not facing a true Republican challenger, but in the general election he is being opposed by Rockaway Park resident Allen Steinhardt, who is running on the “Allen for Congress” line. If elected, Steinhardt said you would most likely caucus with the Republicans.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/22/14
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Rambam Mesivta students took part in a rally on Nov. 10 — the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, outside of the Jackson Heights home of Jakiw Palij, the last-known Nazi war criminal living in the metropolitan area.
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11/13/13
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The recent vote by Congress to cut $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the food stamp program known as SNAP — over the next 10 years is alarming.
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10/10/13
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The Office of Congressional Ethics has closed its investigation of U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks after finding no credible evidence that his errors in failing to disclose a loan as a liability on his 2007, 2008 and 2009 Financial Disclosure Statements were knowing or willful.
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By Brian Croce
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1/2/13
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