
A Response to Robert Hornak’s Column on Welfare
GEOFFREY COBB | gcobb91839@Aol.com Author, “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past I read Robert Hornak’s frankly disturbing piece about Social Welfare spending in New York City. He makes a

GEOFFREY COBB | gcobb91839@Aol.com Author, “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past I read Robert Hornak’s frankly disturbing piece about Social Welfare spending in New York City. He makes a

BY ANDREW KARPAN In the basement of the White Radish in Kew Garden, the room was cramped with a tightly-packed group of some fifty or

NYC’s fastest-growing sport has courts everywhere—if you know where to look. Pickleball has exploded across New York City in the past few years, and nowhere

BY SIDDARTHA HARMALKAR SUNNYSIDE — A proposed M train extension could create a new transit corridor connecting Rego Park to the Rockaways. Volunteers with QueensLink,

Queens’ Claire Valdez Seeks to Expand Workers’ Voice in Congress By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com Long before she held elected office in New York, Claire Valdez

Queens Lawmaker Proposes Five-Point Community Health Plan By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com On the anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, State Assembly Member and Democrat for State

Courtesy Freepik By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com Independent moviegoers in Queens and Brooklyn will have a rare opportunity to see local cinemas take center stage during
Political Whisperer BY ROBERT HORNAK An alarming new report was just released that shows the poverty rate at its highest level since this report first

A four-alarm fire in Queens left four people dead and several others injured Monday afternoon, according to the Fire Department of the City of New

By Maryam Rahman A birthday candle was attached to each letter of the bright blue “Queens, the World’s Borough” sign located in MacDonald Park. The

GEOFFREY COBB | gcobb91839@Aol.com Author, “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past I read Robert Hornak’s frankly disturbing piece about Social Welfare spending in New York City. He makes a

BY ANDREW KARPAN In the basement of the White Radish in Kew Garden, the room was cramped with a tightly-packed group of some fifty or

NYC’s fastest-growing sport has courts everywhere—if you know where to look. Pickleball has exploded across New York City in the past few years, and nowhere

BY SIDDARTHA HARMALKAR SUNNYSIDE — A proposed M train extension could create a new transit corridor connecting Rego Park to the Rockaways. Volunteers with QueensLink,

Queens’ Claire Valdez Seeks to Expand Workers’ Voice in Congress By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com Long before she held elected office in New York, Claire Valdez

Queens Lawmaker Proposes Five-Point Community Health Plan By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com On the anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, State Assembly Member and Democrat for State

Courtesy Freepik By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com Independent moviegoers in Queens and Brooklyn will have a rare opportunity to see local cinemas take center stage during
Political Whisperer BY ROBERT HORNAK An alarming new report was just released that shows the poverty rate at its highest level since this report first

A four-alarm fire in Queens left four people dead and several others injured Monday afternoon, according to the Fire Department of the City of New

By Maryam Rahman A birthday candle was attached to each letter of the bright blue “Queens, the World’s Borough” sign located in MacDonald Park. The