Monday, February 9Current Events

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Meeting on Redistricting – May 12, 2022

Petitioning schedule for State Senate and Congressional candidates. Congressional maps submitted: Republican (Bennet Moskowitz) Democrat (Eric Hecker) Empire Center (Cam McDonald) Unity Map (Jose Perez, Jerry Mattamalla, Laurie Daniel Favors) Common Cause (Neil Steiner) Mary Schmidt Roth University of Buffalo Law School (Frank Housh) New York Law School (Jeffrey Wice) Stanford Law (Nathaniel Persily) Stephen Dunn (spoke 5/12/22) Wilson Prieve (Brooklyn Tech student) Ari Spinoza (Onondaga CC student) State Senate maps submitted: Republican Democrat (same voided maps) Empire Center Unity Map Common Cause University of Buffalo Law School Wilson Prieve Ramond Lin Central Queens Redistricting Coalition (Raj Korpan and Heather Beers-Dimitriadis) Daniel Hennessy (35 ye...
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Is the U.S. Government murdering Americans? And are they following the law?

Does the U.S. government have to follow the law? Or is that just for the American Citizens? The short answer is it's apparent they don't have to. One of the primary responsibilities of our government is to protect and preserve our safety, and freedom from harm. Article IV section four of the U.S.Constitution requires the United States to protect each state from invasion and secure our borders. We all know they don't. Ask yourself; isn't the government a co-conspirator, acting in concert in killing thousands of Americans each year? Think about it and try and connect the dots. Most of these Americans are victims and dying of Fentanyl. They are between the ages of 18 and 45 years old. The outcome is over 100,000 - 140,000 deaths per year and climbing due to the negligence of our govern...
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5 Statewide Ballot Proposals

2021 Statewide Ballot Proposals (legal text from elections.ny.gov website) League of Women Voters (abbreviated explanation) Click "Continue Reading" to vote on the proposals. (more…)
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District Attorneys refusing to prosecute crime of prostitution

It is now a very unfortunate trend.  Just this week it was reported that Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance will no longer prosecute those charged with the crime of prostitution.  This is a dereliction of duty to say the least.  Not surprising as this has been going on for some time and no one is holding them accountable. Hope that the Republican candidate for Governor will pledge to remove any DA that refuses to do their job as under our State home rule system the Governor has the authority to do so. Alan Fenster
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Joe Biden’s definition of a patriot

The President has a very bizarre and incorrect understanding of what constitutes patriotism. To him, you are performing your patriotic responsibilities when you wear a mask and receive a covid vaccine. So those who do so but show contempt for our country's founders and the constitution are to him patriotic Americans. Alan Fenster
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A thought on how NY is helping unemployed

A bipartisan bill sponsored by NY State Senator Jim Tedisco to match federal exemption of $10,200 of taxable income for 2020 was soundly defeated.  At the same time the State legislature authorized payments for unemployed illegals in the sum of $15,600 per person. What an outrage but not surprising as the progressive wing of the Democratic party is now in control of the State legislature. By Alan Fenster
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Reports of biased attacks on Asian American

Erosion of support of those in the Asian community for the Democratic party are attributable due to the following reasons. The push by progressive Democrats to end testing for admission to the city's specialized schools. Which would place Asian students who make up a significant segment of those who have been admitted to these schools at a disadvantage in the future. By moving to a non merit system of selecting eligible students. Some major Ivy league University's such as Yale, Harvard etc. have instituted admission quotas based on social engineering rather than merit which means less slots for students who merit admission to a ivy league university and disproportionately leaves out Asian students who work hard and academically deserve to be admitted.The Asian community perceive th...
Issues, Outreach

Is the Be Counted NYC campaign legal?

Be Counted NYC, funded by the Related Company, sent text messages, did phone calls and a mailing to convert Republicans and other non-Democrats to Democrat by the February 14 deadline. The pre-printed ballot has "Democratic party" pre-checked together with a pre-paid envelope to the Board of Elections.  According to NYS Board of Elections, Lisa J. Blau in the name of Be Counted NYC (Filer ID 22572), personally contributed $1,519,500 as of January 14, 2021. Our Republican response is Vote 2 Party.  Comment? It failed. Number of active voters in Queens went up for ALL parties: October 2020 vs. February 2021 Total registered:  1,260,126 vs. 1,268,878 Democrats:  802,922 vs. 807,229 Republican:  139,556 vs. 139,968 Conservatives: 5,474 vs 5,516 Working Families:3,237 vs. 3,412...
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The Awful Truth

Rav Arora, an independent young journalist, wrote an article in the Post today. I think some of the numbers he gave, in trying to explain why some black lives didn't seem to matter in 2020, is telling. Less than half a percent of black lives died in conflicts with the police. In 2020, the homicide rate in 34 cities was 30% higher than the previous year. Those victims were disproportionately African American. More than 1,000 African American lost their lives than in the previous year to homicides. "Violent crime is concentrated in primarily low-income, marginalized black communities where the police are underresourced and Democratic leadership has abysmally failed." Additionally, 90% of black homicide victims are killed by black offenders! A Gallup poll found that 81 percent of black Americ...
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Jonathan’s thought on election integrity

Here’s my rough draft of the Fair Elections Act: 1. Voting registration should be handled by state and local governments. Registration information received should be passed on to a national voting registry in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security. 2. Registration forms should request the full social security number of the registrant. The social security number and the name of the individual should then be submitted to the social security office for verification. If the information on the registration form matches the information that the social security office has on file then the registration should be processed. If the name doesn’t match the name that the social security office has for that social security number or the social security number is...