ARMENIA 🇦🇲
This week's @QueensTrib 📰📰 is out today with our story about traveling to Lake Sevan in Armenia by way of the Long Island Expressway.
📍 Sevan Restaurant, 216-07 Horace Harding Expy, Bayside, Queens.
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According to a new @QuinnipiacPoll 60% of Queens voters approve of @amazon coming to LIC. 55% are okay with the company getting up to $3B in incentives.
https://t.co/eF3QYmMlyD
It is not 100% clear that Amazon employees did this. But, in a statement @SenGianaris said “Trading on insider information is illegal with securities and should be illegal with real estate. No one should be cashing in on confidential inside information.”
In the latest @amazon twist - @SenGianaris intros bill that would make it a Class E felony (2-5 years in jail potentially) for using insider info to benefit in real estate deals after WSJ story about Amazon employees buying property in LIC. https://t.co/A6zUuc7U9y
..."As the only non-politician in this race, I look forward to putting my decades-long record of fighting crime and freeing the innocent up against anyone else's."
As @MelindaKatz enters DA's race, opponent Greg Lasak outlines his strategy in a welcome statement:
"I welcome Borough President Katz to the growing field of career politicians running for District Attorney..."
Amazon's #hq2 dominated our "Changing Landscape of Queens" event, with speakers from @QueensChamber@scoperealtynyc, @NYCCouncil and others. Read the recap here: https://t.co/J4ymCFCQip
Earlier this year, Gil Fagiani tragically passed away at the age of 72. We look back at the life and impact of the Queens-based essayist, poet and activist: https://t.co/5QnSvVUCrI
Just In: "With Support from Nearly 300 Community Leaders from Across Queens, Borough President @MelindaKatz to Launch Her Campaign for District Attorney."
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