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“When a Hat is Not Just a Hat" Dear Editor: I was recently walking near the McDonald’s on Rockaway Parkway and Conklin Avenue when I came across a lonely hat sitting by itself on a sidewalk.  I would have passed it by except that I

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Subject: Renaming of East 105th Street Subway Station Editor’s Note:  The following letter was sent by Ira Kluger of the Canarsie Historical Society to State Senator Roxanne Persaud on September 6, 2023. Dear Senator Persaud: Diana and I were very pleased to see you at

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Canarsie Loses Another Historic House Dear Editor: I recently noted the presence of a newly constructed, two-story commercial building at 9215 Flatlands Avenue. This new building replaced a house that was demolished sometime between October 2019 and July 2022. I recently learned that the house

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Some Elected Officials “Say Nothing” on Migrant Crisis Dear Editor: When it comes to the migrant crisis with 110,000 asylum seekers coming to NYC, some of our leading elected officials remind me of Sergeant Schultz from the TV sitcom, Hogan’s Heroes, who said, "I see nothing,