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I’ve lived many lives in my 78 years. I used to be born in Puerto Rico and got here to New York Metropolis from the Dominican Republic with my mom in 1960, chasing alternative like so many immigrants earlier than me. I studied molecular biology, lived out West working as a ski teacher, drove vehicles, taught piano, waited tables, and ultimately discovered my manner again dwelling—to town I’ve all the time thought of mine. For the previous 41 years, I’ve lived in the identical condo in Flatbush, creating a life rooted in neighborhood, public service, and independence. That independence practically vanished after a head-on crash within the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in 1984. The accidents…
Queens Meeting Member Jenifer Rajkumar (l.) and her challenger within the Democratic major, David Orkin (r.). Images courtesy of Rajkumar and Orkin campaigns A Queens Supreme Court docket decide adjourned a poll battle for subsequent week to present town Board of Elections (BOE) commissioners an opportunity to weigh in on the allegations that incumbent Meeting Member Jenifer Rajkumar used cast signatures to safe her place on the June Democratic major poll. Rajkumar’s challenger, David Orkin, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-endorsed candidate, filed the case to compel the court docket to invalidate her designating petition and block her title…