Woodside
Events for September 9-10, 2006
Unite Here representatives endorse Hillary Clinton at 45th Street between Madison and Fifth avenues.
Eric Gioia unveils a memorial plaque honoring 34 Woodside residents lost on September 11 at Doughboy Park in Woodside.
Ray Kelly will be awarded France's "Legion of Honor" medal at the French Consulate.
Peter King keynotes the Long Island 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Farmingdale State's Little Theatre in Roosevelt Hall.
On Sunday, a candidates forum will be held for the 74th Assembly district.
Karol's throwing a blogger party at Mica Bar.
We don't have much for Sunday, so if we forgot anything please drop it in the comments section.
—Nicole BrydsonNot Such a Lindsay Moment After All
Eric Gioia, whose week has been fairly consumed with servicing his beleaguered constituents in Western Queens and the media, says he spent the morning walking around his district in Woodside and Sunnyside and "didn't speak to one person" who had their power fully restored.
Interestingly, despite the excruciating way that the problem is playing out - it may have claimed its first fatality over the weekend - the issue of who to blame has remained scrupulously un-politicized.
The criticism so far from Queens Democrats has largely spared Mike Bloomberg, who first played down the problem, and has since taken a soft line on Con Ed.
Here's Gioia's assessment of the mayor's performance, for example: "I'm happy he's in Queens everyday now, which is a good thing. The past few days the city has responded really strongly. But it's clear that he response was inadequate and slow at first. I blame Con Ed for that. Con Ed deceived each of us into believing this was not as serious as it was."
-- Josh Benson








