Opinion

The United States Census is imperative to our borough. The Constitution requires the government to enumerate the number of people living in the Unites States every ten years and to use the data to apportion the seats in Congress among the states. The calculation is based on total resident population, which means citizens and non-citizens alike, and it generally shifts power between the states, once a decade, in line with population and migration trends. The current conventional wisdom seems to indicate that New York is expected to lose one seat in the House of Representatives. The Census is also a means that determines how Federal funds are distributed. That is why the count has to be accurate.

Dear Editor:

I am very disappointed in the teenagers in this community. I am a mother of a special-needs daughter. She is fun-loving, delightful, the light of her family’s life — but sometimes her family needs a break — a respite.

A New Queens Holocaust Memorial Garden

Dear Editor:

On Monday, November 24, at 12:00 p.m., New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and the Queens Jewish Community Council will gather for the groundbreaking of the Queens Holocaust Memorial Garden, to be built on the southeast lawn of Queens Borough Hall at 120-55 Queens Boulevard.

Dear Editor:

As a lifelong Republican, I want to tell people to vote for Cuomo. Cuomo is our only chance to stop Mamdani. In all polling, Sliwa has no chance. I know Sliwa says Cuomo should drop out, but if that happens, Mamdani wins in a landslide. However, if Sliwa drops out and it becomes Mamdani vs. Cuomo, depending on the poll, it is either 45/41 or 47/44 Mamdani/Cuomo. The only way to save our community and New York City is to support Cuomo.

Paid Workers Needed

Dear Editor:

Yes! Yes! Absolutely yes. Chani A. wrote the truth last week about how disappointed my family and others are in the teenagers and older members of the community.

A Child’s Perspective After Sukkos

Dear Editor:

After each Yom Tov, I hand out a reflection sheet to my sixth-grade class at Yeshiva K’tana of Waterbury. It’s a simple exercise — a way for the boys to stop, think, and capture something real from their Yom Tov before it slips away.