Clinton says Chinatown needs $500,000 in aid (HUH?????)

News Radio 88 ^ | 5/5/03

[areafiftyone]

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton says New York City's Chinatown community needs help. Chiantown is still suffering from the effects of the September Eleventh terror attack and now it's battling unfounded fears of SARS.

Clinton says she and other officials would send a letter to the development corporation requesting about $500-thousand dollars to promote tourism and provide consumer discounts in Chinatown.

She says the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation has done a good job overall but has not done enough to help businesses in Chinatown recover from the attacks.

City councilman John Liu worries that the fear about SARS could be the straw that breaks the camel's back in Chinatown.

Clinton and Liu were joined today by other community leaders and elected officials at a newly opened restaurant on Mott Street. Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum asked the media to convey the message that ``SARS is not a problem in Chinatown.''

Last month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg ate lunch at a Chinatown restaurant to promote tourism and dispel rumors of SARS.

[Larry Lucido]

asked the media to convey the message that ``SARS is not a problem in Chinatown

I'll bet that would work about as well as a personal ad that says "I do not have herpes."

[areafiftyone]

This woman is nuts!!!

[johniegrad]

Tell them they should be far more afraid of AIDS which they don't have either.

[discostu]

Hmm, illegal gun trade must be down. A friend of mine has a great story about going to Chinatown to try to buy some firecrackers and it taking 5 minutes to convince the guy that he really wanted firecrackers he wasn't using it as a code for gun. When it was all done the guy gave him a big box of firecrackers for $5 and hurried him out the door.

[areafiftyone]

LOL - not to mention the illegal medicine trade.

[areafiftyone]

SARS is not a problem in Chinatown.

Since when did these people become experts on SARS!!!

[NativeNewYorker]

It is an oddity that robo-Dems actively seek people on whose behalf to steal.

[LuisBasco]

Hitlery's uncle was a Chinese communist.

[areafiftyone]

Well I don't see her mentioning anything about Little Italy which has shrunk to a few blocks while Chinatown has expanded!

[Lokibob]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought she represented UPSTATE New York.

[kcvl]

The Clintons are "experts" on everything.

[mabelkitty]

Moron alert.

[kcvl]

Maybe the Italians aren't part of her voting bloc or she can't buy them or she just hasn't gotten around to "helping" them yet. lol!

[ChadGore]

In case the junior senator hasn't noiced the "clinton cash for commies" deal hasn't worked out so well for in North Korea either.

[kcvl]

Maybe Hillary could move ONE of her offices to Chinatown to prove that it hasn't been affected by SARS?

[NativeNewYorker]

The difference is that almost no Italians actually LIVE in Little Italy any more. It's just a themed restaurant strip now.

Chinatown, OTOH, is the largest Chinese community in North America, IIRC.

[Semper Paratus]

The Clintons are expect in money handling.
Other peoples money.

[areafiftyone]

I wonder if she is going to run against Pataki? Just a wierd feeling!

[MEGoody]

"Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton says New York City's Chinatown community needs help."

So Hillary, use some of that $8M book advance you got to help them out.