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Clinton says Chinatown needs $500,000 in aid (HUH?????)
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| 5/5/03
Posted on 05/05/2003 11:03:26 AM PDT by 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.
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To: areafiftyone
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."
To: Larry Lucido
This woman is nuts!!!
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:07:22 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: areafiftyone
Tell them they should be far more afraid of AIDS which they don't have either.
To: areafiftyone
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.
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:08:03 AM PDT
by
discostu
(A cow don't make ham)
To: discostu
LOL - not to mention the illegal medicine trade.
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:09:26 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: johniegrad
SARS is not a problem in Chinatown. Since when did these people become experts on SARS!!!
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:10:50 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: areafiftyone
It is an oddity that robo-Dems actively seek people on whose behalf to steal.
To: areafiftyone
Hitlery's uncle was a Chinese communist.
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:14:41 AM PDT
by
LuisBasco
To: NativeNewYorker
Well I don't see her mentioning anything about Little Italy which has shrunk to a few blocks while Chinatown has expanded!
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:14:53 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: areafiftyone
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought she represented UPSTATE New York.
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:16:05 AM PDT
by
Lokibob
To: areafiftyone
The Clintons are "experts" on everything.
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:17:10 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: areafiftyone
Moron alert.
To: areafiftyone
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!
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:19:02 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: areafiftyone
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.
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:19:10 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Freedom is as natural as a drawn breath.)
To: areafiftyone
Maybe Hillary could move ONE of her offices to Chinatown to prove that it hasn't been affected by SARS?
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:20:13 AM PDT
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kcvl
To: areafiftyone
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.
To: areafiftyone
The Clintons are expect in money handling.
Other peoples money.
To: kcvl
I wonder if she is going to run against Pataki? Just a wierd feeling!
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:24:56 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
To: areafiftyone
"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.
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posted on
05/05/2003 11:25:13 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
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