CITY ISLAND TRAFFIC NEWS

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Traffic update from NYC Councilman Jimmy Vacca, who reports that he's been assured by NYPD Commissioner Bratton that our traffic problems should be improving soon.

NYPD will be in place to move traffic all along City Island Avenue beginning this weekend and every other weekend for the rest of the summer. Stay tuned to see if it improves the flow.

Everyone can check the traffic situation on City Island avenue in "Real Time" by watching our live video streaming from the center of City Island anytime you wish... 24/7.

E-CIGARETTE SHOP IN TOWN

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Last week, I noticed a few teenagers inside a new store on City Island avenue. I entered and began to cough because some were smoking electronic cigarettes. I recognized these kids as locals, but decided to focus on the guy behind the counter. He said the owner was not there and when I identified myself as a journalist he handed me a phone number and an email address. I tried reaching out, but to no avail.

TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE?

Who were the police protecting and serving by the use of force last week? Family members, friends and members of the community agreed that NYPD tactics led to another senseless death adter the use of a banned choke-hold.

During funeral services for Eric Garner at a sweltering Brooklyn church, there were multiple expressions of fury towards the city's police force after he died last week when police put him in a banned choke-hold.

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SEVERE WEATHER WARNING

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STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEW YORK CITY... NORTHERN NASSAU...SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM YONKERS TO BATTERY PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM YONKERS TO JERSEY CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU"RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

NYC BLUES

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There are persistent differences in self-reported subjective well-being across U.S. metropolitan areas, and residents of declining cities appear less happy than other Americans.

Newer residents of these cities appear to be as unhappy as longer term residents, and yet some people continue to move to these areas. While the historical data on happiness are limited, the available facts suggest that cities that are now declining were also unhappy in their more prosperous past.

CITY ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

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PROGRAMS AT THE CITY ISLAND LIBRARY - AUGUST 2014 718-885-1703 Serving Since 1911

Monday, Thursday 11 AM-7 P Tuesday, Wednesday 11 A- 6 P Fridays and Saturdays 10 A-5 P

AUGUST CHILDREN’S and TEEN’s PROGRAMS

Summer Arts & Crafts: We will supply the scissors, glue and construction paper, please bring your own imagination and artistic flair as we make arts and crafts to celebrate summertime. Friday, August 22nd, All Day.

Bilingual Birdies: Every Friday at 11:00 a.m. for the whole summer. August 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.

GAZA WAR CRIMES

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Hundreds of Palestinians, including those at a UN shelter and dozen of Israelis have been killed so far during the during the two week conflict, including 147 children and 74 women.

United Nations human rights officials have warned both sides not indiscriminately attack civilians, and added that these violations may amount to war crimes.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Wednesday around three-quarters of those killed in the Gaza Strip were civilians and thousands more have been injured.

THE ROYAL ONE

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Guess who turns one year old today? The future king of England. Prince George of Cambridge.

Britain's Prince George is watching everyone celebrate his birthday amid a media frenzy that involves glossy specials, a commemorative coin, and they've even coined a new word "Georgeous" to describe him.

BBC News - Birthday celebrations for Prince George http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28415752

He is the fresh prince People talk about: Prince George's Wacky Gifts: From a Baby Crocodile to a Field of Flowers http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20836343,00.ht… via @PeopleMag

VOTES ARE NOT US

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Way too many US voters are staying home and choosing not to cast their ballots. Why have more than half the states holding primary elections seen record-low turnouts?

Total number of Americans eligible to vote 206,072,000
Total number of Americans registered to vote 146,311,000
Total number of Americans who voted in the 2012 Presidential election 131,144,000

According to Pew researchers, US partisan polarization is the vast and growing gap between Republicans and Democrats and is a defining feature of politics today.

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