Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people of Howard Beach, Queens, have always been proud that their neighborhood is set apart, insulated from the rest of New York City. A close- knit community of modest row houses and trim gardens, it is bordered by Jamaica Bay to the south, Spring Creek Park to the west, Kennedy Airport to the east and a highway to the north. Along Cross Bay Boulevard, the community's main artery, clam bars and pizza parlors contend for local business, while above the street sea gulls lazily flap their wings. Most of Howard Beach's inhabitants are Italians, and its older section...
...sleepy insularity of Howard Beach ended last week. Overnight a brutal attack against three young black men at a local pizza parlor turned the neighborhood into a national synonym for flagrant racial violence. The death of one of the young blacks and the apparently unprovoked beating of all three at the hands of a gang of white teenagers caused New York City's Mayor Ed Koch to describe what happened as the "most horrendous incident" of violence in his nine years as mayor. Local civil rights leaders saw the attack not as an isolated outbreak but as the latest example...
...city council is divided evenly between four members of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)--the city's oldest political party--and four loosely affiliated, more conservative Independents. The CCA strongly supports rent control and a progressive agenda, while the Independents are more pro-business, and neighborhood-oriented...
SILBER AND CRONIES claim that the banner ban exists to avoid conflict with neighborhood residents. Were that really the case, it wouldn't matter; fear of upsetting a few neighbors is not sufficient grounds for violating the First Amendment...
...disease -- have been passed by California, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Insurers are being accused of attempting to identify and screen out homosexual men, one of the groups at highest risk of contracting the disease, by denying policies on the basis of occupation, marital status and neighborhood. In California, National Gay Rights Advocates has filed a $10 million sex-discrimination suit against Great Republic Life Insurance, charging that the company has decided to refuse coverage to unmarried males working in such occupations as antiques dealer, florist and consultant...