By Suzanne Chronowitz
This November, NYC voters will be presented with six ballot questions. The first one is a statewide proposal, proposition #1, please refer to our article “Vote NO on Prop 1” for more information. We are encouraging everyone to vote no on Prop #1.
The other five ballot questions #2 through #6 are proposals to amend our NYC charter. Below is a summary of the questions. Voters will be asked to vote yes or no on the following:
Kamala Harris is the first female Vice President of the United States which makes her the second most powerful person in the United States. Being the candidate for USA President certainly attracts significant attention not only in alleys of Washington DC but in all power capitals of the world. The idea that Kamala becomes a “Hyped Cliché” could reflect feelings about how she’s portrayed herself in the media or how she is perceived in political discourse. However, her current role and policies have left the American economy and its people highly disgruntled, leading to more criticism than praise. The passing of the baton from President Biden to Vice President Harris at the 2024 Democratic National Convention is not a historic moment but a very trifling event in American history as it carries important implications for US democracy and questions its existential legitimacy.
New York’s Proposal 1, the so-called “Equal Rights” amendment to the state Constitution, which is on the ballot in November, will not advance equal rights. It will instead wreak further havoc on voting integrity; undermine parental rights; attack religious freedom; and enshrine unrestricted abortion, up to the moment of birth, into the New York State Constitution.
By prohibiting “discrimination” based on “national origin,” this proposal could be used to:
IMPORTANT VOTER INFORMATION: BOARD OF ELECTION (BOE) DATES & INFO FOR THE ELECTION: VOTE.NYC
Election Day is Nov 5th
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The Queens Village Republican Club proudly endorses Project Civica’s Common Sense Contract with New York.
“The Common Sense Contract with New York is a strong commitment between a New York voter and a state legislator running for office in 2024. The contract includes 7 specific pledges that the signatory of this document fully embraces in order to run under the Common Sense Contract with the New York platform.” Click here for more info.
By Phil Orenstein
We have been blessed to be citizens of America, our home, the greatest humanitarian cause in world history, the land of the free and the home of the brave, and now we must fight for this noble cause, so we don’t lose it. That’s why it’s so important to choose wisely in the upcoming General Election of 2024.
There have always been differences between Republicans and Democrats, but now it’s like day and night. Before his historic presidential victory in 2008, Obama said “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” Since then, the Democrat party has gone far to the left.
We live in a digital age where information about everything is at our fingertips anytime, anywhere. Unfortunately, much of the information we receive can be fraudulent or misleading. Deceptive practices aren’t unique to corporate America; they are rampant in the political realm as well. Case in point, the marketing of Proposition One, also known as the “Equal Rights” amendment, which will be on ballot in the general election. Voters take heed; it may not be evident, but a lot is at stake if this amendment passes by popular vote on November 5th.
Duplicity and deception appear to be at the heart of Proposition One; passed by both Democrat controlled houses in 2022 during a special legislative session, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Democrats failed to follow proper procedure to amend the constitution by taking the first vote before Attorney General Letitia James gave her decision. Republicans filed suit in October 2023, NYS Supreme Court Justice Doyle ruled in their favor in May 2024, and the ERA was removed from the ballot. Undeterred, AG James appealed the Supreme Court’s decision and got the ruling overturned on a procedural error claiming the suit was filed past the deadline to file. Prop One will be on the ballot in November.
Voters should not be misled by the duplicitous marketing of Prop One, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Lawmakers could have put it on the ballot during the 2023 local election, yet they chose to wait until the general election this November. So how urgent was it? The answer is there was no reason for urgency. New York has been at the forefront of abortion rights since 1970, three years prior to the first Roe v. Wade Decision. In 2019, New York also passed the Reproductive Health Act to make the right to abortion part of state law, and in June of 2023 Governor Hochul passed legislation ensuring equal access to reproductive health care and abortion. Hochul herself touted, “I want everyone to know that abortion remains safe, accessible, and legal in New York.” Learn more about reproductive rights in NYC by visiting Attorney General James’ website: ag.ny.gov
Urging New Yorkers to vote yes for Prop One as a measure to prevent “anti-trans” legislation from being passed in New York is equally misleading. The legislation fallaciously referred to as “anti-trans” includes legislation that bans or limits minors from socially or medically transitioning without parental knowledge or consent, and legislation that prohibits biological males from competing in girls’ sports and sharing female only spaces. Be reminded there is a glaring lack of research regarding “gender affirming care” and any debate over it is either censored or discredited by proponents of Prop One. Concealment is a form of deception, and voters are being deceived.
NY State Constitution Article 1, Section 11, currently bans “laws and entities” from discriminating based on “race, color, creed or religion.” The proposed amendment would add protections based on “ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes and reproductive health care and autonomy.” This vague and broadly written ballot proposal may seem unobjectionable but has the potential to strip away parental rights and remove guardrails already in place to protect children. Consider the possible ramifications of altering the state constitution without further deliberation:
A yes vote on Prop One will NOT promote equality, it will not protect human rights, it will legitimize and mandate discrimination against anyone who doesn’t fall in line with far-left agenda. Protect your children. Protect your freedom. Vote NO on Prop One.
Elena Chin is Mom’s for Liberty Queens County Chapter Chair. Email Elena at moms4libertyqueensny@gmail.com
Since the start of Hamas attacks on Israel last October, we often heard the word “Holocaust”. Let’s look at what in dictionary it means.
The term “Holocaust” originates from ancient Greek, meaning “Burnt Offering”. Historians used it before World War II to describe the mass death of people. However, since 1945, it has become synonymous with the murder of European Jews during the war. This is why we use the term “Holocaust” when referring to Jewish persecution.
One may question why such a horrific event like the Holocaust occurred and how one person could act so cruelly toward another.
On July 21, 2024, at our annual Family Fun Day BBQ, we displayed a huge prayer card for President Trump, one week after his miraculous survival escaping an assassins’ bullet. Hundreds signed the card and poured out their hearts and prayers for President Trump and for America. We carefully packaged and shipped the card to Mar-a-Lago with love from the Queens Village Republican Club, and received the heartfelt letter below from President Trump.
