Medicare Annual Enrollment: $59×12 error!

Medicare.gov website states no premium for the UHC NY-0005 plan. When United Healthcare confirmed the change in enrollment, it has a $59 per month monthly premium. An error that could cost me $708 per year! Is Medicare.gov at fault? Solution? Enroll directly at insurance carrier’s website. Candidate for City Council in 2023

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History could be interpreted differently over time: Lion of Venice

Venice’s winged lion was made in China! Researchers have now showed that it was most likely originally a tomb guardian cast during the Tang dynasty (618-907) using bronze from the lower Yangtze River basin in southeast China. But the question of just how the 2.8-tonne statue made its way across continents to the top of a…

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History is written by those who survived: Sir Hillary vs. Mallory

May 29, 1953, the 29,035-foot Mount Everest was reached by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Were they the first? George Herbert Leigh-Mallory did three expeditions. He and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine was last seen ascending near the summit around June 6, 1924. Irvine’s foot was found. Did they reach the summit 29 years…

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What is the purpose of “Mayor’s Fund”?

Marcella Tillet does City business, yet her compensation is not reported. Yet Mayor’s Fund has a NYC.gov website page asking for donation. The Mayors Fund has also worked with Wole Coaxum and his Mobility Capital Finance company that got $53 million to give pre-paid cash cards to migrants. Mayors Fund to Advance New York City…

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Report on First Phase of the $35 million Queensway Metro Hub

Update: First draft proposed by the Parks Department and NYC EDC. $35 million was allocated by Mayor Eric Adams in September 2022. One year later, New York Economic Development Corporation (October 18, 2023) gave a status report before Queens Community Board 6 at Rego Park Community Center on October 17, 2023. Angie Espino, Senior Project…

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