to join him on stage. His speech took place on Governors island, which is where the earliest settlers and millions of immigrants first came to New York. The most effective example Bloomberg uses is the 1657 Flushing Remonstrance. “A group of non-Quakers in queens signed the Flushing Remonstrance, a petition in defense of the right of Quakers and others to freely practice their religion.” Almost 350 years later, and we’re still denying others their freedom of religion? Bloomberg compares the people
Flushing is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. When someone mentions Flushing they usually mean Downtown Flushing which is predominately populated by Asians; people of Chinese descent make up nearly 40 percent of the population.1 Flushing is a large commercial and retail area and is the fourth largest central business district in New York City. The intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street is the third busiest intersection in New York City, behind only Times Square and