The Queens Ledger

The news group publishes eight weekly newspapers, including The Greenpoint Star, Brooklyn Downtown Star, The Leader Observer of Woodhaven, Glendale Register, Astoria/LIC Journal, Forest Hills Times, and Queens Examiner.

In July 2000, Queens Ledger columnist Frank Borzellieri wrote a column comparing Queens representative of the New York Board of Education Terri Thomson to Adolf Hitler.

[4] Later that year, publisher Walter Sanchez rehired him even though Borzellieri refused to apologize.

[5] Sanchez cited his reasoning to many readers expressing their interest in Borzellieri's columns and opinions.

[5] Sanchez and the Queens Ledger received a lot of scrutiny, including from the Anti-Defamation League.