Elderly Nazis . . . I Hate Those Guys (The New York State Commission On Health Care Facilities, Too!)

Someone tell Anthony Weiner now that the balance of power has changed in Congress it’s no longer necessary to keep vapidly grandstanding*.

First, out to the Rockaways to rail against something over which he has no control:

Congressman Anthony Weiner yesterday railed against the state closing one of two hospitals in the Rockaways.

Reacting to word that either Peninsula or St. John’s Episcopal would be recommended for closure by a state panel, the Queens/Brooklyn Democrat argued that hospitals are being punished for an antiquated system that funnels more money into surgical care than preventive care.

“The Rockaways need two major health-care providers,” said Weiner, whose district includes both Queens hospitals. “Everybody agrees that there should be more outpatient care and fewer hospital beds, but the regulatory obstacles are enormous.”

Then it’s off to Jackson Heights to go fuck with some elderly Nazis:

Congressmember Anthony Weiner (DQueens, Brooklyn) grabbed a sign and joined a neighborhood protest in Jackson Heights November 9 outside the home of a former Nazi SS death camp guard who was stripped of his United States citizenship in 2003.

Jakiw Palij, 84, has not been deported because U.S. immigration officials can’t find a country to take him. He was stripped of his citizenship after officials discovered he lied when he applied for an immigrant visa in 1949.

Weiner joined hundreds of high school students at the protest who demanded that Palij open his door and face them.

“No one is going to hide among us,” Weiner said. “This monster is responsible for the deaths of thousands and thousands of people in the Nazi death camps. He is not paying for his crimes by living a peaceful life on 89th Street in Jackson Heights.”

*What is he thinking seriously about a run for Borough President or something? Oh, right — Mayor. Forgot.