Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Governor on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
AEC, formerly known as Aqueduct Entertainment Group, sued the state in Schenectady Supreme Court – a suburb of Albany – after the Lottery decided not to grant the consortium a gaming license. Scrutiny of AEC intensified after it was awarded the VLT contract due to the involvement of influential southeast Queens minister the Rev. Floyd Flake, who had a 0.06 percent stake in the group.
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Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, District 10, District 11, District 39, State Senate on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
Political action committee Fight Back New York has condemned Bronx State Senator Reuben Diaz for his support of ousted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, along with Sens. Frank Padavan and Shirley Huntley, who all voted against the recent gay marriage bill in the Senate.
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Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, District 39 on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
It looked like a scene out of a Mark Twain novel, with community activist and Assembly candidate Francisco Moya painting a paneled enclosure around a construction site at the intersection of 104th Street and 47th Avenue in Corona Thursday. But unlike Tom Sawyer, Moya said he wants the job of cleaning up graffiti — and the gangs who create it.
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Posted by Ivan Pereira in District 10, State Senate on July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
Nunes is running against state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) in the Democratic Primary for the 10th senatorial district, which includes most of southeast Queens.
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Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Events on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
The club’s centennial celebration is honoring state Insurance Department Superintendent James Wrynn as its Man of the Year, state Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Ridgewood) as is Legislator of the Year, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Director of Government Relations Rosemary Kelly as its Woman of the Year and Freddy Delligatti, business agent for Plumbers Union Local 1 and vice president of the Queens Board of Business Agents, as its Labor Advocate of the Year.
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Posted by Nathan Duke in District 11, State Senate on July 28, 2010 | No Comments
Padavan “has fought for important laws to protect public health and secured funding for vital environmental projects in northeast Queens,” said the league’s president, Marcia Bystryn.
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Posted by Anna Gustafson in Congress, District 9 on July 26, 2010 | No Comments
Bob Turner, the Republican chalenger to U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Forest Hills), called plans to build a Muslim community center two blocks from Ground Zero “salt in our wounds.”
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Posted by Howard Koplowitz in District 14, District 6, State Senate, U.S. House on July 23, 2010 | No Comments
U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) and state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans), who are reportedly under investigation, have used their re-election campaign accounts to spend a collective $40,000 on lawyers, according to campaign finance disclosures.
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Posted by Nathan Duke in District 11, State Senate on July 22, 2010 | No Comments
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which represents 100,000 workers across the United States and Canada, gave Avella the nod Thursday, calling him “an independent voice for working New Yorkers and taxpayers.”
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