Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
The city’s top leaders, southeast Queens activists and hundreds of residents who were impacted by Councilman Thomas White’s years of work gathered at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral Thursday for a final goodbye.
(More > )State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) said she has done a lot during her nearly two terms as the elected official for the 10th Senate District and she promised to use her experience over the last four years to make the community better.
(More > )State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) said despite the anti-incumbent sentiment that seems pervasive in areas across the country, he believes his platform focusing on education, quality-of-life issues and government reform should usher him to victory in the primary and general election.
(More > )As state Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (D-Corona) meets with residents throughout East Elmhurst and Corona in preparation for the Sept. 14 Democratic primary, he is trying to educate the public on not only what he has done in his 18 years in office, but why.
(More > )Incumbent state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone) has solidified a strong fund-raising lead over her two Democratic primary challengers, but her lone Conservative opponent has not filed the most recent required financial disclosure form with the state Board of Elections.
(More > )“I’m responsive to the people and people see that,” Miller said during an interview at his campaign headquarters on Myrtle Avenue in Glendale. “When people come in my office, they say Miller gets results.” “It’s a trust thing?,” he said. “You have to gain the trust of the people and I’ve worked hard for that.”
(More > )State Assembly candidate Nick Comaianni is running on a platform of reforming education, boosting small businesses, cutting wasteful spending and taxes and addressing quality-of-life issues in his primary election battle against Assemblyman Michael Miller (D-Woodhaven).
(More > )John Duane, a candidate for the seat now held by Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza, has come under fire from one of his fellow opponents as well as a Bayside community activist for a mailer sent out by his campaign on Vietnam veterans. But Duane insisted the flier’s message was being distorted.
(More > )Glen Oaks resident Bob Friedrich said he is banking on an anti-incumbent wave and a platform of reforming Albany in his Democratic primary election battle with state Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck). “I’m trying to change the culture of corruption in Albany,” Friedrich said during an interview at his campaign headquarters on Union Turnpike in Glen Oaks. “It’s about ethics and it’s about integrity. It’s not about raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside income.”
(More > )Posted by Ivan Pereira in Assembly, Congress, District 10, District 10, District 11, District 14, District 15, District 16, District 23, District 24, District 26, District 28, District 30, District 35, District 37, District 38, District 39, District 6, District 9, State Senate, U.S. House on September 3, 2010 | No Comments
Representatives from DC 37, which represents 125,000 New York workers in various sectors and 5,000 retirees, released an incumbent-heavy list of endorsements of political candidates running for office in Queens and throughout the city, but also withheld its endorsement in several contested races.
(More > )Posted by Ivan Pereira in Assembly, Congress, District 10, District 11, District 33, District 6, State Senate, U.S. House on September 3, 2010 | No Comments
A political debate in St. Albans last Thursday hosted five candidates running for four offices representing southeast Queens, but incumbents and their challengers never once met face-to-face during the forum.
(More > )Posted by Rebecca Henely in District 7, U.S. House on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D–Jackson Heights) is one of three congressman recommended by an independent ethics committee on Aug. 31 for a probe into his fund-raising, a spokeswoman from his office confirmed. The New York Post reported the investigation concerns money raised prior to the passage of a bill to reform Wall Street.
(More > )Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in District 16, State Senate on September 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
For the first couple months of the campaign, state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky, Oakland Gardens attorney John Messer and New York Lottery winner and former chemistry professor Isaac Sasson of Flushing largely avoided appearing at events together, but they verbally sparred Aug. 24 at a MinKwon Center-sponsored event, then again at the Aug. 25 Queensboro Hill Civic Association meeting.
(More > )Posted by Philip Newman in State Comptroller, Statewide Offices on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently audited the MTA and found what he said was “a culture of acceptance” of overtime pay. Now his office will soon begin what is known as a forensic audit to determine whether fraud or any other illegality was involved in the hundreds of millions of dollars in overtime paid by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over the past few years.
(More > )Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in District 11, State Senate on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
Former City Councilman Tony Avella announced last week the completion of the second phase of construction of a sports facility at the College Point Fields. The long-awaited completion of the second of three phases, which he announced at a small event there Aug. 24, comes at the end of more than a dozen controversy-ridden years of work by Avella and other community leaders to provide sports fields for area sports organizations and teams.
(More > )Posted by Anna Gustafson in Congress, District 9, U.S. House on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Forest Hills) has asked the United States Tennis Association to again use Forest Hills’ West Side Tennis Stadium to rejuvenate interest in the historic structure that once hosted the US Open and which tennis club members are considering selling.
(More > )Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
The winner of the non-partisan election will serve as the Council member until Dec. 31 2011 and a second election next year will choose someone to serve out the rest of White’s four-year term, according to the mayor. The candidates for the election will be chosen by independent nominating petitions and not a party primary, according to the rules stated in the city charter.
(More > )Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in District 11, State Senate on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
“I got a call last week from [managing editor] Liz Rhoades from the Chronicle and she said they were thinking of setting up this debate. I explained to her that there are already five in October, and that there would be ample opportunity for my constituents and the media to be there,” the state senator said Monday morning.
(More > )Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on August 30, 2010 | No Comments
The office of City Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) announced the memorial services for City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park), who died of cancer Friday. A wake will be held at Greater Allen AME Cathedral at 110-31 Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m., according [...]
(More > )Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in District 11, State Senate on August 27, 2010 | No Comments
State Senate candidate Tony Avella has called out his opponent, state Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose), for declining to participate in a planned political debate sponsored by TimesLedger Newspapers and the Queens Chronicle.
(More > )Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, City Offices, District 28 on August 27, 2010 | No Comments
“The passing of my friend and colleague Tom White is truly a changing of the guard,” said fellow Councilman James Sanders. “New York City is a far poorer place without him.”
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