Yen Chou successfully navigates turbulent primary in Flushing
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 20 on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
After a stormy summer of politics in Flushing, when the dust settled Tuesday Yen Chou emerged victorious, edging out Isaac Sasson and S.J. Jung to win the race for the Democratic nomination for City Councilman John Liu’s (D-Flushing) seat, unofficial election results showed. “This campaign wasn’t based on endorsements and we proved that the people [...]
Better late than never…
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council on September 16, 2009 | No Comments
After a long night of reporting, we finally present to you our election night coverage of the Queens County Democratic primary. Below you will find our coverage of the citywide races and the special election race (plus one City Council race). On the left, you can find our coverage of the 10 contested City Council [...]
Liu to face Yassky in run-off for comptroller
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Comptroller on September 16, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilmen John Liu (D-Flushing) and David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) will meet in round two of the Democratic primary for city comptroller in the coming weeks after a run-off election was triggered Tuesday in the tight race, according to unofficial election results. Liu led the pack of four candidates in Tuesday’s primary, finishing with 133,986 votes, [...]
Marshall wins decisively over two primary opponents
Posted by Stephen Stirling in Borough President on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall won the Democratic primary in her bid for a third term Tuesday, easily defeating challengers Marc Leavitt and Robert Schwartz in the three-way race for the nomination, unofficial election results show. The Board of Elections said Marshall trounced Leavitt and Schwartz, pulling in 52,258 votes for more than 71 percent [...]
Korean turnout high but interpreters are hard to come by, advocates say
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 19, District 20 on September 15, 2009 | No Comments
Exit pollers from the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, which is monitoring polling sites across the city, said they are seeing a high voter turnout among Korean Americans but a dearth of interpreters. Glen Magpantay, an attorney with the advocacy group, said Board of Elections officials are struggling to deal with an uptick in the [...]
Slow start to Primary Day in District 20
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 20 on September 15, 2009 | No Comments
Election workers at several polling sites in John Liu’s (D-Flushing) City Council district said the turnout has been very low to start the day. “We got a bump early in the morning, but even that wasn’t much,” one poll worker said at St. Mary’s Church early Tuesday afternoon. “It’s very quiet.” When Democratic candidate and [...]
