City’s biggest municipal union makes endorsements
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.
Friedrich wants to be new blood in Albany
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, District 24 on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
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.”
Weprin’s campaign bid focuses on middle class
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, District 24 on August 26, 2010 | No Comments
In the six months since he won a February special election, state Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) said he has hit the ground running and will continue to fight for middle-class residents if he is fortunate enough to win re-election in November.
Assembly newsletters promote pols: Group
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, District 24 on August 26, 2010 | No Comments
One of the advantages incumbents in the state Assembly have over their challengers is a printing budget that enables them to mail out quarterly newsletters to their constituents, which at least one good government group says is in need of reform.
Friedrich, boro residents protest Q79 group rides
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in Assembly, District 24 on August 26, 2010 | No Comments
Dozens of concerned residents joined Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich at the intersection of Little Neck Parkway and Union Turnpike in Glen Oaks Saturday morning to protest a transportation proposal for the underserved area.
New machine for voting comes to boro
Posted by Anna Gustafson in Assembly, City Council, District 23, District 24 on August 19, 2010 | No Comments
Gone are the big, bulky voting machines with the red levers city voters have used for the past five decades. In their place will be paper ballots with fill-in ovals — something reminiscent of multiple choice tests — that will be fed into a scanner. The scanner records the voter’s choice, but the physical evidence of the vote will remain.
Friedrich promotes 11 stops on Q79 route
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, District 24 on August 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
Friedrich, who is challenging Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) in this year’s Democratic primary — Friedrich lost to Weprin in a February special election for the seat — said he made the suggestions on his own and the TLC did not ask for his input.
Republican hopefuls lay out campaign plans in boro races
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, Congress, District 11, District 24, District 6, District 9, State Senate, U.S. House, U.S. Senate on August 12, 2010 | No Comments
Five candidates, ranging from contenders for the U.S. Senate to the state Assembly, told members of the Queens Village Republican Club how they plan to win in November during the club’s meeting in Bellerose last Thursday.
Friedrich accuses Weprin of ‘North Korean’-style suppression
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, District 24 on July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
State Assembly candidate Bob Friedrich claimed his opponent, Assemblyman David Weprin’s (D-Little Neck), is trying to knock him off the ballot and said the effort is bringing “the North Korean example of elections to our Assembly district by robbing voters of choice.”
Friedrich attacks Weprin on stop-and-frisk vote
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, District 24 on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
State Assemblyman David Weprin’s (D-Little Neck) vote to deny the city Police Department use of a stop-and-frisk database has come under fire from his primary opponent, Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich, who said the law makes communities less safe.
Queens officials and candidates pledge reform in Albany
Posted by Anna Gustafson in Assembly, Congress, District 10, District 11, District 13, District 14, District 15, District 16, District 22, District 23, District 24, District 26, District 28, District 36, District 38, U.S. House on July 22, 2010 | No Comments
Senators, Assembly and Congress members and those running for those positions have signed pledges on Wednesday by New York Uprising, a non-partisan, independent group formed by Koch that has a mission to “end corruption in Albany and reinstate the public’s faith in government by offering real, honest and sensible solutions that legislators and candidates can implement, adhere to and be held accountable for executing once elected or re-elected to office.”
6 in race for Carrozza seat
Posted by Nathan Duke in Assembly, District 24, District 26 on July 22, 2010 | No Comments
The four Democrats and two Republicans vying for state Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza’s (D-Bayside) seat this fall have raised a combined total of nearly $300,000 in their bids, with several candidates pulling in a few thousand while others are nearing the $100,000 mark, according to state campaign finance records. The assemblywoman announced earlier this year she [...]
