Pols push MTA to spend surplus on Queens lines
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, District 24, District 25 on April 26, 2013 | No Comments
A $40 million MTA budget surplus has leaders from northeast Queens calling to expand service and undo drastic cuts made in 2010. Elected officials joined in Manhattan Sunday with advocacy group Riders Alliance and Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Allen Cappelli over the weekend with their eyes on the new state dollars made possible through [...]
Halloran holds on as staff shrinks
Posted by Joe Anuta and Phil Corso in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 13, District 14, District 19, District 25, State Senate on April 12, 2013 | No Comments
Funding for community-based projects in northeast Queens is in limbo after City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) was arrested in a bribery scandal last week and charged with plotting to misuse money meant for neighborhood groups. For months, Halloran has been meeting with northeast Queens residents to assemble a list of initiatives the community could vote [...]
League of Conservation Voters has high hopes for Rozic
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, District 25 on February 8, 2013 | No Comments
One of northeast Queens’ newest representatives in state government was chosen as part of a short list of environmentally promising officials, the New York League of Conservation Voters said. According to the pro-environment organization, state Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) was the only Queens official selected in a Top 13 list of recently elected lawmakers [...]
Kim, Rozic sworn in as Assembly members
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, City Comptroller, City Offices, Congress, District 22, District 25, District 5, U.S. House, U.S. Senate on February 1, 2013 | No Comments
The borough’s newest state Assembly members kicked off their historic journeys as Queens representatives this week with two star-studded swearing-in ceremonies. Over the weekend, state Assembly members Ron Kim (D-Flushing) and Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) held separate celebrations in the company of family, friends, community leaders and elected officials from all levels of government. In [...]
Lancman begins campaign for City Council
Posted by Karen Frantz in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 22, District 24, District 25, District 5, District 7, U.S. House on December 28, 2012 | No Comments
State Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) officially kicked off his campaign for City Council last week at the Local 3 Headquarters in Flushing. More than 100 people attended the event, at 67-35 Parsons Blvd., including U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, and a number of other Queens politicians. In [...]
Two new faces elected to Assembly from NE Queens
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, District 25, District 30, District 33, District 36, District 37 on November 8, 2012 | No Comments
It was a successful Election Day for Queens incumbents running for re-election in the state Assembly Tuesday, with results showing no upsets in the borough and two new faces earning a trip to Albany. Four of the six Assembly races in Queens included incumbents looking to maintain their seats. All four were successful, including Assemblywomen [...]
