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 [...]
Meeks has got Obama’s back
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, Borough President, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 10, District 27, District 29, District 32, District 33, District 6, State Senate, U.S. House on October 18, 2012 | No Comments
U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) is fired up and ready to go, and he is on a mission to make sure others — especially minority communities — feel the same way.? Though he faces two challengers in the Nov. 6 election for his southeast Queens congressional seat, Meeks said the next couple weeks are all [...]
Assembly races heating up
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, District 25, District 30, District 33, District 36, District 37, District 40 on October 4, 2012 | No Comments
With November’s general election looming, six different races for state Assembly have shaped up throughout Queens, according to the city Board of Elections. According to a citywide candidacy list provided by the BOE, Assembly races in the borough will be decided Nov. 6 for the 25th, 30th, 33rd, 36th, 37th and 40th districts. In the [...]
Boro Assembly members push to move Primary Day to June
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, District 22, District 23, District 25, District 30, District 33, District 34, District 38, District 39, State Senate on February 23, 2012 | No Comments
Eight members of the state Assembly from Queens have signed on to a bill that would push Primary Day for state races from September to June to offset a new federal law that would force New York to hold separate primaries for Congress and the U.S. Senate. The New York legislators want a single primary [...]
Civics want new election district
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 11, District 23, District 24, District 26, District 33, Governor, State Senate on January 19, 2012 | No Comments
Leaders from more than a dozen eastern Queens civic groups met in Bellerose last week, demanding their communities be united by the state task force that will redraw the area’s legislative lines for the coming decade. The state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment is expected to release its first-draft maps within the [...]
City pols praise Padavan’s work at Qns. Village dinner
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 11, District 15, District 19, District 20, District 33, State Senate on March 3, 2011 | No Comments
Former state Sen. Frank Padavan was his usual self at a Queens Village Republican Club dinner held in his honor Sunday after the political veteran suffered a minor stroke at his home late last month. Padavan spoke toward the end of the evening and doled out many thanks to his friends and family, along with [...]
