College Point leaders vow to halt crimes
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Council, City Offices, District 11, District 19, State Senate on August 12, 2010 | No Comments
Complaints by area community members and business owners have risen about issues including drug dealing, loitering, public drinking and fighting at the College Point Park, located at College Point Boulevard and 14th Avenue.
Crowley, pols call for better rules on commuter vans
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, District 19, District 29, District 30 on August 5, 2010 | No Comments
Crowley, flanked by Council members Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), said she wrote the bill in response to complaints from local residents, who protest the use of both unauthorized and uninsured private companies operating vans in Maspeth, as well as legitimate commuter van companies coming into the community when they are not authorized to operate in the Maspeth area.
Court throws out Halloran traffic ticket for $155
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 19 on July 23, 2010 | No Comments
An administrative judge told Halloran he did not have to pay the ticket after having reviewed photos, video and written testimony from the scene of the incident, which took place June 14 along 150th Street in Whitestone. In addition, the city Police Department has punished traffic agent Daniel Chu by cutting his vacation time, taking away his NYPD vehicle, forcing him to undergo sensitivity training and relocating him to a different section of Queens that has yet to be disclosed.
Halloran doles out member items
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 19 on July 15, 2010 | No Comments
City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said he handed out $57,000 more in member item funding from this fiscal year’s Council budget than community groups in his district received last year.
Halloran in ticket agent altercation
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 19 on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) is calling on the city Police Department to dismiss all summonses written by a Queens traffic agent whom the councilman alleges was driving recklessly and running stop signs in Whitestone last week.
Keep W train: West Qns. pols
Posted by Nathan Duke in Assembly, City Comptroller, City Council, District 19, District 22, District 36 on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
Astoria’s elected officials blasted the city’s decision to shut down its W train service last week, saying thousands of western Queens residents rely on the subway to commute to Manhattan. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted Dec. 16 in favor of subway service cuts that would include eliminating Astoria’s W train completely in the spring. The [...]
Students rally for free MetroCards
Posted by Nathan Duke and Anna Gustafson in Assembly, District 15, District 19, District 22, District 23, District 25, District 28, State Senate on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) joined Queens students last weekend in Flushing to protest cuts in the MTA’s 2010 budget that will force schoolchildren who receive free MetroCards to start paying fares. Meng and a small crowd of students held signs reading “No Cuts to Student Aid” as they decried the Metropolitan Transportation Authority actions [...]
Councilman-elect Halloran lays out agenda for district
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 19 on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
Dan Halloran said he is vowing to get more money for his district after having been elected Nov. 3 to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) as the representative for northeast Queens. Halloran, a Republican attorney from Auburndale, told the TimesLedger Newspapers staff during an interview this week that he would follow in Avella’s footsteps [...]
Councilman-elect Koo gives out 135 turkeys to needy
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Council, District 19 on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
Thanksgiving will be a more filling and less expensive occasion for 135 Flushing families this year, thanks to the efforts of City Councilman-elect Peter Koo, a local grocery chain and two community groups. Koo and the Flushing Chinese Business Association, of which he is president, put together a turkey drive for the area’s needy, purchasing [...]
Asian voter harassment claims eyed
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 19 on November 18, 2009 | 4 Comments
An organization that protects the civil rights of Asian Americans said it is investigating complaints of voter harassment during the Nov. 3 City Council race between Dan Halloran and Kevin Kim, who is Korean American. Glenn Magpantay, a staff attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said the group is looking into [...]
Qns. GOP seats 3 on Council
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Comptroller, City Council, District 19, District 20, District 32, Mayor on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered. Flushing businessman Peter Koo triumphed over Yen Chou, a former aide to Councilman [...]
Halloran win not a surprise: Queens Dems
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 19 on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
Queens Democrats said they were not shocked at Republican City Councilman-elect Dan Halloran’s win over Kevin Kim in last week’s race to replace Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) as the representative for northeast Queens due to the district’s tendency to elect Republicans. Halloran, a GOP attorney from Auburndale, defeated Kim, a Bayside Democrat who formerly worked [...]
