Koo’s campaign HQ opens in Flushing
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 20, District 6, U.S. House on May 24, 2013 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) kicked off his campaign for re-election last week when the lawmaker officially opened his downtown headquarters. “I promise that I will do my best to serve my community,” Koo told a crowd gathered at his campaign office within Flushing Mall, located at 133-31 39th Ave. “It is the most important [...]
Boro clashes over maps at redistricting hearing
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 20, District 28 on January 18, 2013 | No Comments
The city Districting Commission held its third round of public hearings in Queens Monday night, and two Queens neighborhoods were the subject of a verbal tug of war. The commission is in charge of redrawing the city’s legislative districts to account for population change registered every 10 years in the U.S. census. The lines were [...]
Districting Commission gives boro third chance
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 20, District 24 on January 4, 2013 | No Comments
The commission in charge of redrawing City Council districts for the next 10 years scheduled a public hearing in Queens for early January to discuss changes made to the 51 seats — a meeting that a little more than a month ago seemed nearly impossible. The hearing is slated for Monday, Jan. 14, and will [...]
City Council lines redrawn
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 20, State Senate on December 6, 2012 | No Comments
In a feat of legal gymnastics, the commission in charge of redrawing the City Council districts Tuesday took back its supposed final version to make further changes and reunited Flushing’s Mitchell-Linden co-op and condo complex into the same district. The 15-member commission is mandated by the City Charter to redraw the lines every decade in [...]
Gim tallies show Flushing voters crossed party lines
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, City Comptroller, City Council, City Offices, District 20, District 22 on November 21, 2012 | No Comments
Ron Kim handily won the Flushing state Assembly race this month, but some polling numbers suggest many voters struggled to choose between their ethnic communities and their political parties. Kim, a Korean-American Democrat, received a total of 12,099 votes, while his Chinese-American opponent, Republican Phil Gim, received 5,855 votes. The margin, about 70 percent to [...]
Popular bubble tea jeopardized by ban
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 20, Mayor on August 16, 2012 | No Comments
The mayor’s proposed ban on large sugary drinks has implications for a popular Asian beverage served on the streets of downtown Flushing, a group opposed to the proposal said. Certain types of bubble tea, a Taiwanese invention and a libation ubiquitous in predominantly Asian communities, would be banned in containers larger than 16 ounces, according [...]
