Flushing pols rally for more cops after killings
Posted by Rebecca Henely and Christina Santucci in Assembly, City Council, District 20, District 22, District 22 on August 5, 2010 | No Comments
City Councilmen Peter Koo (R-Flushing) and Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) held a rally for greater police presence in Flushing at the James A. Bland Community Center at 133-36 Roosevelt Ave., across the street from the Mobil gas station where Pakistani immigrant Nadeem Khan was killed July 25.
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 [...]
Improve traffic safety at 21st Ave.: Officials
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 22 on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
Astoria elected officials and community activists rallied last weekend at a site along 21st Avenue where they called for new traffic safety measures in the wake of a man being struck and killed while crossing the street last month. Konstantinos Stayropoulos died after being hit by a car at the intersection of 21st Avenue and [...]
Vallone pushes subway anti-harassment measures
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 22 on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) is urging the city to undertake new initiatives to prevent sexual harassment or assault on city subways in light of the police’s arrest of more than 400 individuals who tormented women on trains within the past year. The councilman has proposed that the city Police Department compile a list [...]
Vallone wants softer rules on parking
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 22 on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) said he will continue to push for laws that protect city residents from overzealous traffic agents after the Council passed one bill he sponsored that would give a grace period for alternate side street parking. Vallone said he co-sponsored two bills after hearing stories of traffic agents in Astoria [...]
Vallone retains City Council seat
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Comptroller, City Council, District 22 on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) fended off Green Party candidate Lynne Serpe and Populist Jerry Kann Tuesday to retain his seat for a third term. Vallone, the son of former Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., took a total of 74 percent of the vote, while Serpe garnered 23 percent and Kann took 2 percent. [...]
City review of Astoria rezone planned for December: Vallone
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 22 on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) said a city review of a plan to rezone Astoria for the first time in 48 years could be underway by mid-December and changes to the plan could result in zoning that would prevent larger buildings from being constructed in sections of the community. Vallone said he has worked [...]
Gianaris says Astoria power plant unlawful
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 22 on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) said a city review of a plan to rezone Astoria for the first time in 48 years could be underway by mid-December and changes to the plan could result in zoning that would prevent larger buildings from being constructed in sections of the community. Vallone said he has worked [...]
Queens leaders march against anti-gay attack
Posted by Nathan Duke in Borough President, City Comptroller, City Council, Congress, District 19, District 20, District 22, District 24 on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
Hundreds of borough residents and a crush of elected officials representing Queens and beyond marched down College Point Boulevard last weekend to speak out against hate crimes following the brutal beating of an openly gay College Point man earlier this month. The march, which drew a number of high-profile office holders at the city, state [...]
Council hopefuls talk change
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 22 on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) squared off Monday against two challengers, Green Party candidate Lynne Serpe and Populist Jerry Kann, on senior citizen services, development, graffiti and education during the sole debate in the race for his Astoria Council seat. The three candidates answered anonymous questions from audience members at Astoria’s Riccardo’s by the [...]
Giraldo attacks Ferreras over LIBRE, ballot challenges
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 22 on August 26, 2009 | No Comments
Renewing criticisms of his rival’s political ties, former Queens Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Eduardo Giraldo has launched his Democratic primary campaign against City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst). Giraldo, 45, said Ferreras has not properly explained her ties to a troubled nonprofit, Latino Initiative for Better Resources and Empowerment, which was unable to account [...]
GOPer Dooley nixes challenge to Vallone
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Council, District 22 on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) will not face a Republican challenger this fall after fellow Astorian Tom Dooley has decided not to run, Queens County Republican Party Chairman Phil Ragusa said. Dooley, a former city firefighter who ran against state Senator George Onorato (D-Astoria) last year, had originally been listed as a contender for Vallone’s [...]
