MTA should restore Q75 route: Weprin
Posted by Phil Corso in City Council, City Offices, District 23 on May 10, 2013 | No Comments
After hearing news of an unexpected $40 million surplus for the MTA, one northeast Queens lawmaker proposed the agency bring back a vital bus route in his district after cutting it in 2010. The agency discovered the extra state dollars last month after lawmakers in Albany passed the 2013-14? budget, which included an increase of [...]
Candidates line up to replace Councilman Comrie
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 23, District 24, District 27, District 28, District 29, District 5, U.S. House on April 19, 2013 | No Comments
City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) will be term-limited out of office at the end of the year after representing St. Albans, Hollis, Cambria Heights and Jamaica for the last 12 years, and a bevy of candidates have lined up to take his place. Community Board 13 Chairman Bryan Block, state Assembly staffer Manny Caughman, [...]
Weprin unlocks groups ban
Posted by Phil Corso in City Council, City Offices, District 23 on March 8, 2013 | No Comments
Despite a recent uproar over the validity of civic-minded groups such as co-op and condominium organizations being allowed to meet in public schools, the city Department of Education assured them that the doors would remain open. In a letter addressed to City Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), DOE Public Affairs Director James Dandeneau cleared the [...]
Sanders sworn in at York
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 23, District 24, District 28, District 31, State Senate on January 25, 2013 | No Comments
State Sen. James Sanders (D-Jamaica), fresh off his first few days in Albany, celebrated his inauguration with a ceremonial swearing-in at York College last week. Sanders was officially sworn in Jan. 9 and spent the first two days last week in session in Albany, where he voted to pass the state’s new assault weapons ban. [...]
Estelle Cooper dies amid legal troubles
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 23, District 29 on January 4, 2013 | No Comments
When former Assistant Parks Commissioner Estelle Cooper died Saturday, she left behind a history of public service in Queens clouded by legal troubles associated with her tenure as head of a nonprofit that funded upkeep at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Aside from working in the city Parks Department and running the nonprofit, Unisphere Inc., the [...]
Weprin posts best attendance
Posted by Phil Corso in City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 23, District 24, District 25, District 26, District 31, District 32, State Senate on October 25, 2012 | No Comments
Fourteen lawmakers represent the borough of Queens in the City Council, but only one posted a perfect attendance record over the last two years, according to statistics. In response to a TimesLedger Newspapers Freedom of Information Law request, the Council released attendance records for its members from January 2011 to the present. Of the 14 [...]
