Gennaro praises temporary ban on gas drilling
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, City Offices, District 15, District 24, State Senate on August 12, 2010 | No Comments
Queens legislators cheered the state Senate’s passage of a bill that would place a moratorium on drilling for natural gas in the upstate watershed, which provides drinking water for 9 million city and Westchester County residents.
Gennaro bill slated to clean Queens air
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24 on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
The legislation, Intro 194-A, will require that buildings burn less No. 4 heating oil — one of the dirtiest types of fuel. Additionally, it mandates that the No. 4 oil will be phased out when buildings need to replace their heating system equipment, which city officials said will help to create environmentally friendly jobs.
Green bill will make city cleaner: Gennaro
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24, Mayor on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
The City Council passed a package of legislation last week that Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) and other lawmakers said will dramatically reduce the city’s carbon footprint, create thousands of green jobs and save city residents millions of dollars in energy costs. “Twenty years from now people will look back at the vote on this [...]
Gennaro drive to help those hit by recession
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24 on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) kicked off his annual toy, coat and food drive Tuesday, saying this year’s collection is especially important for his constituents facing difficult financial times. “During these tough economic times, it’s critical that we do everything we can to help our neighbors in need,” Gennaro said. Gennaro was joined by [...]
Boro backs bill to control store stampedes
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24, District 27 on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilmen James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) and Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) will soon appeal to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration to push forward a bill to prevent a repeat of last year’s death of a Jamaica man who was working at a Long Island Wal-Mart when he was trampled to death by bargain hunters [...]
Council backs Gennaro’s gas-drilling-ban resolution
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24 on November 18, 2009 | No Comments
The City Council unanimously passed Councilman James Gennaro’s (D-Fresh Meadows) resolution Monday that calls on Albany to ban drilling in the city’s watershed — a move he has said would result in the city spending billions of dollars on a filtration system and could potentially contaminate the drinking water supply for residents in the city [...]
Bloomberg’s third term gets nod from Gennaro
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24, Mayor on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) crossed party lines last week to support Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s third bid against Democratic city Comptroller Bill Thompson for the city’s highest office, citing his support for the independent candidate’s environmental efforts. “As the Council’s Environmental [Committee] chairman, I want to continue working with my partners Mike Bloomberg to [...]
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 [...]
Gennaro gets hands on in war against graffiti
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24 on October 2, 2009 | No Comments
When City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) arrived at the corner of 164th Street and 69th Avenue in Fresh Meadows last week, a wall on The Corner Deli was covered in red graffiti. Gennaro put on a pair of gray work gloves and held a spray gun and less than 15 minutes later the graffiti [...]
Schulman, Gennaro pick up support from 1199 SEIU
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 24, District 29 on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
The union representing more than 250,000 health care workers in the city has thrown its support behind Democratic Council candidate Lynn Schulman and Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows). Schulman is one of six candidates vying for Councilwoman Melinda Katz’s (D-Forest Hills) seat representing Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and parts of Richmond Hill, Maspeth [...]
Avella rips Gennaro, Sanders for committee absences
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Council, District 19, District 24, District 31 on July 22, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) criticized some of his fellow Queens lawmakers who have not shown up for numerous committee meetings over the past fiscal year, saying the politicians should drop out of the committee rather than continually miss meetings that typically occur once or twice a month. Councilmen James Sanders (D-Laurelton) attended 61 percent [...]
Central Labor Council endorses Queens incumbents minus Ulrich
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 21, District 22, District 24, District 27, District 28, District 30, District 31 on June 26, 2009 | No Comments
The Central Labor Council endorsed all but one of Queens’ nine City Council incumbents running for re-election, notably leaving off the only borough Republican member of the legislative body, Eric Ulrich (R-Rockaway Beach). The CLC said it would endorse candidates in the Ulrich’s race and the other six disputed Council races in Queens after its [...]
