Weiner tries comback with mayor race entry
Posted by Steve Mosco in City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 24, Mayor, U.S. House on May 24, 2013 | No Comments
Former Forest Hills U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner officially kicked off his quest for Gracie Mansion with a video announcement posted on YouTube late Tuesday. The scandal-scarred politician takes on the city’s mayoral campaign close to two years after resigning from Congress in 2011 when it was revealed he posted a lewd photo of himself on [...]
City Council passes bill to help prevent flooding in boro
Posted by Karen Frantz in City Council, City Offices, District 24 on February 15, 2013 | No Comments
A bill that would help prevent flooding after intense storms — an increasingly common scourge of many homeowners in some areas of Queens — was passed by the City Council last week to the applause of a Queens councilman. The legislation, passed Feb. 6, requires the city Parks Department to identify types of vegetation it [...]
Queens remembers Mayor Ed Koch
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 14, District 24, District 9, Mayor, U.S. House on February 8, 2013 | No Comments
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of late Mayor Ed Koch last week as the outspoken and charismatic lawmaker was remembered in Queens with both fondness and sadness following his death at age 88. Koch, who served as mayor from 1978-89, died from congestive heart failure at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Reuters reported. Many borough lawmakers [...]
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 [...]
Lancman begins campaign for City Council
Posted by Karen Frantz in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 22, District 24, District 25, District 5, District 7, U.S. House on December 28, 2012 | No Comments
State Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) officially kicked off his campaign for City Council last week at the Local 3 Headquarters in Flushing. More than 100 people attended the event, at 67-35 Parsons Blvd., including U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, and a number of other Queens politicians. In [...]
Boro pol lauds Cuomo for fracking leadership
Posted by Karen Frantz in City Council, City Offices, District 24, Governor on November 29, 2012 | No Comments
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrestles with whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing in the state, a Queens councilman has lauded him for refusing to buckle to pressure and allowing a critical deadline to pass rather than speed up a review of the controversial drilling method’s potential impact on public health. City Councilman James Gennaro [...]
