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 [...]
Ferreras distributes $629K
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 21, District 25, District 27 on September 27, 2012 | No Comments
City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) said she focused on domestic violence, sanitation, education and parks in doling out her about $629,000 in discretionary funds this year. “These are leading nonprofits that are trying to make a difference in the community,” Ferreras said about some of her biggest recipients. Ferreras — whose district covers East [...]
Dromm wants new drug law
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 13, District 25, Mayor, State Senate on February 16, 2012 | No Comments
When City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration for the large number of marijuana possession arrests made on his watch and advocated for legalizing medical marijuana, he said he was not dismissing the drug’s ill effects. “Nobody wants people to go into an addiction,” Dromm said. At a meeting of the [...]
Jackson Heights residents cry foul on Trade Fair
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 21, District 25 on January 26, 2012 | No Comments
City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Jackson Heights residents are demanding that the Trade Fair, at 75th Street and 37th Avenue, take down its sidewalk enclosure and make changes to its practices, but the grocery chain denies it is doing anything illegal. “To me it’s outrageous to think that people can build on the [...]
Gay marriage passage hits home in Sunnyside, Jax Hts.
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 11, District 12, District 13, District 15, District 24, District 25, District 26, District 7, District 9, Governor, State Senate, U.S. House on December 29, 2011 | No Comments
Before Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill June 24 that would legalize same-sex marriage in New York state, Astoria LGBT activist Brendan Fay and his husband, Dr. Thomas Moulton, helped same-sex couples in New York cross the border into Canada or into neighboring states to get married. Now he receives messages from people in Ireland [...]
Sanders, Comrie get human rights grades
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 20, District 21, District 22, District 23, District 24, District 25, District 26, District 27, District 28, District 29, District 30, District 31, District 32 on December 22, 2011 | No Comments
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) is going to have to make some room on his fridge. The chairman of the Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations had the best record of the Queens delegation on human rights issues last year, according to the Urban Justice Center’s 2011 Human Rights Report [...]
