Ferreras, Dromm arrested at protest against Arizona law
Posted by Chauncey Alcorn in City Council, District 21, District 25 on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
Corona and Elmhurst-based immigration reform advocates, including City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-Elmhurst) and Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), were arrested last week during a civil disobedience protest outside the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service building in Manhattan. Outraged by the ongoing controversy surrounding the state of Arizona’s immigration law, the protesters were among several reform [...]
Dromm, Van Bramer named Gay Pride grand marshals
Posted by Chauncey Alcorn in City Council, City Offices, District 25, District 26 on June 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
City Councilmen Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) are still riding high months after their historic election as the first two openly gay men to serve Queens on the Council, but this week they will be riding even higher. The pioneering duo will be riding floats as grand marshals of the Queens [...]
Students rally for free MetroCards
Posted by Nathan Duke and Anna Gustafson in Assembly, District 15, District 19, District 22, District 23, District 25, District 28, State Senate on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) joined Queens students last weekend in Flushing to protest cuts in the MTA’s 2010 budget that will force schoolchildren who receive free MetroCards to start paying fares. Meng and a small crowd of students held signs reading “No Cuts to Student Aid” as they decried the Metropolitan Transportation Authority actions [...]
Dems line up behind Peralta for Senate run
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 13, District 25, State Senate on November 18, 2009 | No Comments
Although he already had picked up the endorsement of the Queens Democratic Party, state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) has begun to rack up individual endorsements in his bid to replace embattled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst). Peralta earned the support of Assemblymen Jeffrion Aubry (D-Corona) and Michael DenDekker (D-Jackson Heights), as well as [...]
Dromm, Van Bramer win
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 25 on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
Queens has its first two openly gay City Council members now that Democrats Danny Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer have won election. Dromm will replace outgoing Councilwoman Helen Sears (D-Jackson Heights), whom he defeated in the Democratic primary. His Council district includes Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. He won 9,702 votes, 74.6 percent [...]
Rahman uses anti-gay marriage stance vs. Dromm
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 25 on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
Mujib Rahman is a Democrat and he is quick to tell you that. But the Jackson Heights resident is running for the City Council seat representing Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Corona and part of Rego Park on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines. Rahman disagrees with the Democrats’ selection of Daniel Dromm to [...]
Newcomers crash Queens Democratic Party
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 19, District 20, District 25, District 26, District 28 on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments
Queens residents cut the cord that towed the Democratic Party line in last week’s primary elections, and while some say politics in the borough is in a state of upheaval, the long-dominant political machine says it is as strong as ever. There were 10 primaries for City Council seats in Queens Sept. 15, six of [...]
Dromm beats out incumbent Sears in Democratic primary
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 25 on September 16, 2009 | No Comments
This educator’s performance earned him more than an apple. Jackson Heights teacher and activist Daniel Dromm unseated City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D-Jackson Heights) in a spirited Democratic primary election, cutting short her hopes for a third term in office. Dromm took 49.2 percent of the vote, while Sears won 39.6 percent, according to preliminary numbers [...]
TimesLedger Makes Endorsements in Six Democratic City Council Primaries
Posted by TimesLedger Newspapers in City Council, District 19, District 20, District 23, District 25, District 26, District 29 on September 10, 2009 | 5 Comments
There have been primaries and general elections in the past when Queens voters could have done their patriotic duty just as well by staying in bed. But in the Democratic primaries that will be held next Tuesday, voters in many districts will have the chance to nominate candidates in close races that will go on [...]
Debate week on the Queens Campaigner (VIDEO)
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 19, District 20, District 23, District 25, District 26, District 29 on September 2, 2009 | No Comments
As you may have read, TimesLedger Newspapers hosted a series of debates for six City Council Democratic primaries in Queens last week at Flushing Library. You can read our full print coverage here on the Queens Campaigner, while full video of each of the debates is now available at our sister site BoroPolitics.com. Each of [...]
Sears’ challengers take aim at incumbent during TimesLedger debate
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 25 on September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
Attack, defend, repeat. This was the format for a debate hosted by TimesLedger Newspapers for the City Council seat of Helen Sears (D-Jackson Heights), who is running for re-election against fellow Democrats Daniel Dromm and Stanley Kalathara in this month’s primary election. Throughout the hour-long debate, held at the Flushing Library last Thursday, Sears faced [...]
Video of three more TimesLedger City Council debates now available
Posted by Stephen Stirling in City Council, District 23, District 25, District 29 on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
Full video coverage of three more of the TimesLedger/CNG debates held last week at Flushing Library can now be viewed in full at our sister site BoroPolitics.com. To watch City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D-Jackson Heights) trade barbs with challengers Daniel Dromm and Stanley Kalathara in our District 25 debate, click here. For the District 23 [...]
