SE Queens, city leaders mourn Tom White
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on September 2, 2010 | No Comments
The city’s top leaders, southeast Queens activists and hundreds of residents who were impacted by Councilman Thomas White’s years of work gathered at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral Thursday for a final goodbye.
Mayor says special election for White’s seat will be on Election Day
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
The winner of the non-partisan election will serve as the Council member until Dec. 31 2011 and a second election next year will choose someone to serve out the rest of White’s four-year term, according to the mayor. The candidates for the election will be chosen by independent nominating petitions and not a party primary, according to the rules stated in the city charter.
White’s funeral set for Thursday morning
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on August 30, 2010 | No Comments
The office of City Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) announced the memorial services for City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park), who died of cancer Friday. A wake will be held at Greater Allen AME Cathedral at 110-31 Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m., according [...]
Queens and city pols offer condolences for White [Updated]
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, City Offices, District 28 on August 27, 2010 | No Comments
“The passing of my friend and colleague Tom White is truly a changing of the guard,” said fellow Councilman James Sanders. “New York City is a far poorer place without him.”
Councilman Thomas White dies
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on August 27, 2010 | No Comments
City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) died Friday, according to the head of Community Board 12. He had just turned 71, according to Celeste Katz at The Daily Politics.
Incumbents triumph in SE Queens races
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28, District 31 on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
The status quo will remain for the political scene in southeast Queens as the area’s City Council incumbents won their bids for consecutive terms Tuesday. Councilmen Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) and James Sanders (D-Laurelton) both defeated their rivals on an Election Day that although not as busy as the presidential race last year, drew [...]
Wills to run as Conservative against White
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on October 14, 2009 | No Comments
City Council candidate Ruben Wills lost his bid to be on the Democratic ticket for the November election, but that is not stopping him from trying. Wills will be running against Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) as the Conservative Party candidate, records from the city Board of Elections showed. He had come in fourth [...]
Wills to run on Conservative ticket
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) may have officially won the Democratic Primary for District 28 last week, but he still faces a challenge from one of his opponents. Ruben Wills will be running against White in November as the Conservative Party candidate, according to the Board of Elections. Wills was one of five candidates who [...]
Nunes officially concedes to White
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
After being denied the chance to fight his four-vote primary loss by a Queens Civil Court judge, Lynn Nunes formally conceded his race against City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) Tuesday afternoon. In an e-mailed statement released around 3:30 p.m., the 24-year-old candidate congratulated the incumbent, who will be elected to his second consecutive [...]
Nunes concedes in primary race, giving White razor’s-edge win
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
After three weeks of fighting for his chance to make it to City Hall, Lynn Nunes ended his challenge Tuesday against incumbent Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) for his slim Democratic Primary victory. White, who will be in his second consecutive term as councilman for the 28th District since there is no Republican challenger, [...]
White wins by 4 votes, Nunes heads to court
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
Lynn Nunes is taking his fight for City Hall to the courts after the city Board of Elections announced that City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) had won the Democratic Primary by the skin of his teeth. White was declared the official winner for Council District 28 with 1,940 votes, four more than Nunes, [...]
It’s White by a whisker, final tally says
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 28 on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
The City’s Board of Elections released the official vote tally for the hotly contested Democratic primary for Council District 28, naming incumbent Thomas White the winner by the slimmest of margins. White, who is running for his second term, beat challenger Lynn Nunes by four votes, with 1,940 Democratic constituents choosing him as their candidate, [...]
