Baisley Houses seek end to City Council division
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 27, District 28 on August 30, 2012 | No Comments
When a city commission redraws the district lines for the City Council this year, civic leaders from southeast Queens are calling for the unification of the Baisley Houses in Jamaica. “Include all five buildings so there is only one Council member to oversee that area,” said A.U. Hogan, president of the Baisley Houses Tenant Association, [...]
Comrie brings home big bucks
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 27, District 28, District 31 on July 12, 2012 | No Comments
The city recently released the massive list of discretionary funds allocated by the City Council to individual members and one southeast Queens councilman brought home far more cash for his district than his colleagues. Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) raked in more than $1 million in member items to support nonprofits within his district, with [...]
Dangerous fake pot should be banned: Wills
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 28, District 31, District 32 on March 15, 2012 | 1 Comment
At a number of bodegas in southeast Queens, customers can legally purchase a product that produces a marijuana-like high, but while the weed may be fake, the dangerous side effects are real. Basheer Ahmed, manager of the Bashir Famous Deli in Rochdale, Friday became the first to sign City Councilman Ruben Wills’ (D-Jamaica) pledge to [...]
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 [...]
Wills defeats challengers to retain City Council seat
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, City Offices, District 28 on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) said he is looking forward to continuing his agenda for \southeast Queens after voters decided to keep him in office for the remainder of his term. Wills, 40, trounced former Councilman Allan Jennings, Clifton Stanley Diaz and Michael Duvalle for the seat with 2,699 votes, or 70 percent of the [...]
Wills confronts Jennings outside polling site
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, City Offices, District 28 on September 13, 2011 | No Comments
The bad blood between City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) and his opponent Allan Jennings heated up Tuesday as the two men crossed paths outside August Martin High School just as the incumbent placed his vote in the Democratic primary for the special election. Wills, who was accompanied by his wife Marcia and 21-year-old daughter Julissa, [...]
