Miller endorsed by Addabbo, Elizabeth Crowley
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, City Council, District 15, District 30, District 38, State Senate on August 9, 2010 | No Comments
In a release, Addabbo called Miller “a champion for Queens families,” while Crowley said Miller had a “depth of experience and the fresh ideas we need.”
Crowley, pols call for better rules on commuter vans
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, District 19, District 29, District 30 on August 5, 2010 | No Comments
Crowley, flanked by Council members Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), said she wrote the bill in response to complaints from local residents, who protest the use of both unauthorized and uninsured private companies operating vans in Maspeth, as well as legitimate commuter van companies coming into the community when they are not authorized to operate in the Maspeth area.
MTA plans boro subway, bus service cuts
Posted by Philip Newman in City Council, Congress, District 27, District 30, Governor on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
Transit officials have approved drastic subway and bus system cuts because of a nearly $400 million deficit, but the new MTA chairman as well as several MTA board members appeared to suggest the possibility of a way out or at least mitigating the worst of the dreaded plan. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Jay Walder listened [...]
Blighted Ridgewood property to be beautified by neighbors
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in Assembly, City Council, District 15, District 30, District 38, State Senate on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
Two months after she proposed the plan, the Long Island Rail Road has agreed to City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley’s (D-Middle Village) request to let the community turn a dilapidated newsstand in Ridgewood into open space for the community. The lot at 61-50 Metropolitan Ave. is the site of an abandoned newsstand and convenience store. Plans [...]
Crowley re-elected to Council seat
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 30 on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
Incumbent City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) staved off a serious challenge from Republican Tom Ognibene, who once held the same seat, to win her first full term representing Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood and parts of Richmond Hill. In winning, Crowley, 31, has reinforced her hold in a district that has had a Republican [...]
Weiner, Crowley want reform in issuing SSA senior benefits
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, Congress, District 30 on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Social Security recipients in Queens, like the rest of the United States, will not see an increase in their monthly payments to compensate for the increased cost of living for the first time in more than 30 years, which is not sitting well with the borough’s elected officials. Cost-of-living adjustments are tied to the Consumer [...]
Crowley hopes for success in fourth Council run
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 30 on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
In a short period of time, City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) went from a relative political novice to a seasoned veteran of municipal races. Crowley, 31, first ran for the office in 2001, losing to Dennis Gallagher. But when Gallagher resigned from the Council in 2008 after pleading guilty in connection to a sexual [...]
Ognibene wants to preserve west Queens voting bloc
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 30 on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Tom Ognibene is afraid the future of Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood will not include Republicans. The 66-year-old former city councilman is running against incumbent Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) in the hopes of preventing a redistricting two years from now that could eliminate the relatively conservative population in the neighborhoods as a voting [...]
Guv signs Lancman’s sex offender alert bill
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 15, District 25, District 30, State Senate on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
As Halloween approaches, the biggest scare for parents may not come from a slasher movie, but from a beeping BlackBerry cell phone providing the first warning of a sex offender moving into the neighborhood. Thanks to a bill pushed by state Sen. Joe Klein (D-Bronx) and state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Forest Hills), any updates to [...]
Crowley gets backing of Italian-American federations
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Council, District 30 on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) got some important support from the Italian-American Federation of Brooklyn and Queens and the Italian-American Federation of Greater New York in her bid for re-election in November. Crowley defeated former Councilman Anthony Como in the 2008 election after Como won a special election earlier that year to replace disgraced [...]
Queens leaders push MTA for green renovation
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in Assembly, City Council, District 15, District 30, District 38, State Senate on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
As the MTA puts together its next five-year capital plan, elected officials in Ridgewood are calling on the agency to let them turn a neglected piece of property into green space. Temporarily, at least. City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), state Sen. Joseph Addabbo, state Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Ridgewood) and Assemblyman Michael Miller (D-Glendale) gathered [...]
Baldeo goofs on Crowley, Addabbo endorsements
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, City Council, District 15, District 30, District 38, State Senate on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
Ozone Park attorney Albert Baldeo, the self-proclaimed “front runner” in the race to replace former state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio, sent out a press release strongly suggested he had the backing of City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) and state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach). Problem is, Baldeo said in a phone interview he was “in [...]
