Qns. GOP seats 3 on Council
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Comptroller, City Council, District 19, District 20, District 32, Mayor on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered. Flushing businessman Peter Koo triumphed over Yen Chou, a former aide to Councilman [...]
Ulrich retains seat vs. Frank Gulluscio
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Council, District 32 on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
Republican Eric Ulrich successfully defended his City Council seat from Democratic challenger Frank Gulluscio Tuesday night, winning 58.11 percent of the ballots cast, or 10,167 votes, while Democrat Frank Gulluscio got 41.89 percent, of, or 7,330 votes. The race between Ulrich, 24, and Gulluscio, 60, pitted young against old, and new ideas vs. experience, in [...]
Ulrich, Gulluscio cite transportation as biggest campaign issue
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Council, District 32 on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
One of the tighter City Council races is wrapping up in District 32, where incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Rockaway Beach) is working to protect his seat from Democratic challenger Frank Gulluscio. One of only three Republicans in the 51-member Council, Ulrich is also the youngest member at 24. Transportation is the issue Ulrich considers most [...]
Gulluscio names commuter woes his top priority
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Council, District 32 on October 21, 2009 | No Comments
“Nineteen days left,” Democratic City Council candidate Frank Gulluscio told a supporter who greeted him as he entered Sapienza Bagels and Deli in Howard Beach last Thursday for a buttered sesame bagel and coffee, referring to the scant time remaining before the Nov. 3 general election. Gulluscio was recognized by several other voters during his [...]
Ulrich says his record is brief, long on results
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Council, District 32 on October 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Liam McCabe, manager of City Councilman Eric Ulrich’s (R-Rockaway Beach) re-election campaign, busily worked the phones last week in the campaign’s one-room Ozone Park headquarters. A printer was late sending yard signs, a banner was posted in the wrong location, there was an issue with the installation of a billboard and constituents were requesting signs [...]
Gulluscio, Addabbo push city DOT notification bills
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Council, District 15, District 32, State Senate on October 14, 2009 | No Comments
Community activist Betty Braton, Democratic council candidate Frank Gulluscio, and state Sen. Joseph Addabbo speak at an intersection in Howard Beach Oct. 13 in support of two transportation bills before the council. Photo by Connor Adams Sheets Residents woke up one morning to tickets on their windshields when the parking laws on a section of [...]
DC 37 announces endorsements in ’09 races
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Council, District 19, District 20, District 23, District 29, District 31, District 32 on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
The city’s largest municipal employee union announced its picks last Thursday for this year’s City Council races. DC 37, which has more than 125,000 members in various fields including nursing, sanitation and education workers, predominantly selected the Council’s Queens incumbents for their election choices. The union went against the status quo in the race for [...]
Gulluscio eyes second shot at young GOP incumbent Ulrich
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in City Council, District 32 on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
The widely anticipated contest between City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Rockaway Beach) and Democratic District Leader Frank Gulluscio never came to fruition in the February special election to succeed state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach), but the two will get another chance in November. Petitions for Gulluscio, a former Addabbo aide and Community Board 6 district [...]
