Funds pile up for Council hopefuls
Posted by Phil Corso in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 19, District 32, State Senate on May 17, 2013 | No Comments
The latest campaign funding for the crowded field running to replace City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) showed Bayside’s Austin Shafran, former government spokesman for the Empire State Development authority, in the lead with Whitestone attorney Paul Vallone not far behind. City Campaign Finance Board records said Shafran’s campaign collected $87,217, while Vallone reported $73,470 in [...]
Warring GOP Party spars over leadership
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 19, District 32, State Senate on April 19, 2013 | No Comments
Republican leaders traded more barbs over the future of the Queens GOP Party this week in the wake of a wide-ranging bribery scandal. Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Queens Republican Party Vice Chairman Vince Tabone were both charged with participating in a bribery scheme to get state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) on the GOP mayoral [...]
Gound-level GOPers grow weary after coup
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 32, Mayor on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
Members of the Queens Republican Party appear to be at odds with each other at all levels following a political coup earlier this year. Rank-and-file members who are fed up with turmoil at the highest levels of the borough and citywide party have discussed banding together on a more grassroots level to bring some cohesion [...]
GOP coup ends with successful rebel power play
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 32 on March 1, 2013 | No Comments
The leaders of the Queens Republican Party dropped their legal bid to oust the borough’s GOP Board of Elections Commissioner Michael Michel, who was installed in a political coup earlier this year. Michel is one of 10 commissioners on the board, made up of five Republicans and five Democrats. Democratic and Republican party organizations from [...]
Dems get shaky Senate win
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 12, District 15, District 32, Governor, State Senate on November 15, 2012 | No Comments
State Senate Democrats in Queens were confident they had won control of the upper house and had an opportunity to advance their agenda, but a Queens College professor said a majority may not equal unity. The Democrats have seemingly emerged victorious in five races across the state will determine the outcome of the makeup of [...]
Turnout backlogs polls across Queens
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 15, District 19, District 22, District 23, District 32, State Senate on November 8, 2012 | No Comments
Queens residents drawn out by the presidential race packed the polls in many parts of the borough, putting an additional strain on the city Board of Elections already burdened by the task of collecting ballots in neighborhoods destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Many areas hardest hit by the hurricane, like Breezy Point and Broad Channel, were [...]
