Voters return Marshall, mayor as Liu swept in as comptroller
Posted by Anna Gustafson in Borough President, City Comptroller, Mayor, Public Advocate on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
Saying issues like crime, education and affordable housing drove them to the polls Tuesday, Queens residents helped to re-elect Helen Marshall as borough president and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the city’s highest office by a narrow, while sending John Liu (D-Flushing) to the comptroller’s office as the first Asian American to win a citywide office. [...]
Liu wins comptroller runoff amid low turnout
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Comptroller, Public Advocate on October 1, 2009 | 4 Comments
Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) defeated Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) in the run-off election Tuesday to determine who would take the Democratic slot in the Nov. 3 race to replace city Comptroller William Thompson. Liu captured 55.6 percent of the vote in the run-off, while Yassky took 44.4 percent of the light turnout, according to unofficial [...]
Green, DeBlasio in dead heat in runoff election
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Public Advocate on September 25, 2009 | No Comments
Former Public Advocate Mark Green and City Councilman Bill DeBlasio (D-Brooklyn) are tied at 46 percent in the runoff race for public advocate, a Quinnipiac University poll showed. Qunnipiac University Polling Institute Director Maurice Carroll said the Sept. 29 runoff is expected to have less than 10 percent turnout and suggested get-out-the-vote efforts would be [...]
Gioia falls as Green, de Blasio head to run-off
Posted by Ivan Pereira in Public Advocate on September 16, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Eric Gioia’s (D-Sunnyside) run for the public advocate’s seat ended in defeat when he finished third in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, which resulted in a run-off between rivals Councilman Bill de Blasio (D-Brooklyn) and Mark Green. De Blasio had 32.61 percent of the vote with 112,556 constituents voting for him compared to the 106,654 [...]
Southeast Queens clergy members back Council incumbents
Posted by Ivan Pereira in Borough President, City Comptroller, City Council, District 27, District 28, District 31, Mayor, Public Advocate on September 4, 2009 | No Comments
Clergy United for Community Empowerment, a civic made up of some of some of Jamaica’s vocal community activists, including Rev. Charles Norris, announced its endorsements for the Sept. 15 Democratic primary. It backed Coucilmen Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and James Sanders (D-Laurelton) in their bids for a third consecutive term. Clergy United did not make [...]
Gioia gets backing of 35 ministers
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Public Advocate on September 4, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Woodside) picked up the endorsements of 35 clergy members from across the city in his bid for public advocate. Among the ministers endorsing Gioia are Rev. Charles Norris of the Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church and Bishop Lester Williams of the Community Church of Christ. Both churches are based in Jamaica. “Eric [...]
TimesLedger backs Thompson, Liu, Gioia in citywide Democratic primaries
Posted by TimesLedger Newspapers in City Comptroller, Mayor, Public Advocate on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
In the citywide Democratic primaries that will be held Sept. 15, Queens will be well represented. In several races our borough is home to more than one excellent candidate. Mayoral Primary: William Thompson In the Democratic mayoral primary, we are not able to give our support to the candidate from Bayside and Whitestone, City Councilman [...]
Sparks fly at TimesLedger/CNG public advocate debate
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in Public Advocate on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment
Hundred-watt personalities clashed under the studio lights as the city’s four Democratic public advocate candidates faced off at a televised debate last week. The debate, sponsored by the Community Newspaper Group, the parent company of TimesLedger Newspapers, was held in Brooklyn at the BRIC Arts TV studios and included City Councilmen Bill de Blasio (D-Brooklyn) [...]
Cuomo backs de Blasio
Posted by Anna Gustafson in Public Advocate on August 20, 2009 | No Comments
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo endorsed Councilman Bill de Blasio (D-Brooklyn) for public advocate Wednesday and cited his support for the legislator’s newly announced five-point plan to reform city government. De Blasio on Wednesday presented the plan that he said aims to increase public participation in elections, improve access to government institutions for the [...]
Teamsters Joint Council 16 endorses Gioia
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Public Advocate on July 30, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Eric Gioia’s (D-Sunnyside) campaign for public advocate announced he received the backing of a coalition of Teamsters union locals representing more than 120,000 members citywide. “Eric has demonstrated that he gets results for working people,” said Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda. “He’s someone who is focused on solving problems, and making [...]
Clerical error knocks De Blasio off the ballot
Posted by Anna Gustafson in Public Advocate on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
A City Board of Elections official confirmed elections commissioners ruled to remove de Blasio, a Democrat, from the ballot after he submitted a cover sheet that incorrectly stated the number of petition volumes the councilman submitted. De Blasio originally wrote on his cover sheet that he submitted 135 volumes of petitions to the Board of [...]
Choe, Gagarin, Liu, and Schulman endorsed by Out People of Color Political Action Club
Posted by Anna Gustafson in City Comptroller, City Council, District 20, District 29, Mayor, Public Advocate on July 23, 2009 | No Comments
The Out People of Color Political Action Club threw their support behind three Queens Council candidates Thursday, including two running in the same race. The political club of lesbian, gay, bisexual and two-spirit people of color endorsed both Mel Gagarin and Lynn Schulman for the 29th Council District and John Choe for Council District 20. [...]
