Koo’s campaign HQ opens in Flushing
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 20, District 6, U.S. House on May 24, 2013 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) kicked off his campaign for re-election last week when the lawmaker officially opened his downtown headquarters. “I promise that I will do my best to serve my community,” Koo told a crowd gathered at his campaign office within Flushing Mall, located at 133-31 39th Ave. “It is the most important [...]
Ackerman doubled staff salaries in ’12
Posted by Phil Corso in Congress, District 6, U.S. House on April 12, 2013 | No Comments
Bayside’s departing congressman left office with a generous farewell for his staffers: nearly doubling their pay. Former U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman handed out hefty bonuses to his staff members at the end of last year just as he was preparing to leave office, making way for his successor, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), according to financial [...]
House panel clears Meeks in loan probe
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Congress, District 6, U.S. House on December 28, 2012 | No Comments
The House Ethics Committee last week cleared U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) of any wrongdoing after an investigation into a questionable $40,000 loan he received in 2007 and failed to report on his financial disclosure statements. The bipartisan committee unanimously concluded that while the congressman did not disclose the loan, he did so unknowingly and [...]
Candidates forum planned Thursday for Queens’ hottest races
Posted by Joe Anuta in Congress, District 15, District 6, State Senate, U.S. House on October 18, 2012 | No Comments
The Juniper Park Civic Association is set to host a candidates forum this Thursday between hopefuls in hotly contested congressional and state Senate races. City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and state Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) are battling for a congressional seat based in northeast Queens and will field questions from a Daily News moderator and [...]
Meeks has got Obama’s back
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, Borough President, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 10, District 27, District 29, District 32, District 33, District 6, State Senate, U.S. House on October 18, 2012 | No Comments
U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) is fired up and ready to go, and he is on a mission to make sure others — especially minority communities — feel the same way.? Though he faces two challengers in the Nov. 6 election for his southeast Queens congressional seat, Meeks said the next couple weeks are all [...]
Halloran owes state money, could face criminal penalties
Posted by Joe Anuta in Congress, District 6 on October 8, 2012 | No Comments
The Albany district attorney is looking into City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) after the GOP congressional hopeful failed to fully reimburse the state and file campaign finance reports during a 2009 run, according to a report in the New York Post. Halloran’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment Monday afternoon, but the [...]
