Queens Dems hail 5-4 vote on health care
Posted by Rebecca Henely, Joe Anuta, Rich Bockmann, Phil Corso and Steve Mosco in Congress, District 7, District 9, U.S. House on July 5, 2012 | No Comments
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld nearly all of President Barack Obama’s controversial Affordable Care Act last Thursday and, depending on who you asked in Queens, the decision was either great news or a source of stress and uncertainty. On the political front, the 5-4 decision to uphold the measure gave Obama, the Democratic Party and [...]
Long beats Turner in Republican contest for Senate
Posted by Steve Mosco in Congress, District 9, U.S. House, U.S. Senate on June 28, 2012 | No Comments
One surprise win deserves another. After shocking many with a win in the 9th Congressional District last year, U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village) was defeated by conservative Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long in a three-way Republican primary Tuesday. Long will now square off against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), a three-year incumbent, in this fall’s [...]
Meng wins House primary
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 22, District 24, District 25, District 30, District 5, District 9, U.S. House on June 28, 2012 | No Comments
State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) gave her victory speech for the Queens congressional race shortly after 10:15 p.m. at a Bayside restaurant Tuesday, capping a day of speculation about who would be able to mobilize their bases for what many predicted would be a dismal turnout. With 85 percent of the precincts reporting, Meng took [...]
Praise for immigration fix mixed with doubt
Posted by Joe Anuta and Rebecca Henely in Congress, District 13, District 9, State Senate, U.S. House on June 21, 2012 | No Comments
President Barack Obama praised a federal memo released Friday that is set to give undocumented young people in Queens hope for a normal life, but drew cautious optimism from the borough and criticism from the county’s only Republican congressman. The memo ?instructs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security not to initiate deportation proceedings against certain [...]
Turner gears up for Senate
Posted by Steve Mosco in Congress, District 9, U.S. House, U.S. Senate on June 21, 2012 | 1 Comment
U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village) hopes to work with Democrats on the other side of the aisle if he is elected to the U.S. Senate in September, he told TimesLedger Newspapers in a sit-down interview last week. Turner, the representative of the 9th Congressional District, was a relatively unknown businessman before winning a special [...]
Redistricting dust settles
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 11, District 16, District 19, District 22, District 24, District 25, District 30, District 5, District 7, District 9, Governor, State Senate, U.S. House on March 29, 2012 | No Comments
Northeast Queens will see significant changes in how the area is represented in state and federal government now that the dust has settled on the redistricting process. Every 10 years, legislative district lines are redrawn to account for shifts in population. This time around, New York state lost two congressional seats after new lines were [...]
