Council race expands after Halloran arrest
Posted by Phil Corso in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 19, State Senate on April 26, 2013 | No Comments
While the race to challenge City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) was already crowded on the Democratic side, a member of his own party has stepped up for a spot on the ballot now that the lawmaker faces federal corruption charges. Halloran had been preparing to defend his northeast Queens seat against a growing list of [...]
Smith gets booted from IDC
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 19, State Senate on April 19, 2013 | No Comments
Nearly two weeks after he was accused of trying to bribe his way into Gracie Mansion as a Republican, state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) returned to Albany Monday and was kicked out of the Independent Democratic Conference. Smith, who joined the IDC in December in a controversial move that wrested power from Senate Democrats, was [...]
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 [...]
Cuomo calls on state to curb corruption in Public Trust Act
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 19, Governor, State Senate on April 12, 2013 | No Comments
One week after federal authorities announced they had uncovered two suspected bribery plots in Queens and the Bronx, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a legislative initiative designed to give the state’s 62 district attorneys more power to prosecute corruption cases. “Preventing public corruption is essential to ensuring that government works and can effectively keep the public’s [...]
Halloran holds on as staff shrinks
Posted by Joe Anuta and Phil Corso in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 13, District 14, District 19, District 25, State Senate on April 12, 2013 | No Comments
Funding for community-based projects in northeast Queens is in limbo after City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) was arrested in a bribery scandal last week and charged with plotting to misuse money meant for neighborhood groups. For months, Halloran has been meeting with northeast Queens residents to assemble a list of initiatives the community could vote [...]
Bribery plot exposed
Posted by Joe Anuta and Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 19, Mayor, State Senate on April 5, 2013 | No Comments
State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis), City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Queens Republican Vice Chairman Vince Tabone were arrested Tuesday and charged with a mayoral bribery scheme so outlandish it left many in the borough scratching their heads. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara outlined the charges, contained in a criminal complaint, at a Tuesday news conference [...]
