Queens storefronts to get face-lift funds in hurricane bill
Posted by Karen Frantz in District 15, State Senate on March 15, 2013 | No Comments
A Queens state senator is pushing legislation that would give out $10,000 grants to small business owners with shops damaged by Hurricane Sandy in order to help them fix up their storefronts. Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach), who introduced the legislation last week, said many businesses in his district, including Howard Beach, Broad Channel and [...]
Addabbo bill would give Sandy victims tax relief
Posted by Steve Mosco in District 15, State Senate on January 25, 2013 | No Comments
A newly formed bipartisan task force is taking aim at Hurricane Sandy’s collateral damage as it looks to give property owners a tax break. State Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach), a member of the task force, is co-sponsoring new legislation that would provide relief from property taxes for city homeowners whose properties were badly damaged [...]
Dems cite weak leadership as they vote out Sampson
Posted by Rebecca Henely in District 12, District 14, District 15, District 16, State Senate on December 20, 2012 | No Comments
Amid the formation of a new coalition between the state Senate Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Council, the Democrats voted to oust Sen. John Sampson (D-Brooklyn) as their leader in favor of Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers). Sampson, first elected to the Senate in 1997, has led the Democratic Conference since 2009. The decision makes [...]
Boro senators serve on Sandy recovery task force
Posted by Karen Frantz in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 15, District 31, Governor, State Senate on December 20, 2012 | No Comments
Several state senators from Queens and elsewhere in New York have formed a task force to help communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy get back on their feet. The group, known as the Bipartisan Senate Task Force for Hurricane Sandy Recovery, will tour areas of the city hit hardest by the storm and will make recommendations [...]
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 [...]
