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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 14, District 19, State Senate on April 5, 2013 | No Comments
In the wake of state Sen. Malcolm Smith’s (D-Hollis) bribery scandal, Independent Democratic Conference leader Sen. Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx) stripped the embattled lawmaker of his committee assignments and leadership position within the state’s coalition government and in a final blow suggested Smith step down from the perch from which he had long coveted positions of [...]
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Posted by Steve Mosco in City Council, City Offices, District 19, Mayor on April 5, 2013 | No Comments
As federal agents led outspoken City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) out of his home in handcuffs early Tuesday, he reportedly remarked that he “had no idea” why he was being arrested. But soon enough everyone, including Halloran, would learn why the government came calling so early in the morning. The councilman was charged in a [...]
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Posted by Karen Frantz in District 11, Governor, State Senate on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
A state senator from Queens cheered a poll released last week showing that for the first time New Yorkers are opposed to hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale by a clear margin. Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), a longtime opponent of the natural gas drilling method and ranking minority member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, [...]
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Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 26 on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
The Democratic field of challengers hoping to unseat City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) dropped by one this week after Bay Terrace’s Matthew Silverstein decided to end his candidacy. The Democratic state committeeman for the 26th Assembly District said he based his decision to drop his bid on the heels of what he called one of [...]
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