Silverstein steps out of City Council race
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 [...]
Field grows for Meng’s state seat
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 22 on June 7, 2012 | No Comments
After state Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) decided to run for Congress, a rush of Asian candidates have officially declared their intention to run in the new majority Asian state Assembly seat based in Flushing. Both the major political parties in Queens endorsed candidates for the seat, created in the decennial redistricting process to consist of [...]
