Howard Beach voters face heated primary for Congress
Posted by dbush in Assembly, City Council, Congress, District 10, U.S. House on June 19, 2012 | No Comments
By Daniel Bush/Courier Life Newspapers Residents represented by U.S. Rep. Ed Towns — whose expansive district was redrawn earlier this year to include Coney Island, Mill Basin and several other southern Brooklyn neighborhoods — will be going to the polls June 26 to decide who will succeed the retiring 30-year incumbent on the Democratic ticket: [...]
Sanders, Comrie get human rights grades
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 20, District 21, District 22, District 23, District 24, District 25, District 26, District 27, District 28, District 29, District 30, District 31, District 32 on December 22, 2011 | No Comments
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) is going to have to make some room on his fridge. The chairman of the Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations had the best record of the Queens delegation on human rights issues last year, according to the Urban Justice Center’s 2011 Human Rights Report [...]
In the news…
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in Links on July 23, 2009 | No Comments
An appeals court judge has lifted the stay on Richard Ravitch assuming the lieutenant governor seat. [Times-Union] When listing his campaign contirbutions, state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D-Bronx) apparently forgot to mention a free fund-raising dinner a ritzy Midtown restaurant threw for him back in March. [Daily News] The AP calls Mayor Michael Bloomberg [...]
