Koo makes switch to Dem Party
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, City Comptroller, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 19, District 20, District 24, District 25, District 27, District 32, District 7, District 9, U.S. House on January 26, 2012 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) officially registered with the Democratic Party Monday at the Queens Board of Elections offices in Kew Gardens after running on the GOP line three years ago to win a seat on the Council. Koo is the wealthy owner of the Starside Drugs pharmacy chain and self-financed his campaign. “We cherish [...]
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 [...]
Van Bramer wants to reform powerful city zoning agency
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 19, District 26, District 34 on December 22, 2011 | No Comments
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) announced last week he was introducing four pieces of legislation dedicated to reforming the city Board of Standards and Appeals. The councilman said the BSA, which he calls a “bogus agency,” regularly ignores community protests against out-of-character developments and dismisses community board recommendations to satisfy the wants of developers. [...]
Pols blast USPS shutdown
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 11, District 19, District 5, State Senate, U.S. House on December 8, 2011 | No Comments
A group of postal workers and two politicians voiced their opposition Friday night to the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed closure of a College Point facility that could leave hundreds of jobs in limbo. Stephen Larkin, vice president of the Flushing chapter of the United Postal Workers Union, said that USPS has not made clear what [...]
Ulrich to head Mitt’s 2012 Qns. campaign
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 19, District 20, District 24, District 32, District 9, U.S. House on December 1, 2011 | No Comments
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has tapped City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) to head his campaign operations in New York City. Ulrich, 26, is a rising star in the Republican Party who was first elected to the Council when he was 24. He is one of five Republicans on the Council and among three [...]
Halloran uses four-letter video to rally community
Posted by Joe Anuta in City Council, City Offices, District 19, Public Advocate on November 17, 2011 | No Comments
City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) was caught on video in Auburndale last month giving an expletive-laced tongue lashing to a car shop, but instead of letting the incident fade quietly into the past, he has worn it as a badge of honor at subsequent public appearances. “I’m not f—ing joking,” Halloran can be heard saying [...]
