Mayor sets date for southeast Queens special election
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 14, District 31, Mayor, State Senate on January 11, 2013 | No Comments
While candidates planning to run for City Council seats in November are just starting to pick out color schemes for lawn signs, campaigns to represent the southeastern-most neighborhoods of Queens are in full swing ahead of a special election next month. Civic-minded hopefuls started seriously eyeing the District 31 seat covering Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens [...]
Race for Council heats up
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 31, State Senate on June 7, 2012 | 1 Comment
The Democratic campaign trail in southeast Queens is starting to get crowded with two new candidates ramping up to join Donovan Richards in the race to represent the District 31 seat that will be vacated by his boss, City Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton). Jacques Leandre, managing ambassador of the Southeast Queens County Young Democrats, planned [...]
