Candidates debate for new House seat
Posted by Steve Mosco in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 15, District 22, District 25, District 30, State Senate on June 21, 2012 | No Comments
The four Democratic candidates competing for the newly created Queens congressional seat faced off last week during a debate at the Our Lady of Hope School Auditorium in Middle Village. Close to 100 people packed the auditorium to hear City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), state Assembly members Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and Grace Meng [...]
Meng explains bid for House
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 22 on May 24, 2012 | No Comments
State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) hopes to bring jobs back to America from abroad if she is elected to the new Queens congressional seat in September, she told TimesLedger Newspapers in a sit-down interview last week. Meng, a lawyer and mother of two , was born and raised in the borough before she became the [...]
Meeks talks foreclosure, financial crisis in S. Ozone Park
Posted by Joe Anuta in Congress, District 6, U.S. House on October 13, 2011 | No Comments
U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) showed the scope of his gift of gab during a South Ozone Park town hall meeting Saturday. Meeks opined on the foreclosure crisis facing southeast Queens, the debate over fiscal responsibility in Washington and even culminated the meeting by making a plea for world peace.? The 13-year congressman also fielded [...]
