Queens Dems endorse Ron Kim for Meng’s Assembly seat
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 40 on May 31, 2012 | No Comments
The Queens County Democratic Party quietly endorsed Ron Kim in the upcoming election for the Flushing state Assembly seat currently held by state Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing). Kim is a Flushing resident and former ombudsman for Govs. Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson. He was endorsed by the county on Monday, according to spokesman Michael Reich, [...]
Communication workers endorse Crowley
Posted by Joe Anuta in Congress, District 6, U.S. House on May 31, 2012 | No Comments
The Communication Workers of America Local 1101 endorsed City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) Thursday in her bid for the Queens congressional district centered around Flushing, which is up for grabs in September. “Elizabeth Crowley has stood with our union and all workers throughout the city fighting for fair contracts and workers’ rights,” said Keith [...]
Mittman holds news conference outside closed hospital
Posted by Joe Anuta in Congress, District 6, U.S. House on May 31, 2012 | No Comments
Bayside allergist Dr. Robert Mittman held his first news conference yesterday, where as a so-called citizen candidate he sought to portray himself as different from the other three politicians in the Democratic primary, who he called “three peas in a pod.” Mittman stood outside the shuttered St. John’s Hospital amid a small group of family [...]
Students rally for free MetroCards
Posted by Nathan Duke and Anna Gustafson in Assembly, District 15, District 19, District 22, District 23, District 25, District 28, State Senate on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) joined Queens students last weekend in Flushing to protest cuts in the MTA’s 2010 budget that will force schoolchildren who receive free MetroCards to start paying fares. Meng and a small crowd of students held signs reading “No Cuts to Student Aid” as they decried the Metropolitan Transportation Authority actions [...]
S.J. Jung receives Dem club’s honors
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in Assembly, City Council, District 20, District 22 on December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
The Democratic Club of Flushing recognized longtime Flushing community leader S.J. Jung Sunday for his more than 20 years of commitment to the area and its people. He received the award at the group’s annual awards and year-end dinner at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing for “raising the standard of the September 2009 [...]
