Haggerty gets up to four years in larceny case
Posted by Howard Koplowitz in City Offices, Mayor on December 22, 2011 | No Comments
The Queens Republican operative convicted of stealing more than a million dollars from the mayor was led off to prison Monday to begin serving a sentence of at least a year. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ronald Zweibel denied the request made by John Haggerty’s attorneys to give the Forest Hills resident probation for his October [...]
Stop horsing around city: Avella
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, City Offices, District 11, Mayor, State Senate on December 15, 2011 | 2 Comments
State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) said a recent string of highly publicized accidents in Manhattan involving horse-drawn carriages demonstrates the need to ban the industry from operating in New York City. In 2011, there have been seven carriage horse incidents investigated by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which regulates the [...]
Bloomy slams Sebelius on Plan B decision
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Offices, Mayor on December 15, 2011 | No Comments
Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for making the morning-after pill unavailable to women younger than 17 at a LaGuardia Community College event Monday morning. “It would be much better if these young girls didn’t get pregnant, but once that happens I think this should be available,” Bloomberg said. [...]
Jax Hts park marks 200th conversion from schoolyard in city
Posted by Rebecca Henely in Borough President, City Council, City Offices, District 25, Mayor on December 8, 2011 | No Comments
Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Jackson Heights, the neighborhood most starved for park space in Queens, last week to celebrate the upcoming opening of PS 69’s student-designed playground, which comes complete with a human sundial and rock wall with “fossils.” The playground is the 200th schoolyard in the city to be converted to an open space [...]
Peralta wants letter grades for food carts
Posted by Rebecca Henely in City Offices, District 13, Mayor, State Senate on December 1, 2011 | No Comments
State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) said he will introduce legislation to institute a letter grading system for food cart vendors similar to those for restaurants and other eateries. “New York City street food is famous around the world,” Peralta said. “And if you add this letter grade, our street food will also be known [...]
Boro pols officially welcome Goldfeder
Posted by Ivan Pereira in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 14, District 22, District 23, District 31, District 32, District 9, Mayor, State Senate, U.S. House, U.S. Senate on November 10, 2011 | No Comments
Elected officials from all over the state gathered at Junior High School 210 in Ozone Park Sunday to pass the torch to the community’s newest representative in Albany. State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) was inaugurated before his family, friends, community members and fellow elected officials. Goldfeder, who worked in the political offices of City [...]
