Lancman begins campaign for City Council
Posted by Karen Frantz in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 22, District 24, District 25, District 5, District 7, U.S. House on December 28, 2012 | No Comments
State Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) officially kicked off his campaign for City Council last week at the Local 3 Headquarters in Flushing. More than 100 people attended the event, at 67-35 Parsons Blvd., including U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, and a number of other Queens politicians. In [...]
Two new faces elected to Assembly from NE Queens
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, District 25, District 30, District 33, District 36, District 37 on November 8, 2012 | No Comments
It was a successful Election Day for Queens incumbents running for re-election in the state Assembly Tuesday, with results showing no upsets in the borough and two new faces earning a trip to Albany. Four of the six Assembly races in Queens included incumbents looking to maintain their seats. All four were successful, including Assemblywomen [...]
Rozic rejects voter apathy theory
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, District 25 on October 18, 2012 | No Comments
Questions over voter apathy have left some supporters of Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece wondering how their candidate could have lost in September’s primary election. On Sept. 13, Democratic and Working Families candidate Nily Rozic, of Fresh Meadows, bested Iannece, the Independence candidate, in the Democratic state Assembly primary with roughly 500 more votes, [...]
Iannece still on ballot for Lancman’s seat
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, District 25 on September 26, 2012 | No Comments
With the Sept. 13 primary out of the way, the losing Democratic candidate still has a spot on the ballot on another party line in the race for Assemblyman Rory Lancman’s (D-Fresh Meadows) seat, according to the city Board of Elections. Earlier this month, Fresh Meadows’ Nily Rozic bested Bayside Hills resident Jerry Iannece in [...]
Rozic wins Democratic primary
Posted by Phil Corso in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 19, District 22, District 25, District 5, U.S. House on September 20, 2012 | No Comments
In the wake of Nily Rozic’s Democratic primary for the state Assembly, her opponent’s hometown civic in Bayside Hills has looked inward to ask why it was not celebrating Jerry Iannece’s victory. In the Sept. 13 primary election Fresh Meadows’ Rozic bested Iannece with 56 percent of the vote, according to the unofficial results, determining [...]
Dead woman’s name on Flushing petition
Posted by Joe Anuta in Assembly, District 16, District 25, State Senate on July 26, 2012 | No Comments
Democratic candidate John Messer accused the Queens Democratic Party, which is backing state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone) in the race, of using forged signatures to get contenders on the ballot, but the Oakland Gardens businessman and lawyer did not take the opportunity to alert the city Board of Elections. Messer announced that his campaign had [...]
