SE Queens debates corruption issues
Posted by Rich Bockmann in City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 13, District 14, District 28, State Senate on May 17, 2013 | No Comments
They’re neither judge nor jury, but if they were, they’d lock ’em up. Days after the revelation that former state Sen. Shirley Huntley secretly recorded some of her fellow politicians launched a new wave of headlines, a crowd in St. Albans voted on a debate about whether corruption or conspiracy played a role in the [...]
Huntley gets light sentence
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Attorney General, City Council, City Offices, District 13, District 14, District 28, State Senate, Statewide Offices on May 17, 2013 | No Comments
A Brooklyn federal judge last week sentenced former state Sen. Shirley Huntley to a year and one day in prison for stealing taxpayer dollars, ?but said in the past the court had proven to be imperfect in deterring such corruption. “Adequate safeguards at the state and local level would be more appropriate deterrents than the [...]
Huntley pleads guilty to fraud
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, Attorney General, City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 28, District 32, State Senate, Statewide Offices on February 15, 2013 | No Comments
Former state Sen. Shirley Huntley, who just two weeks ago admitted in federal court to stealing thousands in taxpayer dollars from one of her sham non-profits, pleaded guilty again Wednesday to state charges of covering up a scam at another non-profit, authorities said. Huntley was on southeast Queens’ District 28 School Board before being elected [...]
Sanders sworn in at York
Posted by Rich Bockmann in Assembly, City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 23, District 24, District 28, District 31, State Senate on January 25, 2013 | No Comments
State Sen. James Sanders (D-Jamaica), fresh off his first few days in Albany, celebrated his inauguration with a ceremonial swearing-in at York College last week. Sanders was officially sworn in Jan. 9 and spent the first two days last week in session in Albany, where he voted to pass the state’s new assault weapons ban. [...]
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 [...]
Weprin posts best attendance
Posted by Phil Corso in City Council, City Offices, District 10, District 23, District 24, District 25, District 26, District 31, District 32, State Senate on October 25, 2012 | No Comments
Fourteen lawmakers represent the borough of Queens in the City Council, but only one posted a perfect attendance record over the last two years, according to statistics. In response to a TimesLedger Newspapers Freedom of Information Law request, the Council released attendance records for its members from January 2011 to the present. Of the 14 [...]
