CITY COUNCIL The New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO endorsed another round of City Council candidates, all of whom for Queens are running for relection: City Council District 20: Peter Koo City Council District 23: Mark Weprin City Council District 25: Daniel Dromm City Council District 26: Jimmy Van Bramer BOROUGH PRESIDENT Former Public [...]
State Senator Malcolm Smith is back to work following his arrest earlier this month on corruption charges. “We’re serving the people just as we usually do,” said a Smith spokesperson. “We’ve been helping them as we always have.” On Tuesday, April 2, Smith was arrested along with Councilmember Dan Halloran for allegedly trying to rig [...]
An Anthony Weiner mayoral run could mix up the Democratic primary, a new poll found. The former Queens congressmember, who resigned in disgrace after sending lewd pictures over Twitter, placed second in a recent NBC New York/Marist poll. According to the results, 15 percent of voters would elect him as the Democratic mayoral candidate, behind [...]
Four of five Democrats running for mayor would do away with stop-and-frisk or severely tweak it if they make it to Gracie Mansion. City Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and ex-Comptroller Bill Thompson said they were opposed to the controversial police tactic at a Queens mayoral debate last week. Former Councilmember Sal [...]
Questions regarding development at Willets Point, directed mainly at three of the six candidates, became a significant part of a recent forum for borough president. Councilmembers Peter Vallone Jr. and Leroy Comrie, State Senators Jose Peralta and Tony Avella, former Councilmember and Assemblymember Melinda Katz and former Deputy BP Barry Grodenchik took the stage at [...]
John J. Ciafone has announced he will be running to fill Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr.’s spot in the 22nd Council District. “I’m running for Council in the 22nd District because our community is facing serious problems,” said Ciafone. “Until we change these issues, our community will continue to suffer and we will lose our friends, [...]
CITY COUNCIL New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO endorsed several Queens candidates for City Council districts: INCUMBENTS City Council District 21: Julissa Ferreras City Council District 29: Karen Koslowitz City Council District 30: Elizabeth Crowley City Council District 31: Donovan Richards OPEN SEATS City Council District 22: Costa Constantinides City Council District 24: Rory [...]
The charges against State Senator Malcolm Smith already have the political world swirling with rumors on a potential replacement if the embattled legislator is found guilty. Councilmember Leroy Comrie and Jason Hilliard, chief of staff for Congressmember Gregory Meeks, were both reported to be eyeing the spot. But Comrie, a candidate for borough president, said [...]
Embattled Councilmember Dan Halloran’s two top aides have jumped ship. Chrissy Voskerichian, the legislator’s chief of staff, announced her immediate resignation on April 8. John Mulvey, Halloran’s legislative director, also announced he is quitting as of April 12. “In leaving, I remain hopeful that the community will remember all of the hard work that went [...]
Is Anthony Weiner poised for a political comeback? According to a new interview, the former Queens congressmember gave the New York Times, he is considering a run for mayor. “I don’t have this burning, overriding desire to go out and run for office,” he told the publication. “It’s not the single animating force in my [...]
