Incumbent Congressmember Gregory Meeks slid smoothly into victory on Tuesday, November 6, defeating challenger Allan Jennings in the 5th Congressional District. Meeks, who won with 88.6 percent of the vote according to unofficial results, will kick off his eighth term in the House, now representing the newly drawn 5th District, encompassing all of southeast Queens [...]
It’s over: State Senator Joseph Addabbo has won his third term in Albany. Councilmember Eric Ulrich said on election night he would not concede to defeat just yet, despite a victory announcement from the incumbent Addabbo. The next morning, however, Ulrich announced via Twitter that he had called Addabbo and congratulated him on the victory. With [...]
The state will send its first Asian American to Congress after Assemblymember Grace Meng locked up a landslide victory, according to unofficial results. Meng won her 6th District Congressional bid by overwhelming margins, securing 66 percent of votes, early poll numbers showed. She bested her Republican opponent, Councilmember Dan Halloran, more than doubling his vote [...]
Political veteran State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky welcomed in a new generation of local leadership when she and first-time candidate Ron Kim celebrated their general election wins of Senate District 16 and Assembly District 40, respectively. Stavisky, the first woman from Queens to be elected to the State Senate, defeated Republican opponent J.D. Kim with [...]
Superstorm Sandy relocated dozens of poll sites including eight in the Rockaways that were housed at a single “supersite” at P.S. 180 in Rockaway Park. A tent was set up outside the school for the thousands of residents from throughout the peninsula who were funneled to the site. Locals came from as far as three [...]
A Korean-American interpreter was allegedly expelled from a Flushing poll site this afternoon after he was caught filling out ballots for voters, a poll watcher said. The Board of Elections (BOE) interpreter — who was identified as a man in his 60s named Sang — allegedly told some Korean-speaking locals at P.S. 20 to cast [...]
In a week expected to be packed with last-minute campaigning, the candidates for the Senate District 15 have put it to the wayside as their respective districts still recover from damages caused by Hurricane Sandy. Incumbent State Senator Joseph Addabbo and Councilmember Eric Ulrich, locked in one of the tightest races in the borough, have [...]
If you want to cast a ballot in this year’s presidential election — or next year’s mayoral primary — October 12 is the last day to register to vote. New York ranks near the bottom of the country in voter registration; less than 64 percent of eligible residents are registered to vote, ranking the state [...]
Election Day was quiet in Queens with only three races on the ballot – two of which featured only a single candidate. Both Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Councilmember Ruben Wills retained their seats after running unopposed in their respective elections. Brown secured his record sixth consecutive term as county prosecutor. The D.A., [...]
There will be no garbage or recycling collection on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8. Sanitation Department administrative offices will be closed. Residents who normally receive Tuesday garbage collection should place their trash out at curbside Tuesday after 4 p.m. for pickup. Those receiving Tuesday recycling collection will not have their recycling picked up until the [...]
