Toby Ann Stavisky

Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Assembly District 33
Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Assembly District 33
News Queens Courier Staff 9/10/2012 at 2:32PM

As the clock ticks closer to state primaries on Thursday, September 13, The Courier would like to provide you, the reader and the voter, with a fair, detailed guide of who is running in your district. We have provided a list of candidates, who they are, what they stand for and what they want to continue to do if they [...]

Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Assembly District 25
Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Assembly District 25
Politics Queens Courier Staff 9/09/2012 at 11:14AM

As the clock ticks closer to state primaries on Thursday, September 13, The Courier would like to provide you, the reader and the voter, with a fair, detailed guide of who is running in your district. We have provided a list of candidates, who they are, what they stand for and what they want to continue to do if they [...]

Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Senate District 16
Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Senate District 16
Politics Queens Courier Staff 9/08/2012 at 12:59PM

As the clock ticks closer to state primaries on Thursday, September 13, The Courier would like to provide you, the reader and the voter, with a fair, detailed guide of who is running in your district. We have provided a list of candidates, who they are, what they stand for and what they want to continue to do if they [...]

Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Senate District 15
Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Senate District 15
Politics Queens Courier Staff 9/07/2012 at 2:10PM

As the clock ticks closer to state primaries on Thursday, September 13, The Courier would like to provide you, the reader and the voter, with a fair, detailed guide of who is running in your district. We have provided a list of candidates, who they are, what they stand for and what they want to continue to do if they [...]

Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Senate District 10
Primary guide: Meet the candidates in Senate District 10
Politics Queens Courier Staff 9/06/2012 at 2:50PM

As the clock ticks closer to state primaries on Thursday, September 13, The Courier would like to provide you, the reader and the voter, with a fair, detailed guide of who is running in your district. We have provided a list of candidates, who they are, what they stand for and what they want to continue to do [...]

Queens’ Morning Roundup
Queens’ Morning Roundup
News Cristabelle Tumola 9/06/2012 at 7:41AM

TODAY’S FORECAST Thursday: Overcast in the morning, then partly cloudy. High of 82. Winds from the ENE at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the South in the afternoon. Thursday night: Partly cloudy. Low of 73. Winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20%. EVENT of the DAY: Fashion’s Night Out Thursday is [...]

Queens’ Morning Roundup
Queens’ Morning Roundup
News Billy Rennison 8/31/2012 at 7:00AM

TODAY’S FORECAST Friday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph. Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. West wind 8 to 10 mph. EVENT of the DAY: Doctor Zhivago at the Museum of the Moving Image Take in the 1965 classic at the Museum of the Moving Image.  Based on [...]

Stavisky and Messer face off in 16th Senate District debate
Stavisky and Messer face off in 16th Senate District debate
Central Terence M. Cullen 8/30/2012 at 12:51PM

State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and opponent John Messer agreed job creation was a priority in the 16th State Senate District as the two stated their platforms and fielded questions at a Wednesday, August 29 forum before hundreds of residents in the district. Despite agreeing on general issues such as employment, energy and bilingual signage, the six-time [...]

Flushing leaders want 149th St. Bridge barriers removed
Flushing leaders want 149th St. Bridge barriers removed
News Melissa Chan 8/22/2012 at 9:38AM

A coalition of Flushing business owners joined two local leaders to say the city’s gridlock in not removing barriers on a busy commercial corridor has wreaked havoc on their revenue and has mobbed surrounding streets with more traffic congestion. “It’s a clear lack of accountability and transparency by city government,” said Assembly hopeful Ron Kim. [...]

John Messer kicks off campaign against state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
John Messer kicks off campaign against state Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
News Melissa Chan 7/27/2012 at 7:16AM

An Oakland Gardens attorney officially launched his second try at defeating a nearly 13-year State Senate incumbent, hoping a newly-redrawn majority Asian district and a one-on-one primary will give him a leg up this time around. John Messer, 42, pointed out that since the new 16th District, which is now 53 percent Asian, no longer [...]