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David Weprin eyes brother’s seat
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 23: Outgoing City Councilman David Weprin (D-Hollis) has decided to run for his brother’s soon-to-be-vacant state Assembly seat as one possible contender, Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich, is mulling his options. Comment.
Taconic crash prompts state to pass DWI laws
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Inspired in part by the wrong-way crash on the Taconic Parkway that killed three young Floral Park, L.I., sisters, the state Legislature passed what it called the strictest DWI laws in the country that would stiffen penalties for drunk drivers when there is a child in the vehicle. Comment.
Vallone wants softer rules on parking
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 22: City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) said he will continue to push for laws that protect city residents from overzealous traffic agents after the Council passed one bill he sponsored that would give a grace period for alternate side street parking. Comment.
Councilman-elect Halloran lays out agenda for district
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: Dan Halloran said he is vowing to get more money for his district after having been elected Nov. 3 to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) as the representative for northeast Queens. Comment.
Boro backs bill to control store stampedes
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: City Councilmen James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) and Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) will soon appeal to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration to push forward a bill to prevent a repeat of last year’s death of a Jamaica man who was working at a Long Island Wal-Mart when he was trampled to death by bargain hunters on Black Friday. Comment.
Councilman-elect Koo gives out 135 turkeys to needy
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 20: Thanksgiving will be a more filling and less expensive occasion for 135 Flushing families this year, thanks to the efforts of City Councilman-elect Peter Koo, a local grocery chain and two community groups. Comment.
CB7 chair to join Councilman Cabrera
Bronx Times-Reporter
Council District 14: Sedgwick Avenue resident Greg Faulkner has proven to be an outspoken leader as chair of Community Board 7 since 2004. So imagine what influence the energetic Faulkner will wield in January, when he steps down as a CB7 volunteer to become cheif of staff for Councilman-elect Fernando Cabrera, the 14th Council District Democrat said. Comment.
Local pol on warpath against untaxed cigarettes
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: State Senate Finance Chair Carl Kruger knows how to get some much-needed wampum for New York State — tax the cigarettes being sold on American Indian soil. Comments (1).
Council backs Gennaro’s gas-drilling-ban resolution
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: The City Council unanimously passed Councilman James Gennaro’s (D-Fresh Meadows) resolution Monday that calls on Albany to ban drilling in the city’s watershed — a move he has said would result in the city spending billions of dollars on a filtration system and could potentially contaminate the drinking water supply for residents in the city and Westchester. Comment.
Carrozza has best year for her veterans drive
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza (D-Bayside) said the struggling economy has not prevented residents in her district from being generous after a Veterans Day gift drive she organizes annually brought in more donations during the past few months than it had the past few years. Comment.
Asian voter harassment claims eyed
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: An organization that protects the civil rights of Asian Americans said it is investigating complaints of voter harassment during the Nov. 3 City Council race between Dan Halloran and Kevin Kim, who is Korean American. Comment.
Dems line up behind Peralta for Seante run
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Although he already had picked up the endorsement of the Queens Democratic Party, state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) has begun to rack up individual endorsements in his bid to replace embattled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst). Comment.
This is ‘sick’: Bklyn councilmembers and boro biz group on opposite side of bill
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: Brooklyn’s City Council delegation is pushing to give city’s workers more sick days, setting up a clash with the borough’s own Chamber of Commerce, which opposes the bill as too costly to Mom and Pop. Comment.