Council District 19: With nearly six weeks left before the general election, Republican City Council candidate Dan Halloran opened up his Bayside campaign offices Saturday to get out the vote. Comment.

Council District 24: When City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) arrived at the corner of 164th Street and 69th Avenue in Fresh Meadows last week, a wall on The Corner Deli was covered in red graffiti. Gennaro put on a pair of gray work gloves and held a spray gun and less than 15 minutes later the graffiti was gone. Comment.

Council District 31: City Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton) is living up to his campaign promise of securing funds for installing security cameras in public housing in his district after he earmarked $214,000 for Carleton Manor. Comments (1).

Council District 34: Two weeks after falling short of defeating incumbent Councilmember Diana Reyna (D-Williamsburg) in a bid for the 34th District Council seat, Democratic District Leader Maritza Davila is preparing to revive her campaign on the Working Families Party line. Comment.

Mayor: Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development Dennis Walcott extended a hand to City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson in the Bronx on Friday, October 2. Thompson took the hand, and then bared his teeth. Comment.

Assembly District 38: As the MTA puts together its next five-year capital plan, elected officials in Ridgewood are calling on the agency to let them turn a neglected piece of property into green space. Comment.

Brooklyn: Talk about a safe house. Comment.

Queens: A recently released report by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) shows Queens seniors have been harder hit by financial scams than those living almost anywhere else in the state, and the legislator hopes her new five-point plan will help to combat the fraud she said is plaguing New York. Comment.

Queens: U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s (D-Astoria) husband died in his sleep last week on a Tibetan mountain shortly after having scaled its 27,000-foot peak, the congresswoman’s office announced Saturday. Comment.

Council District 28: Lynn Nunes is taking his fight for City Hall to the courts after the city Board of Elections announced that City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) had won the Democratic Primary by the skin of his teeth. Comment.

Mayor: Borough President Markowitz — a Democrat — endorsed Mayor Bloomberg over Democratic rival (and Brooklynite!) Bill Thompson near Borough Hall today, calling the would-be third-term mayor “one of the greats.” Comments (1).

Council District 19: Democrat Kevin Kim will face off against Republican Dan Halloran in the Nov. 3 race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside), but one of Kim’s former opponents in the Democratic primary became the focus of the race last week. Comments (2).

Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he planned to paint the town white upon meeting with former Vice President Al Gore last week on top of a Long Island City YMCA, where the two made the roof more environmentally friendly by adding a coat of paint. Comment.

Comptroller: Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) defeated Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) in the run-off election Tuesday to determine who would take the Democratic slot in the Nov. 3 race to replace city Comptroller William Thompson. Comment.

Brooklyn: A leadership battle is brewing in the Kings County Republican Party. Comment.

Queens: The Emerald Isle Immigration Center in Woodside got a visit from a distinguished newcomer to the borough’s constituency last week when U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) dropped by to tour the facility and talk with residents about immigration issues . Comment.

Queens: Gov. David Paterson signed a bill sponsored by state Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) into law earlier this month that will eliminate the use of the word “oriental” on all preprinted state documents by the beginning of next year. Comment.