Council District 19: The elite members of northeastern Queens will be showing off the finest duds straight from wardrobes of the colonial era up through the boutiques of today April 24 and they want all the gentlemen and ladies of the community to come out for the fun. Comment.

Queens: As the U.S. Census Bureau continues to heavily market the critical decennial survey, Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) has found problems with the census’s ability to properly accommodate residents who only speak Korean and Chinese. Comment.

Queens: An education advocacy group and an organization created from the remnants of what was once ACORN in New York protested in front of state Sen. Joseph Addabbo’s (D-Howard Beach) office in Howard Beach last week, claiming the senator voted to cut $500 million in city education funding. Comment.

Queens: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) unveiled legislation Sunday that she said would improve and expand the city’s recycling program. Comment.

Queens: The first meeting of Operation Safe Peninsula, an initiative to combat crime in Rockaway created by state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans), was a huge failure in the eyes of a dozen or so attendees because Smith failed to show up and the information presented was no different than what can be found at precinct community council meetings or on the Internet. Comment.

Queens: Despite a major campaign effort made by the federal government, parts of Queens are lacking in their census response and the nation’s commerce secretary is pushing to improve that turnout. Comment.

Queens: Astoria community leaders said they would prefer that money from a settlement on the 2006 western Queens blackout reached two years ago between Con Edison and an advocacy group go toward health care initiatives in the neighborhood and not greening projects. Comment.

Queens: A Jamaica toddler who suffers from a rare medical condition is getting some help after the federal government gave his parents special approval to use European medicine. Comment.

Council District 29: City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz’s (D-Forest Hills) office is offering free legal guidance for renters in an attempt to help them deal with everything from tenant/landlord disputes to noise complaints. Comment.

Council District 33: The councilman is still not on board, despite a new hike in the number of affordable units at Rose Plaza. Comment.

Brooklyn: The surprisingly firey race for Bay Ridge district leader escalated this week after incumbent Ralph Perfetto claimed that his challenger — a graduate of Fort Hamilton HS — was a carpetbagger. Comment.

Queens: State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) has taken the first step toward addressing an issue that has faced the Flushing community for many years: signage. Comment.

Queens: Additional resources and support from the state are needed for Queens and city nonprofits that could face terrorist attacks, according to a state report issued this week that was conducted pursuant to legislation sponsored by state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone). Comment.

Queens: Flushing’s representatives in the state Legislature returned home from Albany last week for a rare break in the tense negotiations over the state’s severe budget crisis and took some time to voice their views on the contentious issue. Comment.

Queens: State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) learned firsthand shortly after becoming a mother more than two years ago that all of a baby’s needs are not necessarily covered by every health insurance provider. Comment.

Assembly District 38: State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) and state Assemblyman Michael Miller (D-Glendale) joined students outside Richmond Hill High School last week to call on the MTA to keep free student MetroCards. Comments (1).

Council District 19: Bayside residents fell just below the national average for filling out census information, but Flushing’s denizens were much less diligent, U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) said last week. Comment.

Brooklyn: Towns all over America are doing wacky things to win Google’s offer to install an ultra-high-speed Internet network, but none of them — so far, at least — have an elected official who’s willing to jump in a toxic waterway. Comment.

Mayor: The decision was made to discontinue Rockaway ferry service because ridership goals were not met and the city pays too much to subsidize the service, an adviser to Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last week during a town hall meeting in Breezy Point. Comment.

Queens: An Ozone Park supermarket owner joined a coalition against Gov. David Paterson’s penny-an-ounce soda tax proposal to speak out against the plan and helped passers-by fill out petitions to tell the governor not to go through with the idea. Comment.

Queens: When Forest Hills resident Joe Fox left his job in Albany decades ago, he hoped someday he would be back. Comment.

Queens: Tempers flared at Community Board 11 Monday as board members fought with Chairman Jerry Iannece over his decision not to investigate a controversial campaign flier that attacked Republican candidate Bob Friedrich in his Assembly race. Comment.

Queens: The list keeps growing of potential contenders to replace state Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza (D-Bayside) after she announced in late March that she would not seek re-election this fall. Comment.