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Celebrating Pride Parade
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 26: City Councilmen Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) are still riding high months after their historic election as the first two openly gay men to serve Queens on the Council, but this week they will be riding even higher. Comment.
County GOP switches backing for guv - again
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: The Queens GOP is having commitment problems. Comment.
Crowley writes anti-mutilation bill to help girls
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), a long-time advocate for women’s rights issues, sponsored the Girls Protection Act of 2010 April 26 after receiving disturbing reports from New York-based women’s shelters, claiming FGM victims have recently visited or anonymously reported FGM cases. Comment.
Queens Assembly reps OK charter school bill
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Queens state Assembly members helped to usher in legislation that more than doubles the number of charter schools in New York state last week, a move officials said could help the state land hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education funding. Comment.
Gays say Addabbo betrayed their trust
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: The LGBT community and state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) are in dispute over whether he said he supported gay marriage during his 2008 election. Comment.
Leaders take to the streets to preserve Astoria firehouse
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 30: A bevy of western Queens elected officials called on the city not to close Astoria’s Engine 262 Ladder or other Queens firehouses amid Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s budgetary proposal to eliminate four sites in the borough. Comments (4).
Friedrich to challenge Weprin in primary
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Bob Friedrich is hoping the third time will be the charm. Comment.
Queens Dems back Braunstein
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: The Queens County Democratic Party threw its weight behind Edward Braunstein, a Community Board 11 member who works in constituent services for state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), in the race to replace Assemblywoman Ann Margaret Carrozza (D-Bayside). Comments (1).
Republicans coalesce around Bay Ridgite Allegretti
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: Staten Island’s Republican Party has finally settled on a candidate — and it’s the guy from Brooklyn! Comment.
Gay activists crash Addabbo’s birthday party
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Members of the gay rights group Queer Rising crashed state Sen. Joseph Addabbo’s (D-Howard Beach) birthday party Sunday in South Richmond Hill for what the organization said was the senator’s betrayal of the gay community for his no vote on gay marriage. Comment.
Sanders calls for gun buyback in wake of shooting
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 31: After this weekend’s shooting at an out-of-control Springfield Gardens party took the life of a teen, City Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton) is calling on the city and community to get illegal guns off the streets to prevent future bloodshed. Comment.
Making of a candidate: Born in the backrooms
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Senator Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) said last week that after 38 years in Albany, he knows how people become politicians. Comment.
Padavan launches bid for Senate re-election
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) kicked off his bid for the seat he has held since 1972 amid more than 200 supporters at his campaign headquarters in Bayside this week. Comment.
Smith calls upon youth to not wear sagging pants
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) wants today’s youth to shape up from the bottom up — literally — and has taken to the streets to get his message across. Comments (1).
Queens native Cuomo makes guv bid official
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a native son of Queens, officially announced Saturday he is running for governor and took aim at a dysfunctional state Legislature in a video posted on his Web site. Comment.
Comrie protests plans for homeless center
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) joined in on the protests against a proposed homeless shelter in Jamaica, a neighborhood where community leaders said they have been overloaded with similar homes. Comment.
Vanel challenges Clark in primary
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: After failing to make it to the City Council during last year’s election, lifelong Cambria Heights native Clyde Vanel is taking another shot at elected office. Comment.
Woodhaven group honors electeds
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Council District 32: It was all about the honorees, great food and good music at last week’s Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.’s 31st-annual dinner-dance at Le Cordon Bleu Caterers in Woodhaven. Comment.
Vallone urges notification of plans to build cell tower
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 22: City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) is calling on the city to alert local communities and their elected officials before a new cell tower or antenna is to be placed on top of a building near residential neighborhoods. Comment.
Halloran blasts city’s cuts to school nurses
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) joined concerned parents at Whitestone’s Holy Trinity School this week to criticize city cuts to private schools that would require the institutions to pay to keep nurses on their staffs. Comment.
Paterson blames leaders for budget mess
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Facing a $9.2 billion deficit and a budget that is 1 1/2 months late, Gov. David Paterson blamed legislative leaders Tuesday for the failure to come up with a financial plan. Comments (1).
Fox kicks off campaign in Forest Hills
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Forest Hills resident Joe Fox kicked off his campaign for state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi’s (D-Forest Hills) seat this week, telling a crowd of about 70 people at his newly opened headquarters that he will focus on ethics, balancing the budget and education during his bid for office. Comment.
Dems to make Assembly pick
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: The selection of candidates in the race to replace state Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza (D-Bayside) could narrow by month’s end after the Queens County Democratic Party decides which contender to support, a source within the party said. Comment.
Monserrate drops lawsuit against Senate
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate has run out of legal options for recovering the Senate seat from which he was ousted earlier this year. Comment.
Brother, Grimm! Two Ridge pols say slam GOP hopeful for misusing their names
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: Two Brooklyn Republicans are slamming “law-and-order” Congressional candidate Michael Grimm, saying he used their names in a fund-raising letter without their permission. Comment.