Assembly District 38: A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Anthony Seminerio, a former state assemblyman from Richmond Hill, to six years in prison last Thursday for abusing his power as a lawmaker and extorting money out of hospitals, nonprofits and other groups in exchange for lobbying state officials on their behalf. Comment.

Queens: Haitian-American immigrants living in the United States can get free help applying for temporary protected status from U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica), his office’s executive director Brian Simon said Sunday evening at a gathering of Haitian churches in Hollis. Comment.

Queens: A bill sponsored by state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and passed last week by lawmakers attempts to give legislators a platform on which to build a more comprehensive alternative energy policy for New York, the Queens official said. Comment.

Council District 27: City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) joined Latino and black watchdog groups and other city leaders on the steps of City Hall last week to call on the mayor to stop fighting a court order that demands the FDNY improve its hiring practices for minorities. Comment.

Queens: The chief executive officer of the Queens Public Library and state Assemblywoman Michelle Titus (D-Far Rockaway) last week toured the renovations being made to the Arverne Library, which is set to open with a new look this spring. Comment.

Brooklyn: Mike, meet Mike...and Mike Comment.

Council District 19: Tension is brewing between City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece over Halloran’s role in appointing members to the board, which covers Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck. Comments (2).

Brooklyn: You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can judge a judge by her political allegiances. Comment.

Mayor: A $750,000 personal campaign contribution from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that went through the state Independence Party and wound up in the hands of a firm headed by Queens Republican operative and Forest Hills resident John Haggerty is being investigated by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Comment.

Queens: TimesLedger Newspapers has moved into new offices on the same floor at its longtime Bayside headquarters at 41-02 Bell Blvd. following a two-month renovation. Comment.

Queens: Gov. David Paterson’s selection of Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which has strong ties to influential southeast Queens minister the Rev. Floyd Flake, to build and operate video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Race Track is being called into question by those who believe the pick may have been politically motivated. Comment.

Queens: Two top southeast Queens politicians’ involvement in a controversial charity group has put them in the spotlight of a federal investigation into the nonprofit, a published report said. Comment.

Queens: The 38-year Weprin legacy in the state Assembly will reach a 39th year after former City Councilman David Weprin soundly defeated Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich in a special election Tuesday, according to preliminary results from the city Board of Elections. Comment.

Council District 39: The half-built aftermath of the borough’s last great building boom is now on graphic display, thanks to a local lawmaker. Comment.

Brooklyn Borough President: The borough’s top boss isn’t the only one with high hopes for Fourth Avenue, a thoroughfare slated to receive intense scrutiny from those who believe its best days could be in front of it. Comment.

Brooklyn: The city said it was satisfied with ideas generated at an invitation-only meeting held last month — and eager to find an entity that might enliven the area near the Red Hook cruise terminal. Comment.

Guv’s veto of ethics bill upheld Comment.

Brooklyn: After a brief hiatus, Courier Life’s Brooklyn Politics column is back on Boropolitics (it’s ok, we know you’ve missed us). In this week’s column, Borough President Marty Markowitz isn’t too happy about all the attention his moving to Windsor Terrace is getting and would-be U.S. Senator candidate Harold Ford noshes (again) with Brooklyn elected officials -- getting some indigestion in the process. Read on for more! Comment.