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City Council District 27
Incumbent: Leroy Comrie (D)
Challengers: None.
Communities: St. Albans, Hollis, Cambria Heights, Jamaica, Baisley Park, Addisleigh Park; parts of Queens Village, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens.
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.
Officials tour Hollis homes
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: For more than six years, Hollis Court Tenants Association President Marilyn Mays said she and her fellow residents in the apartment house have been living through hell because her mysterious landlord has neglected the complex. Comment.
Comrie marks Women’s Month by honoring 19 in Queens
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: The 19 women from southeast Queens honored at a Women’s History Month event last week are the unsung heroes who fight daily to better their community, whether it is by working with sickle cell patients or promoting economic efforts in the borough, City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) said. Comment.
Comrie vows to keep fighting IS 59 changes
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: The city may have made its final decision on placing a new school within the walls of a Springfield Gardens middle school, but City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) said he and parents will continue to fight the agency’s plans. Comment.
Subprime crisis still grips boro, Comrie says
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) told St. John’s University students last week that he still is fighting predatory lenders in the wake of a subprime mortgage crisis that has caused thousands of borough residents, especially in southeast Queens, to lose their homes. Comment.
SE Queens should back guv: Pols
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: As embattled Gov. David Paterson faced new allegations of impropriety this week, two southeast Queens elected officials said the black community should stand by Paterson. Comment.
Comrie assures residents coyote sightings not a cause for concern
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 27: After months of searching and attempts to catch at least two elusive coyotes reportedly roaming around Rochdale Village, animal experts and City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) are warning residents not to worry about the wily predators. Comment.
FDNY diversity lacking: Comrie
TimesLedger Newspapers
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.
