By Jeremy Walsh
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Council District 29: Community Board 6 member Lynn Schulman gave Queens Democratic Party-supported Karen Koslowitz a run for her money in the race for City Councilwoman Melinda Katz’s (D-Forest Hills) seat last month in the primary.
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By Jeremy Walsh
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Council District 25: Mujib Rahman is a Democrat and he is quick to tell you that. But the Jackson Heights resident is running for City Council against fellow Democrat Danny Dromm on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines.
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By Jeremy Walsh
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Council District 20: The race for City Councilman John Liu’s (D-Flushing) seat got a little less crowded Tuesday as former Democratic contender and Working Families Party endorsee S.J. Jung dropped out of the race.
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By Nathan Duke
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Queens: A bevy of elected officials representing Queens at the city and state level gathered last week outside Jamaica’s Queens Hospital Center to call on Gov. David Paterson to sign a bill that would require the state to notify communities about hospital closings and plan more extensively for the fallout.
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By Nathan Duke
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Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city Comptroller William Thompson each laid out their visions for the city’s future during a mayoral forum at the Bayside Jewish Center last week, touching on the city’s economy, housing, crime rates and senior services.
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By Jeremy Walsh
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Queens: A Queens Supreme Court judge threw out two of the assault charges against state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) Tuesday as his legal team called their first witness.
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By Ivan Pereira
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Council District 28: After being denied the chance to fight his four-vote primary loss by a Queens Civil Court judge, Lynn Nunes formally conceded his race against City Councilman Thomas White (D-South Ozone Park) Tuesday afternoon.
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