Queens: There may have been a few road bumps on the way, but the family of Sean Bell rejoiced Monday after a largely supportive City Council voted to rename the street where he was gunned down by police. Comment.

Council District 29: The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan subpoenaed documents for its probe into the Working Families Party from City Councilman-elect Danny Dromm and former Council candidate Lynn Schulman last week, a lawyer for Dromm and Schulman said. Comment.

Council District 31: City Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton) gave 30 southeast Queens schools an early Christmas present this week as he donated more than a million dollars to help students. Comment.

Queens: The five-minute grace period at parking meters will soon become a reality after the City Council overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of the bill that he said would bring chaos. Comment.

Queens: Elderly and visually impaired residents will now have a much easier time reading their bills, thanks to a suggestion from Forest Hills High School Principal Saul Gootnick and a student from the school. Comment.

Queens: State Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) has come under fire from a Corona activist who suspects the legislator of wrongdoing in his associations with a now-defunct nonprofit based out of a building co-owned by his mother. Comment.

Council District 20: In September 2003, less than two years after the voters of Flushing made him the first Asian-American City Councilman, John Liu (D-Flushing) was instrumental in the formation of the Downtown Flushing Transit Hub Business Improvement District, more commonly known as the Flushing BID. Comments (1).

Queens: Queens and city nonprofits are one step closer to being able to access information and resources for security purposes after state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone) held a hearing last week to solicit testimony on the needs of institutions that face an increased risk of a terrorist attack. Comments (2).

Queens: State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) was skeptical of the necessity of the MTA’s plan to ax the Z subway line, saying the authority should be looking at internal cuts first. Comment.

Council District 22: Astoria’s elected officials blasted the city’s decision to shut down its W train service last week, saying thousands of western Queens residents rely on the subway to commute to Manhattan. Comment.

Queens: State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) joined Queens students last weekend in Flushing to protest cuts in the MTA’s 2010 budget that will force schoolchildren who receive free MetroCards to start paying fares. Comment.

Council District 25: The same day last week that the MTA approved a doomsday budget that eliminated two subway lines in Queens, elected officials in Jackson Heights called the agency’s attention to a potential lost funding source: the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue transit hub. Comment.

Council District 30: City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) was among six Council members to criticize the MTA at its board meeting for the service cuts in its doomsday budget passed last week to close a $383 million deficit. Comment.

Queens: Gov. David Paterson announced this week he would delay at least $60 million in school funding to New York City schools in order to keep the state’s finances afloat, and Queens legislators said the move would undoubtedly hurt borough schools. Comments (2).

Queens: Transit officials, once again teetering on the edge of a financial abyss, said they will be forced to shut down the W and Z subway lines and 25 bus routes, carry out layoffs and pay cuts and take free MetroCards away from a half-million schoolchildren. Comment.

Council District 20: City Comptroller-elect and City Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) was recently ripped off for thousands of dollars by a member of his own staff impersonating his high-profile boss, according to police. Comment.

Queens: Jamaica residents have been hit with a barrage of problems due to the state’s recession. Job losses, thousands of home foreclosures and depleted health services have been lingering in the minds and lives of residents over the last few years. Comment.