Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:16 PM EDT
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Via the Queens Campaigner
“This is it: 43-55,” volunteer Jennifer Kim says before rattling off a registered Democrat’s name.
First-time [...]
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Democrats criticize Padavan’s support of McLaughlin
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
Via YourNabe.com
A letter written by state Sen. Frank Padavan (R−Bellerose) on behalf of disgraced former colleague Brian McLaughlin [...]
Selling Willets Point plan no easy task for Bloomberg
TimesLedger Newspapers
Friday, November 21, 2008 10:24 AM EST
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration spent hours in recent weeks convincing members of the City Council that the redevelopment [...]
Council grills EDC on Willets Point plan
TimesLedger Newspapers
Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:16 AM EDT
The seesaw struggle for Willets Point trudged on at City Hall Friday as the Bloomberg administration attempted to [...]
Trio of candidates spend $200K for ceremonial post
TimesLedger Newspapers
Thursday, April 2, 2009 10:34 AM EDT
The position of president of the Korean American Association of Greater New York is largely ceremonial, pays nothing [...]
As city politics evolve, 7 of 8 in Queens who voted against Bloomberg’s bill will seek other offices
TimesLedger Newspaers
Friday, September 19, 2008 10:39 AM EDT
In the wake of last week’s term limits vote, the fortunes of several of Queens’ political heavyweights may [...]
Transportation improvements likely to stall, but hope rides on Obama investment
City Hall News
Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 12:01 AM EST
“We have no money.”
This blunt assessment is where a conversation on the state’s transportation initiatives looking [...]
Monserrate assault on camera: Sources
TimesLedger Newspapers
Friday, December 26, 2008 1:29 PM EST
Authorities have obtained video surveillance that allegedly shows embattled City Councilman Hiram Monserrate (D−East Elmhurst) pulling his girlfriend’s [...]
Queens politicians rip Bloomberg’s traffic tactic
By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
4/10/08
After congestion pricing died in the state Assembly Monday, Queens legislators cast a critical eye on the plan’s architect, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, [...]
Willets Point biz owners to sue for sewers, street lights
By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
4/10/08
Ten of the largest business owners in Willets Point were expected to file a lawsuit against Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York [...]
