After Near Tie, Como Wins Queens Council Seat
June 13, 2008
The Queens County Board of Elections commissioner, Anthony Como, will represent the 30th district in Queens in the City Council after winning a special election to replace Council Member Dennis Gallagher, who resigned earlier this year after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of sexual abuse.
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Still No Plan to Rescue the City’s OTB Parlors
June 13, 2008
Gov. David A. Paterson and the State Legislature did not reach an agreement on Thursday on a plan that would rescue New York City’s Off-Track Betting Corporation before Sunday, when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is scheduled to shut down the city’s 60 betting branches.
The OTB was one of several issues on the table during a [...]
Elmira Mayor John Tonello challenges George Winner
June 13, 2008
Elmira Mayor John Tonello announced plans Thursday to seek the 53rd District state Senate seat held by Sen. George H. Winner Jr., R-Elmira.
Tonello, a Democrat who is in his second term as mayor, said fiscal responsibility, transparency, open communication and bipartisanship have been the hallmarks of his administration, and that is what is needed in [...]
Congressman John McHugh faces challengers
June 13, 2008
Two Democrats are interested in breaking the 16-year stronghold that Republican Congressman John M. McHugh has on the state’s 23rd U.S. Congressional District seat.
If they receive at least 1,250 petition signatures by July 10, the Democrats will face off in a Sept. 9 primary, and the winner will advance to the general election against McHugh [...]
Democrats Endorse John Degnan a GOP candidate
June 13, 2008
Democratic Party leaders from northern Westchester gave Republican John Degnan another endorsement in his bid for the Assembly.
Somers Democratic Committee Chairwoman Christine Robbins said Degnan’s party affiliation didn’t matter. She said he is the best candidate to unseat Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson.
The endorsement comes almost a week after the Putnam County Democratic Committee voted to [...]
Charles Barron’s Fund-Raising Lags, but Not His Confidence
June 12, 2008
It was more than a year ago when City Councilman Charles Barron announced that he would run for Brooklyn borough president in 2009 and that he was abandoning his plans to challenge Representative Edolphus Towns this year for his Congressional seat.
But since that announcement last May, many of Mr. Barron’s fellow Democrats in Brooklyn are [...]
City ponders Port Authority role at Moynihan
June 12, 2008
The Bloomberg administration appears to be softening its opposition to a Port Authority takeover of the moribund Moynihan Station project, but remains opposed to funding a second station on the planned expansion of the No. 7 subway line to the far West Side.
Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber told 400 executives at a monthly Crain’s Breakfast Forum [...]
Sentence Of 2 To 6 Years For Former Assemblywoman Diane Gordon
June 12, 2008
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the sentencing of former Brooklyn Democratic Assemblywoman Diane Gordon to two to six years in prison before Justice Robert McGann. She received two to six years for Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree. In addition, Gordon received one-and-a-third to [...]
More City Residents Have Trouble Affording Food
June 12, 2008
About 3.1 million New Yorkers are said to have trouble affording food, revealing a sharp increase in recent years, according to a study released Wednesday by the Food Bank for New York City.
The study found the last five years saw a 55 percent increase of city residents having trouble affording food. Rising food prices, higher [...]
Eminent domain bid seen as study slams Willets Pt.
June 12, 2008
Riddled with crime and defiled by pollution, Willets Point is a “burden on the health of the city’s residents and economy,” says a new report that could remake the future of the so-called Iron Triangle in Queens.
The study of the gritty industrial zone - a draft copy of which was obtained by the Daily News [...]
