Monserrate Unfit To Serve: Committee

The special committee investigating the conviction of Sen. Hiram Monserrate recommended Wednesday that the New York State Senate sanction its colleague, with some members suggesting that the Senate vote to expel first and, should that fail, to censure him and strip him of privileges. Monserrate (D-Corona) immediately issued a statement saying that he would sue [...]

Plum Lulus At Stake As Council Sets Up

Though the ink may have dried on the signed oaths of office that the new Council members from Queens took on Jan. 1, the pen is still in the inkwell with no official list yet made to name the chairmen and members of the various Council committees. The chairmen of the committees, which cover a [...]

No GOP Invitations To Boro ‘Unity’ Party

The “United and Merry Holiday Celebration” was organized by Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Corona), but the invitation additionally listed fellow Assemblymen Jeffrion Aubry (D-East Elmhurst) and Michael DenDekker (D-Jackson Heights), as well as Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-Corona) and Councilman-elect Danny Dromm. In addition, it also bore the names of all of the elected Democratic District Leaders [...]

Assemblyman Calls Story ‘Dirty Trick’

In June 2004, Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Corona) secured a $125,000 grant to create the Corona-Elmhurst Center for Economic Development, an organization designed to be the clearinghouse for ACCION, NY, a micro-loan organization established to help seed business in low-income areas, as well as other local banks. The agency was an apparent success; in November 2005 [...]

Three Boro Council Seats Go To GOP

When the dust settled from a busy Election Day, change had come to Queens – three Republicans won the opportunity to represent the borough in City Hall. A young man from Ozone Park who won a special election earlier this year kept his post; a Chinese immigrant businessman from Flushing won victory in a Democratic [...]

E-Day Nears – Candidates Make Last Push, Before Nov. 3 General Election

The war chests are filled; the mailers are flying; and in some cases the heated tones of party rhetoric are getting louder as the candidates running for City Council in Queens make the last efforts for winning over the voters. Queens is a largely Democratic county, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t pockets of Republicans [...]

Pagan ‘King’ Has Council GOP Nod

Dan Halloran, the Republican candidate for City Council facing primary winner Kevin Kim in the 19th District, already has a leadership role in a vast community that very few people know about – or understand. Halloran is the “First Atheling,” or King, of Normandy, a branch of the Theod faith of pre-Christian Heathen religions assembled [...]

Time For Change? Two Challengers Face Incumbent In Dem Primary For Boro President

With the Democratic Primary just days away, the Queens Tribune met with all three Borough President candidates on the Democratic Primary ballot, including the incumbent with an extensive career in politics, the challenger who has a long record of civic and legal advocacy and the near-invisible opponent who admittedly has taken the last 20 years [...]

The Money Game – Public Financing Feeds $2.7M Into Contested Council Races

Thanks to a handful of candidates who have opted out of the Campaign Finance Board’s matching funds program, four races in Queens will feature increased spending well beyond the standard $161,000 cap for candidates. As the Sept. 15 Primary gets closer, the next week and a half is sure to be busy for the U.S. [...]

Mike Bloomberg -Mayor Reflects On His Two Terms As He Runs To Serve A Third

Mayor Mike Bloomberg knows what it takes to succeed. Having graduated from business school at Johns Hopkins University, he had stellar career, working his way up to the point where he founded his own multi-billion-dollar media company and eventually won the vote of New Yorkers – twice – to be elected Mayor of New York [...]