Posts belonging to Category 'Politics'
August 3, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Three Sunnyside elected officials received a petition today asking them to block the opening of a pawn shop at the corner of 46th Street and Queens Blvd.
The petition calls on Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Congressman Joseph Crowley to help “close” or “move the location” of a proposed EZ Pawn Corp. store [...]
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Tags: EZ Pawn, Van Bramer | 
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July 24, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Compiled from Queens Chronicle and YourNabe.com
Candidates have turned in their petitions in western Queens, and though the City Board of Elections has not officially announced who will be running, the Queens Chronicle (and YourNabe) has compiled a list of likely suspects for competitive races in the area.
Races pertaining to Sunnyside/Woodside:
1) The primary between incumbent U.S. Rep. Carolyn [...]
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Categories: General News, Politics | Tags: Nolan | 2 Comments »
July 17, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Excerpt From NY TIMES article
The Congressional Ethics Office has sent corporate donors and fund-raising hosts more than three dozen requests for documents involving eight members who solicited and took large contributions from financial institutions even as they were debating the landmark regulatory bill, according to lawyers involved in the inquiry.
The requests [...]
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July 13, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Reshma Saujani, who is taking on Carolyn Maloney in the upcoming Democratic primary for the 14th District of NY (which includes parts of Sunnyside), accuses the incumbent of being in bed with Wall Street while she worked on the reform bill to rein in the banking industry.
However, Saujani’s critics are arguing that the hedge fund lawyer’s claims [...]
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July 9, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (who represents part of Sunnyside) is in a primary race with challenger Reshma Saujani. Already there are signs that it’s going to be an ugly race.
Read: NYDAILY NEWS
The following is Saujani on Hardball with Chris Matthews.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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July 6, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
July 06, 2010 10:00AM
A plot of land unofficially dubbed the “Woodside Triangle Park” in Woodside, Queens may be safe from destruction, after a decade-long fight to save the space, according to the New York Daily News.
Community advocates had lobbied to stop the plot’s landowner, Vinny Oppedisano, from developing the vacant site, which sits at the [...]
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July 1, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Despite the tough economy, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has secured funds for two local parks and has restored funds for libraries and firehouses that the Bloomberg administration planned to slash.
Van Bramer was able to help restore $61 million in funding for libraries. The restoration has ensured that the Sunnyside library will remain open and that [...]
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