Category Archive for PoliticsJackson Heights and Woodside residents continue to wage battle against a growing rat population, made worse following the mayor’s cut of pest control workers. Council members Daniel Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer demanded at a Queens press conference today that the Bloomberg administration restore funding, saying that nearly two-thirds of city pest control workers have been Read More »
A group of 50 concerned residents joined political leaders at a rally outside Casa Romana today and shouted: “Shut it down.” The group–led by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Community Board 2 Chair Joseph Conley–called for the closure of the Sunnyside bar following last Friday night’s brawl, which resulted in two minors being stabbed and Read More »
Sunnyside’s leading representatives are holding a rally at Casa Romana Bar this Thursday demanding its closure. The bar, located at 39-20 Queens Blvd, was the site of a bloody brawl this past weekend, which resulted in the stabbings of two minors and 14 arrests, according to Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s office. The location has a history Read More »
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer presented a $101,000 check yesterday to members of the Samaritan Village Woodside Senior Center. The funds will help the organization improve its senior health and fitness initiatives. The funds will also be used to fund the construction of a modern gym and exercise room. Meanwhile, this past Saturday, Van Bramer joined Read More »
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. Read More »
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 Read More »
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 are focusing Read More »
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 Read More »
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
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 Read More »
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 Read More »
Lou Lodati Park will be undergoing a $1.4 million rehabilitation, which will include a dog run, according to councilman Jimmy Van Bramer. The park is located on Skillman Ave (bet. 42nd and 43rd). The completion of the overhaul should take about two years, with the design phase about to begin. Half the funds for the rehabilitation are coming Read More »
Press Release On Friday, June 18th Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer united with Queens Library supporters, trustees, I.S. 125 students and representatives of DC9 and Local 1321 in front of the Sunnyside Community Library to address concerns about proposed budget cuts. Council Member Van Bramer has been actively advocating on behalf of libraries all month Read More »
NY POST WASHINGTON – House ethics investigators are scrutinizing Rep. Joe Cowley (D-Bronx-Sunnyside/Woodside) in a wide-ranging probe of fund-raising activities, The Post has learned. The House Office of Congressional Ethics notified Crowley’s office this month that it had opened a preliminary review of the congressman’s fund-raising, sources close to the investigation said. A senior staffer for Crowley Read More »
Yournabe.com The union representing the borough’s librarians and other employees took their fight to the streets Tuesday against proposed $16.9 million in city cuts. Dozens of representatives from Queens Library Guild Local 1321 gathered outside the Central Library Branch and called on the mayor and City Council to rethink its budget proposal. The library Read More »
