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“I’m honored to have been elected in this new district. It’s been a very tough week in our community and I know the election was the last thing on most people’s minds. But I think it really shows our strong our community is. People didn’t have power, they didn’t know where to vote, they didn’t have gas to get to the polls, but they still got out and exercised their civic duty. I’m just so proud of the way our community has weathered this storm and I am humbled to represent them in Congress. Now Democrats and Republicans must join together to rebuild our community, restore it power lines and reignite the middle class.” – U.S Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
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Vote Grace!
It’s the final weekend before Primary Election Day and all the candidates will be making their last rounds. If you’re a Dem headed to the vote on Tuesday and you’re on the fence, consider the following list of endorsements Assemblywoman Grace Meng has earned in the past few months. It’s impressive.
- · The New York Times
- · The Queens Tribune
- · The Queens Times
- · The Queens Gazette
- · El Diario
- · Congressman Gary Ackerman
- · Congressman Joseph Crowley and the Democratic Organization of Queens
- · Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez
- · Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
- · Emily’s List
- · The United Federation of Teachers
- · The Hotel Trades Council
- · UFCW Local 1500
- · The NYS Troopers PBA
- · Teamsters Local 812
- · The Sanitation Officers Association
- · ATU Local 1056
- · The New York League of Conservation Voters
- · The Sierra Club
- · The China Press
- · Sing Tao Daily
- · Ming Pao Daily
- · Korean American for Political Advancement (KAPA)
- · The Bangladeshi American Community Council
- · ATN Bangla
- · ETV
- · Porichoy Newspaper
- · The Weekly Bangalee
- · Akhon Samoy
- · Bangla Vision,
- · The Weekly Ajkal,
- · The Alliance of South Asian American Labor,
- · The New American Democratic Club,
- · The New American Women’s Forum,
- · The New American Youth Forum,
- · The Jamaican Bangladesh Friend Society,
- · Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio,
- · City Comptroller John Liu,
- · City Council Speaker Christine Quinn,
- · Former City Comptroller Bill Thompson,
- · The Honorable Freddy Ferrer
- · Queens Borough President Helen Marshall
- · Former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman
- · Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz
- · Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras
- · Councilman Mark Weprin
- · Councilman Leroy Comrie
- · Councilman James Gennaro
- · Councilman Ruben Wills
- · Councilman Peter Koo
- · Councilman Danny Dromm
- · Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer
- · Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr.,
- · Councilwoman Letitia James
- · Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito
- · State Senator Jose Peralta
- · State Senator Michael Gianaris
- · State Senator Tony Avella
- · State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
- · State Senator Liz Kreuger
- · Former Assemblywoman and Councilwoman Melinda Katz
- · Assemblyman Francisco Moya
- · Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi
- · Assemblyman David Weprin
- · Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz
- · Reverend Assemblyman Karim Camara
- · Assemblyman Michael DenDekker
- · Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas
- · Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder
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On Tuesday there was an election in Queens. Candidates for the Supreme Court were up for grabs, so was the office of Queens District Attorney.
- Incumbent D.A Richard Brown ran on the Democrat, Republican, and Conservative lines and won his sixth term. We heard it was a landslide. No surprise there.
- The exciting races were in Nassau and Suffolk county. Queens-Politics was proud to endorse Carrie Solages for Nassau County Legislator, third district. Carrie was born in Jamaica, Queens and ran against a 16 year incumbent who hired klansmen to work on his campaign. Carrie won by over 1,200 votes. A big congratulations to him and his elite campaign team.
- Staten Island D.A Dan Donovan, a Republican will have a third term in office.
- Democrat Steve Ballone is the new Suffolk County Executor, which is like the Mayor of Suffolk County.
- Republican James Milano, once known for a failed attempt to oust Congressman Gary Ackerman here in Queens, ran in Nassau County’s 16th District. It sort of went under the radar. Milano was one of those cut medicare and social safety net candidates. He ran on the Conservative and Republican ticket and lost by a wide margin. Milano is an E.R doctor, and he had a high school notion about government and public policy making.
- We haven’t received the election results of Supreme Court Justices yet. Stay tuned.
D.A Richard Brown and I. He is soft spoken in public, but when he speaks, people listen.
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