State Senator John Sabini is reportedly on the verge of losing the backing of the Queens Democratic County organization, which may endorse his likely 2008 challenger, City Councilman Hiram Monserrate.
Monserrate almost ousted Sabini in 2006, and that was before Sabini got arrested for D.U.I. Add to that a Jackson Heights district Read More
Here’s a message from
City Councilman James Sanders of Queens, who has endorsed Barack Obama, for Hillary Clinton and her supporters.
At a Barack Obama rally on Gold Street last night, City Councilman James Sanders and former congressional candidate Chris Owens told me, “The work begins now.”
I asked Owens if he thought the public nature of the caucus had any effect on Obama’s win.
“If folks, particularly white folks, are willing to stand Read More
Councilman James Sanders of Queens was fined $1000 today by the Conflict of Interest Board, according to a report the agency published today.
Sanders ran into trouble for having his wife on his legislative staff.
Here’s one unusual perspective on the argument for naming a small piece of New York City after black nationalist Sonny Carson:
“My quandary is made easier because I actually knew Sonny Carson and knew that in his last days and knew that he rued some of the stuff that he did,” Councilman James Read More
Queens County Republicans held a seminar on Saturday for prospective candidates looking to run for office.
And, according to the organization's director Daniel Eger, there were two surprise guests.
"Unexpectedly, also there were two Democratic office-holders who have at times been at odds with the Queens Democratic organization, Council Member James Sanders (D-Laurelton) and former Read More
The man in blue pictured here standing next to Councilman James Sanders yesterday is new mayoral spokesman (and former Jeanine Pirro aide) John Gallagher.
What a day start a new job.
– Azi Paybarah
The City Council’s Democratic Caucus is meeting right now in the member’s lounge.
According to one staffer who almost got attend the members-only meeting, the agenda includes:
The police shooting;
the new attendance policy; and
upcoming land-use issues and bills for consideration.
The ever-outspoken Charles Barron has called for Ray Kelly’s resignation. James Read More
My favorite still from a movie made in New York is not in this book. I first saw it as a child of 11 or 12—I could have been leafing though Daniel Blum’s A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen (1953). (My future was all mapped out for me even then.) The still showed two Read More
My favorite still from a movie made in New York is not in this book. I first saw it as a child of 11 or 12—I could have been leafing though Daniel Blum’s A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen (1953). (My future was all mapped out for me even then.) The still showed two Read More
