Is there a war on against the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission? That is what preservationists fear, and there is some concern this is not simply about development issues, but also electoral politics.
According to DNAinfo, Councilman LeRoy Comrie could stand to win funds for his ailing campaign coffers if pro-development, anti-preservation proposals move forward. Read More
As many as one in four parking placards currently used by motorists in New York City are fake, according to a new study by transportation advocates, and city lawmakers are latching onto the report to push for tougher enforcements.
Currently, there are 78,000 valid parking placards distributed by various authorities in the city. The president Read More
“If people want to buy their kids a Happy Meal, it is their right to make that choice.”
Republican Councilman Dan Halloran, in a public statement, pushing back against Democratic colleague Leroy Comrie’s latest bill.
In January, Leroy Comrie was appointed chairman of the City Council’s powerful Land Use Committee, taking over where Councilwoman Melinda Katz left off. The 52-year-old Queens councilman, who was first elected in 2001, spoke to The Commercial Observer about his once-frenzied, now relatively sluggish committee amid an economic downturn and hypothesized about land-use issues he Read More
After being told of Stuart Appelbaum’s letter urging David Paterson out of the governor’s race, City Councilman Leroy Comrie said he’s not surprised.
“Paterson has not made a lot of friends in labor,” Comrie said, speaking to me after the mayor’s state of the city speech in Queens. He added that Paterson “is not Read More
The City Council’s Transportation Committee just voted unanimously to rename a street in Queens in honor of slain rapper Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell and the pioneering group he co-founded, Run DMC.
The 4-0 vote took place this morning. The proposal is to rename the intersection of 205th St and Hollis Avenue to “Run DMC Read More
The City Council’s Transportation Committee just voted unanimously to rename a street in Queens in honor of slain rapper Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell and the pioneering group he co-founded, Run DMC.
The 4-0 vote took place this morning. The proposal is to rename the intersection of 205th St and Hollis Avenue to “Run Read More
When Bill Thompson called fellow Democrat Carmen Arroyo at her Albany office to discuss his race for mayor, she ended the conversation abruptly.
“I had to hang the telephone on him because he was calling my office in Albany,” Arroyo, an Assemblywoman from the Bronx, said in a telephone interview from her home. “He has Read More
An aide to City Council candidate Julissa Ferraras emailed to say she’s having several fund-raisers between now and January 11th, with a few notable hosts, including State Assemblyman Jose Peralta and City Council members Leroy Comrie, Diana Reyna and Letitia James.
The name-dropping shows some continuity of support among other elected officials despite the now-unhelpful Read More
Councilman Leroy Comrie is taking a hard line against the police officers and officials involved in the Sean Bell shooting.
Speaking to reporters after a press conference in Jamaica, Comrie said the Police Department should “remove the lieutenant, the commanding officer, the head of the division. They all need to be, I think, fired." Read More
