Michael Bloomberg and Mark Green ran against each other for mayor in 2001. This year, Green is vowing to act as a powerful watchdog over the next mayoral administration (i.e. Bloomberg’s) if elected as public advocate.
But the two of them are featured on the same piece of campaign literature in support of Read More
Michael Bloomberg’s “major policy announcement” today was, actually, to say he’ll support tougher gun laws here, including one that makes it a felony to carry a gun while drunk.
Another proposal would broaden the definition of what are considered illegal bullets, and to increase penalties for possession of those bullets to “a minimum of one Read More
Here’s a nifty example of extra-campaign profile-boosting for a couple of local office-seekers, in the form of an ad for the family law firm Vallone & Vallone, from the Queens Gazette.
For the record, that’s Peter Vallone, Jr. on the left, who’s running for Queens borough president; his brother Read More
A reader passed along this fund-raising email pitch sent out by former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., who is helping his son, Paul Vallone, raise money for a City Council race in Bayside Queens.
The older Vallone, now a major lobbyist, wrote:
——— Forwarded message ———-Welcome Republican operative Robert Hornak officially to the 2009 race for City Council.
Hornak, who has been raising money to run for the Astoria seat that Peter Vallone Jr. will be term-limited out of, is having a kick-off event on February 2 featuring: Niger Innis, Herb London, Queens G.O.P. leader Phil Ragusa, and the Read More
Can the Vallone Dynasty expand to Bayside?
Paul Vallone confirmed he is planning to run for the City Council in the eastern Queens district that includes Bayside and parts of north Flushing. (He filed his paperwork with the city Campaign Finance Board about two Read More
