Juan Ardila remains in office a year after sexual misconduct allegations made against him first came to light. Now, he’s running for re-election – but two challengers and the cloud left by the allegations will make that difficult.
Read More“While we as citizens have the constitutional right to participate in our civic process on all levels, in New York State that opportunity is stripped from those people who are in jail waiting for their court dates.”
Read MoreQueens incumbents cruised to victory Tuesday following a sleepy general election in the World’s Borough where few races were contentious and even fewer competitive.
Read MoreÉmilia Decaudin, a 24-year-old democratic socialist who became one of the state’s first openly transgender district leaders in 2020, announced this week that she’s mounting a bid to unseat Juan Ardila in the Assembly.
Read MoreThe theory goes that with low voter turnout comes few surprises for the incumbents – and that held true during Tuesday’s primary election in Queens.
Read MoreIn a rare rejection of an entire slate of candidates, all three judicial hopefuls in the race for Civil Court judge in Queens’ 6th Municipal District were rated “not approved” by the New York City Bar Association this week.
Read MoreDemocratic Queens district attorney candidate George Grasso officially launched his campaign this week. Facing an uphill battle against incumbent Melinda Katz, Grasso said he’s already begun contemplating a third party run should he be beat in the upcoming primary election.
Read MoreHiram Monserrate, the disgraced former Queens lawmaker, has built a successful judge-electing machine in Queens. He’s trying to do it again – and get back into the City Council.
Read MoreTake a look at who has started raising money in the upcoming Queens City Council races.
Read MoreProblems at the polls? An apt metaphor for the race for Queens only State Senate District? A voter spits on the ground after exiting a polling site? Did Queens’ second primary election in as many months have it all?
Read MoreWhat do Cyndi Lauper, Mickey Mouse, Pete Alonso and Rudy Giuliani all have in common? At least one Queens voter thought each was fit to serve as governor of the Empire State.
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