It took two months to decide but Stacey Pheffer Amato has been reelected to represent Queens Assembly District 23, beating out Republican Thomas Sullivan by 15 votes.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, Governor Kathy Hochul has rejected a bill that would make the process to recertify older judges nearly automatic.
Read MoreFourteen ballots have been added to the race for Assembly District 23, where incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato leads her Republican challenger, Thomas Sullivan, by one vote.
Read MoreA panel of Appellate Division, Second Department justices ruled late Tuesday afternoon that nearly 100 previously rejected absentee ballots cast in the race for Queens’ Assembly District 23 will be sent back to the individual voters to be “cured.” The ruling opens the door for 94 ballots to be re-entered into a race where only one vote separates candidates Thomas Sullivan and Stacey Pheffer Amato, who currently holds the lead.
Read MoreIf there was ever an election to prove the power of a single vote, it is the race to represent Queens’ 23rd Assembly District.
Read MoreThe New York Independent Redistricting Commission began its Assembly redistricting re-do this week, presenting major shakeups to Queens’ electoral lines in its draft map.
Read MoreWith only three votes separating incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger Thomas Sullivan, the two candidates went to court to argue over the validity of about 100 absentee ballots, which could sway the race if a judge rules that they can be counted.
Read MoreOn Christmas Eve of last year, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she planned to reform the state’s clemency process, one which advocates have long said is antiquated and opaque. While a number of those reforms have begun to take shape in recent months, others, including the one advocates say is the most important, have yet to see the light of day.
Read MoreHigh turnout in the World’s Borough as a tight race for governor plays out across the state. Poll sites struggle to meet demand.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams said he’s in support the effort to build Innovation QNS, the largest redevelopment proposal in the history of Queens that is now facing serious hurdles after the local councilmember said she’d vote against the project last week.
Read MoreIn a close 8-7 vote that came as a surprise to many, the New York City Districting Commission voted against sending its latest – and what could have been its final – maps to the City Council for review.
Read MoreShould a rotting rail line snaking through Central and South Queens be resurrected as a park or a new subway line? Queens has its answer – for now.
Read MoreCity Councilmember Tiffany Cabán expressed her support for a three-tower development planned for Astoria this week, likely ensuring its City Council approval.
Read MoreThe call for the Commission on Judicial Nomination to diversify the group of candidates for chief judge it will soon recommend to Gov. Kathy Hochul intensified after a group of nearly two dozen State Senators wrote to the commission this week.
Read MoreKristen Gonzalez beats out Elizabeth Crowley in State Senate District 59. Senator Joseph Addabbo cruises to victory. Robert Zimmerman wins in Congressional District 3. Read more about the results of Tuesday’s primary election here.
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