Mayor backs trio of Queens state candidates
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed three candidates running to represent Queens in Albany over the weekend, around half a year after he left the legislature for Gracie Mansion.
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Sentencing reform bill backed by top judge begins to advance through Senate
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A bill that would create a formal process for long-time incarcerated individuals to get a judge to reconsider their sentence was passed by a key Senate committee last month, creating the first real opportunity in years for the bill to become law.
Read MoreNY7 candidates mostly support Sunnyside Yard plan – even if Trump is involved
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All four Democratic candidates seeking to represent parts of Western Queens and Northern Brooklyn in Washington say they support the idea of funding a massive redevelopment of Sunnyside Yard with federal money – but are wary of who they may have to do business with in order to get the project over the finish line.
Read MoreQueens officials relieved after mayor axes property tax increase threat
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Property tax increases that officials claimed would have greatly harmed Queens residents will not be included in the city’s budget, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday as he rolled out his $124 billion executive spending proposal.
Read MoreQueens rep introduces bill to keep migrants out of courthouses and away from feds
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A Queens representative proposed legislation that would give migrants the option to attend legally-mandated court appearances virtually and potentially avoid arrest by federal immigration officers. But the bill faces an uphill climb in the conservative legislature.
Read MorePaladino settles with City Council over anti-Muslim posts
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Queens Republican Councilmember Vickie Paladino’s fight with the City Council is over after both sides agreed to drop their respective cases against the other over anti-Muslim comments she made online.
Read MoreFraud suit against Rajkumar dismissed on procedural grounds
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A Queens judge dismissed an alleged petition fraud case against Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar on procedural grounds on Thursday, effectively guaranteeing the Democratic incumbent will appear on the primary ballot against her Democratic Socialists of America-backed opponent who first brought the allegations against her.
Read MoreTwo Queens Dem mainstays to run unopposed after challengers booted from ballot
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Two of Queens’ more tenured elected officials are now running unopposed in this year’s primaries after their opponents failed to get enough petition signatures to appear on the ballot.
Read MoreCandidates and their lawyers head to Queens court to fight over ballot petitions
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Queens judges on Thursday heard allegations of fraud, the use of AI in court filings and objections to thousands upon thousands of signatures on ballot petitions from Queens voters.
Read MoreDSA challenger accuses Rajkumar of petition fraud
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David Orkin, a democratic socialist candidate for the State Assembly, alleged in a lawsuit that Queens Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar’s campaign forged petition signatures in an effort to get the incumbent on the ballot.
Read MoreQueens candidates outraise Brooklyn BP in open congressional race
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Queens’ candidates running to replace Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District outraised her chosen successor, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, during the most recent fundraising period, new filings show.
Read MoreNearly 100 candidates file petitions to run in Queens
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Nearly 100 people in the World’s Borough have submitted petitions to appear on the ballot in June’s primary elections for Assembly, State Senate and Congress.
Read MoreJudge declines to rule in Paladino case, questions Council’s harassment claims
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A Manhattan judge this week declined to rule from the bench on whether the City Council should halt its ethics case against Queens Republican Councilmember Vickie Paladino.
Read MoreAssembly candidate posts AI deepfake of Hevesi days after fraud accusation
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Days after he was accused of fraud, Jonathan David Rinaldi posted an artificial intelligence-generated deepfake of his opponent, Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi, that appeared to push the limits of state law governing AI use in political campaigns.
Read MoreAssemblymember claims opponent tried to ‘steal’ primary via registration fraud
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A Queens state assemblymember claimed on Monday that his controversial primary opponent tried to fraudulently change his party affiliation as he runs his re-election campaign.
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