Jimmy Kuang Zui Meng is a Chinese-Taiwanese American former politician,who served as a member of the New York State Assembly. A Democrat,Meng represented the 22nd Assembly District in Flushing,Queens from 2005 to 2006. He is the first Asian American to have served in the New York State Legislature. Meng pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2013.
David Ira Weprin is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,representing District 24 in Queens since 2010,when he replaced his brother Mark. In the Assembly he has supported progressive causes,such as a surcharge on millionaires,and granting immediate parole to prisoners who have reached 55 years of age and served 15 years in prison,regardless of their sentence. He was previously a member of the New York City Council,representing the 23rd district. He is also a former Deputy Superintendent of the NY State Banking Commission (1983–87).
Saul Weprin was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic member from Queens County of the New York State Assembly,and served as its Speaker from December 1991 until his death.
Peter Fortunate Vallone Jr. is an American judge and lawyer.
Pomonok is a working class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. This large public housing development in South Flushing was built in 1949 on the former site of Pomonok Country Club. The name comes from the Algonquian name for Long Island,and means either "land of tribute" or "land where there is travelling by water".
Anthony Avella Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the New York State Senate's 11th district in northeast Queens from 2011 to 2019. The district included the mostly affluent neighborhoods of College Point,Whitestone,Bayside,Little Neck,Douglaston,Floral Park,Beechhurst,Malba and Auburndale. Avella also served as a member of the New York City Council from 2002 to 2009,representing some of the same Queens neighborhoods in District 19. Avella is a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC),a group of Democratic state senators who allied themselves with Senate Republicans. He was also a losing candidate in the 2009 New York City mayoral election,the 2013 Queens Borough President election,and the 2017 New York City mayoral election.
Leroy George Comrie Jr. is an American politician from New York City. He represents District 14 in the New York State Senate,which comprises St. Albans,Cambria Heights,Jamaica,Hollis,Rosedale,Laurelton,Kew Gardens,Queens Village and other neighborhoods within the borough of Queens.
Mark Weprin represented District 23 in the New York City Council,then the most ethnically diverse district in New York City,which contains the Queens neighborhoods of Hollis Hills,Queens Village,Little Neck,Douglaston,Bayside,Bellerose,Floral Park,Glen Oaks,New Hyde Park,Hollis,Hollis Park Gardens,Holliswood,Fresh Meadows,and Oakland Gardens.
Community boards of Queens are New York City community boards in the borough of Queens,which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning,participate in the city budget process,and address service delivery in their district.
Rory Lancman is an American politician and former member of the New York City Council,representing the 24th district from 2014 until 2020. He is a Democrat.
A 2011 special election in New York's 9th congressional district was held on September 13,2011 to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress for New York's 9th congressional district,after Representative Anthony Weiner resigned from the seat on June 21,2011 due to his sexting scandal. Democratic Party nominee David Weprin,a member of the New York State Assembly,faced Republican and Conservative Party nominee Bob Turner,a businessman who had unsuccessfully sought the seat in 2010.
Robert L. Turner is an American businessman and politician who served as the United States representative for New York's 9th congressional district from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Rafael L. Espinal Jr. is an American politician and non-profit executive. A Democrat,he represented the 37th district of the New York City Council,which includes portions of Bedford-Stuyvesant,Brownsville,Bushwick,Crown Heights,Cypress Hills,and East New York in Brooklyn.
Melinda R. Katz is an American attorney and politician from New York City,serving as District Attorney of Queens since January 1,2020. A Democrat,she previously served as the Queens Borough President. Katz was also a New York City Councilwoman from 2002 to 2009. She had previously run for City Comptroller in 2009. In June 2019,Katz won the Democratic nomination for Queens County's District Attorney,and won the general election in November 2019.
Ronald Tae Sok Kim is an American politician from New York City. He serves in the New York State Assembly representing the 40th District,which includes portions of Whitestone,Flushing,College Point,and Murray Hill in Queens. First elected in November 2012,Kim became the first Korean American elected in New York State. Speaker Carl Heastie appointed him as Vice-Chair of the Majority Conference of the New York State Assembly in January 2017 and Chair of Committee on Aging in January 2021.
Alicia L. Hyndman is the Assembly member for the 29th District of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Laurelton,Rosedale,St. Albans,Addisleigh Park,Hollis,Springfield Gardens and Jamaica in Queens.
Daniel Rosenthal is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,representing District 27 from 2017 to 2023. Rosenthal represents the central and eastern Queens neighborhoods of Kew Gardens Hills,Pomonok,Electchester,and College Point,and parts of Kew Gardens,Richmond Hill,Briarwood,Forest Hills,and Whitestone. On July 14,2023,Rosenthal resigned to take a position at UJA-Federation of New York.
Catalina Cruz is a Colombian-American attorney from the borough of Queens in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and former undocumented immigrant minor (DREAMer),Cruz has worked as an advocate for immigration rights,including as Director of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2016 Exploited Task Force. Cruz was elected as the Democratic candidate in the Fall 2018 election for the 39th district of the New York State Assembly,representing Corona,Elmhurst,and Jackson Heights,Queens.
New York City's 23rd City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Linda Lee since 2022. She replaced former council member Barry Grodenchik,who chose not to seek re-election in 2021.
Holliswood is an affluent residential neighborhood located on the Harbor Hill Moraine in the east-central portion of the borough of Queens,New York City. Bounded to the north by the Grand Central Parkway,to the west by 188th Street to the south by Hillside Avenue and to the east by Francis Lewis Boulevard.
