Serphin R. Maltese is an American attorney and retired politician from the state of New York. A onetime chairman of the Conservative Party of New York,Maltese served as a state senator from District 15 from 1989 through 2008.
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).
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.
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 4th,2008,to elect the 29 U.S. representatives from the State of New York,one from each of the state's 29 congressional districts. state of New York in the United States House of Representatives. New York has 29 seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009 until January 3,2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election in which Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a wide margin.
Grace Meng is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,her district is in the New York City borough of Queens;it includes Bayside,East Elmhurst,Elmhurst,Flushing,Forest Hills,Fresh Meadows,Glendale,Jackson Heights,Kew Gardens,Maspeth,Middle Village and Rego Park. Meng represented the 22nd district in the New York State Assembly from 2009 until 2012. She is the first Asian American elected to Congress from New York.
The 2010 New York state elections took place on November 2,2010. Due to the special election for US Senate,all of New York's six statewide offices were up for popular election on the same date. At the same time,all 29 members from New York of the U.S. House of Representatives,all 212 members of the New York State legislature,and many other local officials were elected.
Daniel J. Halloran III is a former member of the New York City Council and convicted felon. He was indicted on corruption charges in 2013,did not run for reelection,was convicted in July 2014,and is currently back in the private sector on Long Island. He was the first adherent of Theodism ever elected to the council and one of the first neo-Pagans in hold an elected office in the US.
The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5,2013,along with elections for Comptroller,Public Advocate,Borough President,and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent mayor of New York City,Michael Bloomberg,a Republican-turned-Independent,was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Nily Rozic is a legislator from Queens,New York and a member of the New York State Assembly.
James F. Gennaro is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New York City Council,representing the 24th district since 2021. He previously represented the same seat from 2002 until 2013,and was the chair of the Council's Environmental Protection Committee. He was first elected to the Council in 2001. In November 2005,he was re-elected to the seat,based in central Queens.
Paul Angelo Vallone is American politician and attorney who served as the Council member for the 19th district of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2021. He is a Democrat. His district included Alley Pond Park,Bay Terrace,Beechhurst,Bayside,College Point,Douglaston,East Elmhurst,Flushing,Fresh Meadows,Little Neck and Whitestone in Queens.
Barry Grodenchik is an American politician who served in the New York City Council for the 23rd district from 2015 to 2021. He is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Bayside,Queens,Bellerose,Douglaston,Floral Park,Fresh Meadows,Glen Oaks,Hollis,Hollis Hills,Holliswood,Jamaica Estates,Little Neck,Oakland Gardens and Queens Village in Queens.
Robert F. Holden is an American professor,graphic designer,and the New York City Council member for the 30th district,representing the neighborhoods of Glendale,Maspeth,Middle Village,Ridgewood,and parts of Woodside and Woodhaven in the borough of 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.
The 2021 New York City Council election were held on November 2,2021. The primary elections were held on June 22,2021. There were several special elections for seats vacated in 2020 and early 2021;these special elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting in city council elections after it was approved by a ballot question in 2019 and the second to use ranked-choice voting since New York City repealed PR-STV in 1945. Due to redistricting after the 2020 Census,candidates also ran for two-year terms instead of four-year terms for the first time,stemming from the New York City Charter overhaul in 1989. Four-year terms will resume in the 2025 election after another two-year election in 2023.
New York City's 20th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat Sandra Ung since 2022. She succeeded Republican-turned-Democrat Peter Koo,who was term-limited in 2021.
New York City's 24th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democrat James F. Gennaro since a 2021 special election to replace fellow Democrat Rory Lancman;Gennaro previously held the seat from 2002 until 2013.
Sandra Ung is a Cambodian-born American attorney and politician from New York City. She is a member of the New York City Council for the 20th district,which is based in Flushing,Queens.
