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Quinn Punished Gentile For Voting Against Expanding Term Limits, Says NY Times

Councilman Vincent Gentile pictured with Council Speaker Christine Quinn. (Photo via Justin Brannan)Council Speaker Christine Quinn once enjoyed a comfortable lead in the race to gain the Democratic nomination for mayor. However, her support appears to have evaporated and she now finds herself trailing Public Advocate Bill de Blasio

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Council Members Call For Bill To Ensure Quality Control For Elevated Homes

After Superstorm Sandy hit us late last October, everyone knew that the future of maintaining a residential home close to the water was not going to be the same. One of the earliest signs of the changing reality for coastal home owners was FEMA’s designation of flood zone lines

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To Prevent Burglary, Councilman James Oddo Urges Would-Be Vacationers Not To Post Information On Facebook

Source: Laya Gerlock via Wikimedia CommonsCouncilman James Oddo and several other officials hosted an event to offer some tech-savvy advice for residents planning vacations. Specifically, they told residents not to post about upcoming vacations on any social networking sites. Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, Councilmen James Oddo and Vincent

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Local Pols Have Mixed Reactions To President’s Healthcare Act

Source: Matt H. Wade via Wikimedia CommonsWhen the news first broke of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the measure, news channels were were reporting from opposite sides of the spectrum [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/06/supreme-court-health-care-ruling-cnn--wrong-/1#.T-0uEbVYvw4] . The responses from local politicians were

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Gerrymandering A Problem For Neighborhood Unity

Lou Powsner (Photo Credit: Daniel Bush via Brooklyn Daily)An editorial in today’s Brooklyn Paper features longtime community activist Lou Powsner lamenting Bensonhurst’s lack of unified political representation in City Hall. The problem, Powsner states, is gerrymandering. While ostensibly excused as a way to ensure equal representation among

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“Moving In The Direction” Of Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

from wikipedia.orgAccording to an article in SILive.com, Councilman James Oddo is considering an about-face when it comes to his previous opposition to same-sex marriage in New York State. As a city council member, Mr. Oddo can’t vote on legalizing same-sex marriage. That’s up to the New