The New York Observer » Helen Marshall http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:24:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In Queens, Weiner Stresses Human Face of Unemployment Benefit Debate While President Obama was defending his tax cut compromise inside the White House this afternoon, Congressman Anthony Weiner was at Borough Hall in Queens, putting a human face on the debate.

"What we must remember is that at the base of this discussion are real, live people here in New York and the values for Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/weiner-stresses-human-face-unemployment-benefit-debate For Hire: Queens Expert with Passion for Borough and No Interest in Money Queens Borough Prez Helen Marshall seeks borough resident with an incredible passion for Queens history, and absolutely no passion for money.

Here's the listing:

POSITION OPENING: QUEENS BOROUGH HISTORIAN

The office of Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall announces the search to fill the unsalaried position of Queens Borough Historian.

New York State law requires every municipality in the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/hire-queens-expert-passion-borough-and-no-interest-money Helen Marshall, Democrat Who Happens to Like Bloomberg Queens Borough President Helen Marshall appointed a Bloomberg aide to serve as her representative on the new Board of Education.

It’s the latest sign of the how close Marshall is to Bloomberg. In March, Marshall said Bloomberg would win Queens, and that he should have sought the Democratic nomination.

I asked Marshall today Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/4322/helen-marshall-democrat-bloomberg Borough Presidents on the Coup: Disappointed, Not All Surprised After they participated in a rally on the City Hall steps against budget cuts to community boards, I asked three borough presidents who served in the legislature what they thought of yesterday's Senate coup. “It’s unfortunate that we would allow ourselves, as Democrats, to join the Republican Party,” said Ruben Diaz Jr. of the Bronx, Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/borough-presidents-coup-disappointed-not-all-surprised Borough Presidents on the Coup: Disappointed, Not All Surprised After they participated in a rally on the City Hall steps against budget cuts to community boards, I asked three borough presidents who served in the legislature what they thought of yesterday's Senate coup.

“It’s unfortunate that we would allow ourselves, as Democrats, to join the Republican Party,” said Ruben Diaz Jr. of the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3932/diaz-jr-says-theres-no-pride-among-latinos-seeing-espada-rise-marshall-isnt-surprised-about-mon Bloomberg Hangs Out with Republicans But Doesn’t Endorse Them Here's a shot of Michael Bloomberg at a dinner hosted by the Queens Republican County Committee last week. It's from the Queens Courier, which wrote in a caption that since the Queens G.O.P. endorsed Bloomberg for re-election, he "came to their Gala in Flushing to endorse their candidates for Borough President and City Council.They would Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/bloomberg-hangs-out-republicans-doesnt-endorse-them Bloomberg Hangs Out with Republicans But Doesn’t Endorse Them

It's from the Queens Courier, which wrote in a caption that since the Queens G.O.P. endorsed Bloomberg for re-election, he "came to their Gala in Flushing to endorse their candidates for Borough President and City Council.

They Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3391/bloomberg-hangs-out-republicans-doesnt-endorse-them Queens B.P. Says Bloomberg Should Have Tried for Democratic Line: ‘Would Have Been Close’ Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said she’ll be supporting whoever is the Democratic mayoral candidate, but said she thinks independent Michael Bloomberg “should have tried to go for the Democratic designation too.” Marshall was speaking to me at an event in Sunnyside where Bloomberg was addressing a local chamber of commerce last night. Asked if Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/queens-bp-says-bloomberg-should-have-tried-democratic-line-would-have-been-close Queens B.P. Says Bloomberg Should Have Tried for Democratic Line: ‘Would Have Been Close’ Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said she’ll be supporting whoever is the Democratic mayoral candidate, but said she thinks independent Michael Bloomberg “should have tried to go for the Democratic designation too.”

Marshall was speaking to me at an event in Sunnyside where Bloomberg was addressing a local chamber of commerce last night.

Asked Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2701/queens-bp-says-bloomberg-should-have-tried-democratic-line-would-have-been-close Queens Borough President Says Bloomberg Will Win the Borough Queens Borough President Helen Marshall told the more than 400 guests at a fund-raiser last night that Michael Bloomberg is going to win her borough in the upcoming mayoral election, according to sources at the event. "It's a pleasure to welcome the Mayor back to our borough. He won this borough before and he will Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/queens-borough-president-says-bloomberg-will-win-borough Queens Borough President Says Bloomberg Will Win the Borough Queens Borough President Helen Marshall told the more than 400 guests at a fund-raiser last night that Michael Bloomberg is going to win her borough in the upcoming mayoral election, according to sources at the event.

"It's a pleasure to welcome the Mayor back to our borough. He won this borough before and he will Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2608/queens-borough-president-says-bloomberg-will-win-borough On the Price of Borough Presidents, Bloomberg is Not Outraged The crumbling economy isn’t prompting Michael Bloomberg to react with outrage to news stories about extravagant spending by the city’s borough presidents. After more criticism of the office of borough president in the Daily News yesterday, Michael Blooomberg said at a press conference that “their budgets are relatively small compared to the city budget. Do Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/price-borough-presidents-bloomberg-not-outraged On the Price of Borough Presidents, Bloomberg is Not Outraged The crumbling economy isn’t prompting Michael Bloomberg to react with outrage to news stories about extravagant spending by the city’s borough presidents.

After more criticism of the office of borough president in the Daily News yesterday, Michael Blooomberg said at a press conference that “their budgets are relatively small Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2524/price-borough-presidents-bloomberg-not-outraged Minor Intrigue in Queens Dave Kerpen, a Queens resident who appeared in Fox’s Paradise Hotel in 2003, is announcing his candidacy for office at an event in Astoria tomorrow.

Kerpen’s political future has been the subject of local chatter for some time.

Initially, he going to run for the City Council seat being vacated by David Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2347/dave-kerpens-big-plan-09 The Problem With ‘Freezing’ 2009 Money The city’s Campaign Finance Board declined to offer a detailed opinion about whether they’d allow candidates to access money in a “frozen” account if, at a later date, they decide to run for higher office because an incumbent there suddenly decides to not seek re-election.

The question was posed to the board by Peter Read More

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