Lt. Governor pick for Hochul – New GOP Club in Forest Hills
While GOP gubernatorial can- didate, Long Island’s, Bruce Blake- man picked an upstate county sher- iff as his running mate, Governor Hochul tapped South Queens for- mer council speaker Adrienne Ad- ams. While the ‘up-state / down- state’ pairing is considered typical Hochul broke the trend last time out. Cuomo picked upstater Ho- chul and she picked…. who? Up- state congressman Antonio Del- Gado.
How did that work out?
Oh yea, he resigned and is run- ning against her for her seat.
Wait, stop the presses!!! Tuesday at 11:30 Delgado announced that he sees no path to victory so he is suspending his campaign. What’s next for him?
Gianaris Leaving State Senate
Closer to home longtime State Senator Mike Gianaris, from Astoria, who has been the deputy leader of the Senate (considered the second most powerful position in the Senate) for seven years called it quits this week. He is recently noted in the democratic party circles
for quietly endorsing Zohran Mamdani for mayor long before his democratic friends. Most feel mainly be- cause his district is ground zero for the DSA in New York and reading the tea leaves is a national sport for political pros. Insiders say names like Assemblyman Steven Raga and Tiffany Caban come to the possible list of potential suitors for the spot, although the DSA group potentially has candidates most in political circles have not heard of who are ready to jump in.
GOP Cub in Forest Hills
There’s a new local Republican Club that has been in the works for a while now, according to one of its founders, Kathryn Donnelly and Ryan Walsh. About 75 people came to the initial meeting of the Kew Forest Republican Club. The next meeting is scheduled for March 4th at White Radish on Ascan Avenue in Forest Hills. They say that the budget shortfall in NYC is proof that since Bloomberg was mayor, and he left the city with a balanced budget, the fiscal irresponsibility in the democratic controlled city council is obvious. Walsh says the cub’s goal is to find republican can- didates for seats. They note that more political races in Queens go unchallenged for the democrats and that is just not acceptable.
Go get em!
