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Peter Vallone Jr.

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Grace Meng Raises $300,000 for Congressional Race; Says it Will Be a Historic Campaign

    Queens Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who would be New York's first Asian-American member of Congress, has raised $300,000 in ten days. Obviously, she's thrilled. "We are definitely excited. I think this is going to be a historical campaign that people all throughout New York and the country are lookin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Peter Vallone, City Council Public Safety Chair, on Making New York's Roads Safer

    Yesterday, Runnin' Scared reported that Transportation Alternatives wants the NYPD to give out more speeding tickets, telling City Council that hurried, harried drivers cause unnecessary deaths. By the group's calculations, more New Yorkers were killed in traffic -- 3,647 -- than murdered by guns ... More >>

  • News

    March 14, 2012

    NYPD's Reporting Problem

    Reactions to our 'NYPD Tapes' confirmation came like a swift billy club to the skull

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Stop-and-Frisk Critics Unite Under One Police Reform Campaign

    ​Criticism of the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices have come from a wide range of elected officials and advocacy groups across the city. Now, in an effort to bolster the campaign for increased police accountability, dozens of organizations are joining forces under the umbr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2011

    SlutWalk NYC Preparing to Take Over Union Square

    Occupy Wall Street is not the only protest in town. Starting around 11 a.m. today, SlutWalk NYC will be in Union Square Park to challenge sexual violence in New York and abroad. If you're expecting to see every participant strolling the streets dressed in lingerie and stilettos, think again. Organiz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Astorians Mourn Departed Bus and Subway Lines, Want to Bring Back the QM22

    ​Politicians, civic groups, and commuters gathered yesterday by the Astoria-Ditmars subway stop to mark the death-iversary of their dearly departeds: the W train and the QM22 bus line. One year ago, the MTA eliminated the W and V trains and dozens of bus lines, and reduced services throughout ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Where Was Mike? CBS's Marcia Kramer Digs in Her Heels to Find Out

    ​There's no surer sign of big political trouble than to have CBS TV's Marcia Kramer on your case, and this week it is Mike Bloomberg's long-awaited turn on the receiving end. Bloomberg promptly proved he's feeling the heat by getting all prickly and calling Kramer -- a prominent City Hall pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Tying Up Your Dog and Leaving Him on the Street May Soon Be Illegal

    ​The good crusaders at Dogs Tied Up NYC (the local blog that takes pity on dogs whose owners tie them up outside by... taking photos of them and blogging about them!) may have reason to celebrate: amNY says the City Council is considering a law that would make it illegal to tie up dogs for mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Give Them a Shovel: Morning-After Pols Throwing Snow Balls

    AP​Disasters always have to be someone else's fault, so we are a city of finger-pointers this morning. We have hapless Brooklyn state senator Carl Kruger, who only tried to shut down state government last year, being quoted on national radio complaining about the unplowed streets of his Mill B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Peter Vallone, Fluoride-Hating Councilman, Wants Your Teeth to Rot

    ​A city councilman from Queens apparently wants your your teeth to rot and fall out. The Daily News says Councilman Peter Vallone is planning to introduce a bill that would end New York's 45-year practice of adding fluoride to its tap water, citing safety concerns and comparing the miner ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    NYPD Tapes 5: The Corroboration

    Another police officer secretly tapes his precinct—this time in the Bronx

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    NYCLU Files Lawsuit Over NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Database

    Chad Griffith​The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the NYPD from maintaining a database filled with hundreds of thousands of names of people stopped and frisked by the police, the Voice has learned. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has admitted that the databa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    City Council Members Shocked by "The NYPD Tapes"

    ​Two city council members told the Voice this week that orders given by precinct supervisors in Bedford-Stuyvesant's 81st Precinct appeared to encourage officers to violate the civil rights of local residents. Meanwhile, a civil rights organization called on the city to investigate how NYPD q ... More >>

  • News

    May 11, 2010

    The NYPD Tapes, Part 2

    Bed-Stuy street cops ordered: Turn this place into a ghost town

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Council Public Safety Chair Weighs In On The Voice's "NYPD Tapes" Exclusive

    ​We heard today from City Councilman Peter Vallone in reaction to our NYPD Tapes article. Vallone had strong views on the two central themes of the story. Vallone is the chairman of the Council's Public Safety Committee, which has oversight responsibility for the Police Department. First, he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Astoria Power Plant Closes

    ​Queens residents had been complaining about the old, oil-burning Charles Poletti Power Project plant in Astoria for years. The New York Power Authority opened a new, cleaner, natural-gas-powered plant at the site in 2005, but did not immediately cease operations at the old one. The Authority ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Staten Island's McMahon Latest Dem to Endorse Bloomberg; Calls Him "Our Mr. October"

    ​Previously Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz, both former council speaker Peter Vallone Sr. and current councilman Peter Vallone Jr., and former Mayor Ed Koch had endorsed Mayor Bloomberg for reelection, and now Staten Island Democratic Representative Michael McMahon has joined them. McMahon is " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Holder's CIA Investigation Unleashes Rightblogger Rage Over 9/11, Marc Rich

    ​Attorney General Eric Holder is going to do a "preliminary review" of the CIA to see if any of the techniques their operatives used on detainees -- which the Inspector General's report reveals included threats to rape the detainees' female relatives in front of them and kill their children, m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    City Council Honors Michael Jackson, White People Walk Out

    Today the city council held a moment of silence for Michael Jackson and councilmembers Inez Dickens and Helen Diane Foster gave the King of Pop a nice tribute, but just as things got underway several members walked out. Staten Island's James Oddo confirmed to Azi Paybarah that he walked out in resp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Observer Keeps Beating Up the W Train

    The Observer portrays the impending demise of the W train as "Another W New Yorkers Not Sad to See Go," because the line, which runs on weekdays from Whitehall Street in Manhattan to Ditmars Boulevard in Queens, offers crappy service -- the lowest-ranked by the Straphangers' Campaign. This follows t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Willets Point Plan Looks Like a Winner

    The Observer portrays the impending demise of the W train as "Another W New Yorkers Not Sad to See Go," because the line, which runs on weekdays from Whitehall Street in Manhattan to Ditmars Boulevard in Queens, offers crappy service -- the lowest-ranked by the Straphangers' Campaign. This follows t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    After Term Limits Overthrow, Era of Bad Feelings Commences

    The Observer portrays the impending demise of the W train as "Another W New Yorkers Not Sad to See Go," because the line, which runs on weekdays from Whitehall Street in Manhattan to Ditmars Boulevard in Queens, offers crappy service -- the lowest-ranked by the Straphangers' Campaign. This follows t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Vallone Sr. Joins Son in Endorsing Endless Incumbency

    The Observer portrays the impending demise of the W train as "Another W New Yorkers Not Sad to See Go," because the line, which runs on weekdays from Whitehall Street in Manhattan to Ditmars Boulevard in Queens, offers crappy service -- the lowest-ranked by the Straphangers' Campaign. This follows t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Vallone Comes Out for Bloomberg's Term Limits Plan

    The Observer portrays the impending demise of the W train as "Another W New Yorkers Not Sad to See Go," because the line, which runs on weekdays from Whitehall Street in Manhattan to Ditmars Boulevard in Queens, offers crappy service -- the lowest-ranked by the Straphangers' Campaign. This follows t ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2008

    When Cops Go Bad Does the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau Even Notice?

    The Observer portrays the impending demise of the W train as "Another W New Yorkers Not Sad to See Go," because the line, which runs on weekdays from Whitehall Street in Manhattan to Ditmars Boulevard in Queens, offers crappy service -- the lowest-ranked by the Straphangers' Campaign. This follows t ... More >>

  • News

    January 8, 2008

    NYPD Seeks an Air Monitor Crackdown for New Yorkers

    A city councilman and the cops don't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    Council Bill Targets 'Queens Stare-Master' and Other Peeping Toms

    A city councilman and the cops don't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2007

    Bloomberg Puts His Tag on Anti-Graffiti Legislation

    A city councilman and the cops don't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission

  • News

    February 20, 2007

    Kiko Was Here

    A would-be Basquiat goes to prison in a misguided graffiti crackdown

  • News

    August 1, 2006

    Behind the Blackout

    Thanks to deregulation, Queens merely a pawn in the utilities' board game

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2006

    Pricing the Pols: How Much for a Beep?

    Thanks to deregulation, Queens merely a pawn in the utilities' board game

  • News

    March 7, 2006

    Credible Threat

    In a cop's final battle with his bosses, clues about a terror scare

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2005

    Astoria Scrap: Cars v. Grandma

    In a cop's final battle with his bosses, clues about a terror scare

  • News

    October 25, 2005

    These Stats Are a Crime

    While Bloomberg boasts of crime drop, the hospitals' work on assault victims is booming

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2005

    Threats & Consequences

    While Bloomberg boasts of crime drop, the hospitals' work on assault victims is booming

  • News

    July 5, 2005

    Exit Strategy

    When it comes to subways and terrorism, the best defense might be a good escape

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2005

    NYPD, Union Joust Over Guns Behind Desks

    When it comes to subways and terrorism, the best defense might be a good escape

  • News

    May 24, 2005

    Protection Racket

    Questions about Albany's cut of New York's homeland security money

  • News

    March 22, 2005

    Corruption? It figures.

    NY police department's crime stats and the art of manipulation

  • News

    September 16, 2003

    Bashcroft!

    New Yorkers Protest the Attorney General's Tour to Promote the Patriot Act

  • News

    June 17, 2003

    More NYPD No-Knocks

    New Yorkers Tell Their Tales of Botched Raids

  • News

    February 11, 2003

    New York Dodgers

    Report and Hearing Mean More Status Quo

  • NYC Life

    January 7, 2003

    Close-up on Astoria

    Report and Hearing Mean More Status Quo

  • News

    April 9, 2002

    Getting the Lead Out

    Will the City Council Finally Protect Kids From Toxic Paint?

  • News

    October 2, 2001

    Still Counting

    The Big Term-Limits Primary Offers Some Surprises

  • News

    September 4, 2001

    The Media’s Mayoral Myths

    How the Campaign Coverage Missed Coalitions, Stadiums, Affordable Homes, and Ethical Lapses

  • News

    August 21, 2001

    When a House Is Not a Home

    Did Vallone Jr. Cross District Lines to Vote for His Dad?

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