Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... about the transit impact this will have on the community. “I am joining with Council Member Tony Avella and civic leaders in cautioning that this has to be done right or not at all. If done right, there will be adequate mitigation measures, the opportunity for increased public safety, and even a police substation, which would ultimately benefit the neighborhood." Halloran...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... said Halloran , who won a hard-fought race against Democrat Kevin Kim for outgoing Councilman Tony Avella's seat, was pushing the hardest to challenge Oddo. But Ulrich, who held off a challenge from his old foe, Democrat Joe Gulluscio, remained in the minority leader's camp, essentially shutting the mini-coup down before it ever got off the ground. Mayor Bloomberg and Council Speaker...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Somehow, Queens Republican Dan Halloran survived a lot of talk about his pre-Christian religious beliefs to capture Tony Avella's City Council seat last night. Mr. Halloran, reported to be the "First Atheling" of a neo-heathen tribe, beat the Democratic nominee Kevin Kim 53 percent to 47 percent in a campaign marred by a number of unseemly accusations: that Mr. Kim was unfairly...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... races were action packed. In Bayside, Queens, the seat being vacated by failed Mayoral candidate Tony Avella went to Republican Dan Halloran, who defeated Democrat Kevin Kim 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent, with all of precincts reporting, according to the Times. This comes after a few brutal exchanges in the past few days between the candidates, with Kim targeting Halloran's pagan religious...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
One of the stranger Council races this year has been the fight for outgoing Councilman Tony Avella's seat, which has been marked by allegations of racism and a fixation on Republican contender Dan Halloran's practice of Theodism , a neo-pagan faith. In an attempt to combat any lingering discomfort among Jewish voters wrought by The Queens Tribune's "Democratic Victor vs. Pagan Lord"...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... of bounds when it comes to the race for the seat soon to be vacated by former Mayoral candidate Tony Avella . "I don't think any of this is really relevant to the City Council race. It's like talking about what church you pray at. That you understand the divine is the most important part." That said, he claimed that Kim's attempts to go after his religious beliefs are a...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... Council races in the following order: The Kevin Kim-Dan Halloran brawl for outgoing Councilman Tony Avella's seat, the Gulluscio-Ulrich contest and the fight between Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and former Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (another Bloomberg-backed candidate). Mail
Gotham Gazette: New York City News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Bayside Race Features Race, Religion -- and Some Issuesby Adam FleischerNov 02, 2009Democrat Kevin Kim, left, and Republican/Independent Dan Holloran, right, are competing for Tony Avella's vacated council seatUnlike most districts in this city, has no clear party allegiance. Democrat , who ran for mayor instead of seeking re-election, represented the district for the last eight years,...
