February 2024 – Current Events

28Feb

By maio1 Comment

Issues

Redistricted Maps & History

Based on Special Master's 2022 map, New York had 4 Congressional districts flipped to Republican in November 2022. Albany Democrats had the Special Master's map voided and Independent Redistricting Commission's February 2024 proposal rejected to pass its own version on February 28, 2024, and was enacted by Governor Hochul on the same day. It's good until 2032. State Assembly maps by the Independent Redistricting Commission adopted on April 24, 2023. Nearly identical to the "unconstitutional" version signed into law on February 3, 2022. Certified NYS Congressional and State Senate maps by the Special Master The certified and approved Congressional and State Senate maps. Redistricted maps on the New York City Board of Elections website first published on February 25, 2022....

14Feb

By maioNo Comments

Candidates

Special Election: February 13, 2024

3rd Congressional District (Queens/Nassau) Proclamation: December 5 (70 days 'till election) Enrollment Congress (as of 11/1/2023): 224,741 (Dem); 161,624 (Rep); 5,348 (Con); 1,108 (Wor); 16,816 (oth); 161,057 (blank); 570,694 (total) Mazi Melesa Pilip (R,C) vs. Tom Suozzi (D) ✅ 77 Assembly District (Bronx) Proclamation: January 12 (32 days till election) Enrollment Assembly (as of 11/1/2023): 52,095 (Dem); 3.051 (Rep); 205 (Con); 278 (Wor); 1,117 (oth); 11,841 (blank); 68,587 (total) Norman McGill (R,C) vs. Landon Dais (D) ✅

13Feb

By maioNo Comments

Candidates, Issues

Meeting on the 2/13 Special Elections and Taxes – February 15, 2024

Post February 13 Special Elections and Taxes! Republican lost both races. Mazi Melesa Pilip and Norman McGill have an open invitation to talk about their race in any future meeting. The redrawn Congressional lines have been adopted by the Independent Redistricting Commission, and submitted to the State legislature for adoption on February 15. Most of the lines have not changed much except for some upstate districts. But it does favor incumbents more. Result indicates that Governor Hochul's challenge to Special Master's 2022 map was a waste of taxpayer money. Bob Chou, chairman of the New York State Conservative Party, Queens County, talked about his life, experience and conservative values. Steve Gillan presented Project Civica to help get out the vote and registration,...

12Feb

By Stan NorwalkNo Comments

Issues

Americans Are Not Paying Attention as Terrorist Are Plotting Our Demise! President Biden Where Are You When We Need You?

Author: Stan Norwalk Somehow we keep voting for the same people who once they are elected become the advocates and leaders of the illegal's migrants who have broken our laws by crossing our borders. Our elected politicians instead of working for the American people are giving more to these illegals than to their citizens. Mayor Adams is the Mayor of the illegals as is Governor Hochul and President Biden instead of representing the security and well being of Americans. You can also add the NYC City Council hell bent on giving voting rights to illegal's to vote in local elections. Time to change our voting habits. The current Democrat party is not democratic. They are not the same party of our parents and grandparents. The new Democrat party are Marxists, Socialist and more. They ...