Sentences with phrase «ruben wills»

Local Councilman Ruben Wills has also arranged similar public safety town halls since 2011 that usually take place in churches.

Huntley also secretly recorded City Councilman Ruben Wills who was once her chief of staff, as well as the former spokesman for the Senate Democrats, Curtis Taylor, and Melvin Lowe, who is identified in the court papers as a former political consultant and associate of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

-- After ex-Queens Councilman Ruben Wills was booted from office when he was convicted on corruption charges, county party favorite Adrienne Adams jumped into the race to replace him.

Other candidates that are in the running for the seat are Ruben Wills, who lost to White in both last year's Democratic primary and general election, and Allan Jennings, who held the seat between 2001 and 2005.

Councilman Ruben Wills may coast to re-election this year, but a couple of clouds lurk on the horizon.

The committee, along with Queens Councilman Ruben Wills, advised developer George Tserpes of Tserpes Holding LLC to withdraw his application seeking a zoning change to build a $ 60 million, 13 - story hotel in a residential area in Queens» South Ozone Park, because it would likely not be approved.

The volunteer, Frank Perero, was passing out negative literature about the current councilman, Ruben Wills, at South Jamaica Houses, where Wills grew up and some of his family still lives.

NYC Councilman Ruben Wills» old theft case will not be resolved before the September elections.

Although the bill is still fairly new, it is already being sponsored by Council members from four of the five boroughs, including Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica), Donovan Richards (D - Laurelton) and Paul Vallone (D - Bayside) in Queens.

Councilmembers Williams, Inez Barron of Brooklyn, Ruben Wills of Queens, and Inez Dickens of Manhattan — all African American members of the council — spoke about their concerns.

-LSB-...] candidates confirmed to be in the running include Nicole Paultre - Bell, the fiancée of Sean Bell; Ruben Wills, -LSB-...]

Freshman Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills has had a surprising number of dealings this year with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance «s office, including a well - publicized larceny charge and a less well - known elections investigation.

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Indicted City Councilman Ruben Wills was trying to get the goods on fellow lawmakers — and get the heat off himself during a state probe of his shady nonprofit — by wearing a wire, The Post has learned.

White defeated his Conservative Party rival, Ruben Wills, with 8,604 votes, according to unofficial results from NY 1.

Over in southeast Queens, Community Board 12 Chairwoman Adrienne Adams, a Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged Queens State Sen. James Sanders last year, is replacing disgraced former Councilman Ruben Wills, who was expelled after he was found guilty of stealing public funds.

The Queens establishment and other members of the Democratic political elite are behind Adrienne Adams for Ruben Wills» empty seat.

Smith was at the meeting, along with City Council members Ruben Wills and Leroy Comrie, according to sources.

The press conference will be held as part of a day of advocacy and action organized by Reshma Saujani and We Care NYC in partnership with the Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks, Councilman Leroy Comrie, Councilman Ruben Wills, Councilman James Sanders, Jr., Google, New York Tech Meetup, I Love My LIFE, Flavorpill, Pencils of Promise, Russel Simmons and additional non-profit organizations, small businesses, and advocates in New York.

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A trio of corrupt politicians may take the stand against disgraced Councilman Ruben Wills when he goes on trial for allegedly stealing $ 30,000 in taxpayer money and using it on a personal shopping spree, according to new court filings.

And the fifth case is Ruben Wills, removed from office after a recent corruption conviction, who is likely to be replaced by a woman, Adrienne Adams, the favorite in the race.

More loose threads: Councilman Ruben Wills and the case of the missing member item Capital New York

Nonprofits in Councilman Ruben Wills» (D - Jamaica) district split about $ 578,000, with the Parks Department receiving the largest portion to be used for recreational activities in the district.

City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) started his term as the new member of City Hall's Queens delegation last week and he said he has been busy finding ways to solve his southeast Queens district's biggest problems.

Ruben Wills is welcomed into the City Hall's chambers during his first day in office.

City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) asked Councilman Leroy Comrie (D - St.

received more than $ 1 million in discretionary funds for his district, while Councilmen James Sanders» and Ruben Wills» districts each got less than $ 500,000.

Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills is up for re-election with some influential backers — even as he stands trial on charges he stole thousands of dollars from taxpayers.

Gregory Mays, a member of Community Board 12, who founded the nonprofit A Better Jamaica, took 11.3 percent and Sondra Peeden, who is currently an aide to City Councilman Ruben Wills, received 4 percent of the vote.

QUEENS — The arrest of City Councilman Ruben Wills and a relative, Jelani Mills, Wednesday morning comes on the heels of a number of arrests of Queens politicians in recent years.

Disgraced former Queens city councilman Ruben Wills cried like a baby as he was sentenced to two to six years in prison Thursday for looting public coffers, pleading for leniency and maintaining his innocence to the end.

Ruben Wills, 42, is a Democratic councilman, representing District 28, which covers Jamaica, South Jamaica, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park.

Councilman Ruben Wills said he recommended funding for The Young Leaders Institute in 2010 and 2011.

«Instead of spending taxpayer money on projects to help his community, Ruben Wills betrayed the public trust by stealing tens of thousands for himself — and he'll now pay the price.»

JAMAICA — Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills is one of seven elected officials who was recorded on a wiretap worn by former state Sen. Shirley Huntley, court documents revealed Wednesday, but the council member said investigators told him he is not the subject of a probe.

Defense attorney Kevin O'Donnell also asked the judge for mercy, saying «very few people have given more to the community than Ruben Wills.»

Richard David is one of the candidates running against Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills in the 2017 election.

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Funding for a Queens district led by Councilman Ruben Wills, who was busted last month for allegedly stealing more than $ 30,000 in taxpayer money, was distributed by the speaker and Queens - delegation head Mark Weprin.

Basheer Ahmed, manager of the Bashir Famous Deli in Rochdale, Friday became the first to sign City Councilman Ruben Wills» (D - Jamaica) pledge to ban from his store's shelves synthetic marijuana, a product ostensibly sold as an herbal incense, but one critics say teens and young adults are smoking to get high.

City Councilman Ruben Wills has the support of the Queens Democratic party to keep his seat representing South Ozone Park, Rochdale and part of Jamaica, insiders say.

All four of these candidates won their primaries in «open» seats where the current officeholder is term - limited or, in once case, the seat was already vacant due to the recent corruption conviction of Ruben Wills.

Deputy Borough President Leroy Comrie, former city Comptroller John Liu, Assembly members Rory Lancman, Nily Rozic and David Weprin and Council members Jimmy Van Bramer, Mark Weprin, Elizabeth Crowley, Ruben Wills and Karen Koslowitz also attended the ceremony.

«I wouldn't be surprised if people in that district re-elect Ruben Wills.

The boulevard bisects the housing complex, and the west half is represented by Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) and the east half is represented by Councilman Leroy Comrie (D - St.

Is [Councilman] Ruben Wills being similarly assessed?

City Councilman Ruben Wills is on trial for corruption, and the Queens Democratic Party has endorsed him for re-election.

Nicole Paultre - Bell, who lost to Ruben Wills in a special election for a Queens Council seat, got $ 16,000 from Wills for her nonprofit baseball league, «When It's Real It's Forever.»

QUEENS — Democratic voters in Jamaica will decide Tuesday who should advance to the November general election in the race to succeed former City Councilman Ruben Wills, who was expelled from office after a jury found him guilty in his corruption trial in July.