Vallone is one of five Democrats eyeing Halloran's seat, including Douglaston attorney John Duane; Flushing
urban planning consultant Paul Graziano; Austin Shafran, a Bayside native and former government spokesman for the Empire State Development Authority; and former Halloran Chief of Staff Chrissy Voskerichian of Flushing.
Berky, an
independent urban planning consultant, has been a leading voice for the progressive wing of the legislature's Democratic caucus and has pushed for anti-transgender discrimination laws and beefed up Human Rights Commission.
Dr. Sahar Attia - Professor of Planning and Urban Design at Cairo University, Technical Coordinator and
Urban Planning Consultant for improving the living standards of informal settlements in Egypt, her work focuses on cultural and natural heritage conservation in Mediterranean cities.
The program, called SFPark, sounds interesting, and I have no doubt that a gaggle
of urban planning consultants and, well, land use professors (sorry Prof. Emerson) will be making PowerPoint slides and writing law review articles about it, respectively, for years to come.
On the Democratic side, a number of candidates have already entered the race to challenge the Republican councilman, including Paul Graziano, an activist and
urban planning consultant; Austin Shafran, a former member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration; Paul Vallone, an attorney, who ran for the seat back in 2009; and former state Assemblyman John Duane.
His name will be on the ballot for the first time in a September primary against several other Democrats who have begun campaigning for the seat, including Democratic state committeeman Matthew Silverstein, former Assemblyman John Duane, attorney Paul Vallone and Flushing activist and
urban planning consultant Paul Graziano.
Other Democrats who have thrown their names into the race include Paul Graziano, an activist and
urban planning consultant; Austin Shafran, a former member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration; Paul Vallone, an attorney who ran for the seat in 2009; and former state Assemblyman John Duane.
Graziano, a Flushing activist and
urban planning consultant, said he was focusing his campaign largely on fighting over development in northeast Queens — calling it his No. 1 issue.
This kind of local control is not unique to New York City government, says Paul Graziano,
an urban planning consultant and Queens preservationist, who said the practice occurs «pretty much everywhere around the country» in state legislatures and in the federal government.
For nearly two decades,
the urban planning consultant has kept a close watch on the borough's historic buildings and landmarks and -LSB-...]
For nearly two decades,
the urban planning consultant has kept a close watch on the borough's historic buildings and landmarks and has become a known name in the civic association community because of it.
The four primary candidates who remain include Bayside's Austin Shafran, Whitestone attorney Paul Vallone, former state Assemblyman John Duane from Douglaston and Flushing activist and
urban planning consultant Paul Graziano.