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The Return of Crime, Disorder and Fear to the Streets of NYC

June 9, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Club News

The Return of Crime, Disorder and Fear to the Streets of NYC

By Joseph Concannon

Joe_019_highresWhat’s surprising is that the NYC Council members don’t want to own the result of their actions in passing the NYC Community Safety Act (CSA) of 2013. In our Queens District, City Council Member Mark Weprin needs to take ownership for a law he personally shepherded through the City Council and into Law in NYC. He and the majority of City Council members have now reintroduced Crime, Disorder and Fear on the streets of NYC. The City Council passed this law against the advice and experience of every level of Law Enforcement in NYC – 500 years of experience. But Mark Weprin and the City Council knew better and now they own the results.

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OUR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES NEED YOUR HELP!

June 7, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Candidates News, Club News

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The November General Election is upon us, and the Primary Election is right around the corner, June 24th. The Queens Village Republican Club supports our Republican NYS Assembly candidate Jesus Gonzalez (AD-39) and we are helping him collect petition signatures. If you’ve never done it before, it’s easy and a lot of fun. We will be walking in the Woodside, East Elmhurst area to help Jesus get his name on the ballot ringing the doorbells of fellow Republicans. He needs our help and we will be meeting this Sunday and on other dates throughout the month of June.

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Video: Michael J. Ryan, Executive Director of NYC Board of Elections

June 7, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Club News, Video Blog

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On May 7, 2014 the Queens Village Republican Club hosted an informational meeting on voting and elections. We were fortunate to have as our featured speaker, Michael J. Ryan, the Executive Director of New York City’s Board of Elections. He covered numerous issues with the voting system, including problems with the scanner machines, multilingual ballots, informing the public, safeguards against voter fraud, military voters, electioneering, and the task of cleaning up the voter rolls. The full video of Mr. Ryan’s presentation and the question and answer session is now available below.

Mr. Ryan’s background is largely in the field of criminal justice as a practicing attorney. In addition to his private law practice, he served the public on matters of criminal justice policy serving in the Office of the Governor of New York and later in the Office of the Mayor in the City of New York. He began serving with the Board of Elections in 2010 and in August 2013, he was appointed to the position of Executive Director of the Board of Elections.

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THE GROWING VA SCANDAL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

June 2, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Club News

“The systemic problems with the VA bureaucracy are a harbinger of things to come.”

KICKOFF MEETING AT OUR NEW MEETING PLACE
THURSDAY JUNE 5, 2014 AT 7:30 PM

Knights of Columbus
St. Anne’s Council
263-15 Union Tpke.,
Glen Oaks, NY 11004

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