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Greenberg Traurig’s Mark Weprin Named to City & State’s 2021 “Queens Power 100” Share Article Mark Weprin, a Government Law & Policy Practice shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s New York office, has been named to City & State’s 2021 “Queens Power 100” list. NEW YORK (PRWEB) June 01, 2021 The list “recognizes the borough’s politically influential people in government, business, law, education, nonprofits, and more,” according to the publication. Weprin represents clients in legislative an...

Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the world’s borough in his continued role as chair of the Queens County Democratic Party. 4. Alexandri...

State Sen. John Liu first ran for a New York City Council seat in District 20, which includes Flushing, Queens, in 1997.

SHARE: New York City comptroller candidate and Assembly Member David Weprin wants to get his fellow candidates to pledge they won’t use the office as a steppingstone to run for mayor – the way the position has been used for decades. But not everyone is happy with Weprin’s ploy, given his track record of running for the next higher office himself. In the office’s recent history, virtually all New York City comptrollers have tried to use the seat as a springboard to Gracie Mansion. Only former comptroller Abraham Beame was successful in becoming mayor. City Comptroller Scott Stringer is...

arrow Assemblymember Ron Kim speaks Wednesday at a press conference inside City Hall Park calling for a full investigation into Governor Cuomo's handling of nursing homes during COVID. Elizabeth Kim / Gothamist For all of its political fervor, New York City is still a place where it is possible for state lawmakers to toil in relative obscurity for years. Such was the case with Ron Kim, a five-term Democratic Assemblymember from Queens whose clash with Governor Andrew Cuomo over the state's underreporting of nursing home deaths has catapulted him into national view. Reports of wh...