Tony Avella

Type: Person

Name: Tony Avella

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Aircraft Noise Study passes New York State Legislature

-2. The bill passed the senate May 20th. Next milestones are the Governor and the NJ legislature !!Thanks to;In the assembly:Sponsor: Titus (MS) Cosponsor: Ra, Cook, Solages, Goldfeder, Rosenthal, Simanowitz, Weisenberg, Roberts, Schimel, Aubry, Curran, ... [Published Port Washington Patch - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Michele Titus, Michelle Schimel, Tony Avella

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Animal Rights Group Wants Foie Gras Ban in NY

New York is gearing up for foie gras protests after an animal rights group asked the state to ban the practice of force feeding ducks and geese that are used to make the delicacy. Mercy For Animals (MFA) released hidden-camera footage of one New York ... [Published MedIndia - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Mercy For Animals, Tony Avella, Albany (New York, United States)

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

New York Legislature

MFA releases video from foie gras farm

Animal rights and vegetarian advocate Mercy For Animals (MFA) this week released undercover video filmed at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York that the organization said shows "horrendous" animal cruelty.MFA called on Amazon to cease selling foie gras ... [Published Feedstuffs - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Mercy For Animals, Tony Avella, New York Legislature

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Working Families Party

Working Families Party taps Katz in Queens Boro President race

Albans). “If you’re fighting for good jobs, affordable housing and quality schools, there’s no better ally for working families in Queens than Melinda Katz,” said Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party. Insiders said Comrie’s lack ... [Published New York Daily News - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Melinda Katz, Working Families Party, Leroy Comrie, Tony Avella, Peter Vallone, Jr.

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Candidates line up for District 22 race

The list of candidates running for the District 22 seat occupied by Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) is getting longer.Last week Constantinos âGusâ Prentzas, Community Board 1 member and small business owner, filed paperwork with the New York ... [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Democratic Primaries, Melinda Katz, Leroy Comrie, Tony Avella, Peter Vallone, Jr.

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

WILLETS POINT: City selective in reopening Willets Point businesses

The city paid to repair several Willets Point businesses shut down by its own inspectors last month, but has not taken any action to renovate equally unsafe structures on land it owns elsewhere in the Iron Triangle.In late May, the city Department of ... [Published TimesLedger - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Willet, Tony Avella, Property, Discriminatory

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Senate unlikely to vote on fracking bill

With the Senate session winding down in Albany, and about a thousand bills left to debate, the hydrofracking moratorium bill may not even hit the floor for a vote. Most Queens lawmakers oppose allowing the drilling process in New York State without conclusive ... [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Tony Avella, Albany (New York, United States), Drinking Water, Marcellus Shale

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Preserve the park

Dear Editor:I read with great interest your May 23 editorial, “Build the soccer stadium in the Bronx,” regarding Mayor Bloomberg’s push to take parkland away from the low income and immigrant people who inhabit Corona, Elmhurst, Flushing and other neighboring ... [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Corona, Tony Avella, Michael Bloomberg, Custodian

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Animal rights group calls for NY foie...

Mercy For Animals (MFA) released hidden-camera footage of one New York foie gras farm at a press conference in Albany, demanding an end to the "cruel practice."The group said it was supporting a bill against force-feeding brought by state senator Tony ... [Published XinMsn - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Mercy For Animals, Tony Avella, Albany (New York, United States)

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 2 reports

Results of undercover investigation to be released by animal-rights group

ALBANY, N.Y. ? New York State Senator Tony Avella and members of Mercy For Animals will release the results of an undercover investigation into a New York foie gras production facility and introduce a related bill.The national not-for-profit, which is ... [Published Fox 23 New York - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Tony Avella, Investigation, Mercy For Animals, Albany (New York, United States)

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 2 reports

New U.S. air control collides with opposition to flight patterns

More PhotosClick thumbnails to enlarge A Delta Air Lines Inc. jet makes its approach to nearby LaGuardia Airport past the Arthur Ashe Stadium during the U.S. Open tennis semifinals in New York. (Stan Honda/AFP via ) WASHINGTON Janet McEneaney, like many ... [Published New Haven Register - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Federal Aviation Administration, Tony Avella, LaGuardia Airport

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 2 reports

Astoria residents say developer damaged their homes

THE COURIER/Photo by Melissa ChanResidents who live next to a medical center going up in Astoria say its construction has caused their homes to crumble.Like Queens CourierMost PopularMost ReadMost DiscussedA towering medical center being built in Astoria ... [Published Queens Courier - May 30 2013]

Entities: Tony Avella, Melissa Chan, Peter Vallone, Jr., Construction, Work Order

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...Tony Avella said in interviews."The FAA's in for the fight of their life," Avella said. "these are communities that are very well politically connected and they know how to organize. we're not giving in." Similar battles are playing out nationwide as the FAA begins what it calls the Metroplex initiative, which will create more efficient routes in 21 me...

New U.S. air control collides with opposition to flight patterns [Published New Haven Register - Jun 05 2013]

"you cover over the cracks but not fix the underlying problem that the overpass is structurally deficient" said State Senator Tony Avella, D) Queens...

City, engineer blame each other for closed bridge [Published WABC New York City - Jun 04 2013]

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Aircraft Noise Study passes New York State Legi... [Published Port Washington Patch - 17 hours ago]
I SIT AND LOOK OUT: Political scandals make eve... [Published TimesLedger - Jun 15 2013]
Animal Rights Group Wants Foie Gras Ban in NY [Published MedIndia - Jun 14 2013]
BAY TERRACE: Boro reverses reroute of Q13, Q16 ... [Published TimesLedger - Jun 14 2013]
Working Families Party taps Katz in Queens Boro... [Published New York Daily News - Jun 14 2013]
Candidates line up for District 22 race [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 13 2013]
MFA releases video from foie gras farm [Published Feedstuffs - Jun 13 2013]
Senate unlikely to vote on fracking bill [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 13 2013]
Preserve the park [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 13 2013]
WILLETS POINT: City selective in reopening Will... [Published TimesLedger - Jun 13 2013]
Bikers go full-throttle into borough president ... [Published TimesLedger - Jun 13 2013]
Working Families Party taps Katz in Queens Boro... [Published New York Daily News - Jun 13 2013]
Funding Sought For FMCP [Published Western Queens Gazette - Jun 12 2013]
Animal rights group calls for NY foie... [Published XinMsn - Jun 12 2013]
Animal rights group calls for NY foie gras ban [Published Yahoo Philippines News - Jun 12 2013]
Results of undercover investigation to be relea... [Published Fox 23 New York - Jun 12 2013]
Animal-rights group to release results of under... [Published WTen.com - Jun 12 2013]
Call for middle school to replace St. Fidelis i... [Published Queens Courier - Jun 11 2013]
LaGuardia noise will diminish property values [Published Queens Courier - Jun 11 2013]
Thompson woos small biz on stop in Queens Village [Published TimesLedger - Jun 10 2013]
Anchor-dropper candidate [Published New York Post - Jun 09 2013]
Comrie relaunches run for borough president [Published TimesLedger - Jun 07 2013]
Making it official [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 07 2013]
Peralta quits race for borough prez [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 07 2013]
Queens pols vow to fire Beep's private driver [Published New York Daily News - Jun 06 2013]
USTA bill in Albany, care of âSenator Rulesâ [Published Queens Chronicle - Jun 06 2013]
Kevin Kim passes on run to replace Dan Halloran [Published TimesLedger - Jun 06 2013]
New U.S. air control collides with opposition t... [Published New Haven Register - Jun 05 2013]
New U.S. air control collides with opposition t... [Published Oneida Daily Dispatch - Jun 05 2013]
Two Drop Out From Borough President’s Race [Published Western Queens Gazette - Jun 05 2013]

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NY Sen. Tony Avella: Corruption Busting Is Tumu... [Published The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - May 08 2013] A typically blunt Sen. Tony Avella said the corruption chaos that has engulfed the state Senate Democratic conference will make it harder to get things done, but ultimately could help clean up the Capitol. "It's a tumultuous time, but it's important ...
Sen. Tony Avella Refuses Committee Stipend [Published The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - Mar 04 2013] Queens state Sen. Tony Avella is taking a pass on extra cash. Avella, a Democrat, said on Monday he would decline his $9,500 annual stipend for being the ranking Democratic member on two Senate committees. The stipends, known in Albany as lulus, are ...