Carolyn Maloney
is the long time incumbent, a powerful Congressional Committee Chair of the
House Oversight Committee and is well known to Roosevelt Island
residents
for her many years of service to Roosevelt Island and knowledge of community issues.
Jerry Nadler is a long
time Congressman representing the West Side of Manhattan and a powerful House
Committee Chair of the Judiciary Committee. Mr Nadler spoke to Roosevelt
Island residents during Roosevelt Island Day last June 11
although he acknowledged not being familiar with specific Roosevelt
Island issues.
NY 1 hosted a Democratic Party Primary Debate to represent the 12th Congressional District, which includes Roosevelt Island, last night with incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and challengers:
— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) June 13, 2020
UPDATE 8:10 PM - Freelancers Union President Rafael Espinal hosts a June 15 forum with the Democratic primary candidates for New York's 12th Congressional District: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Peter Harrison, Suraj Patel, and Lauren Ashcraft.
There's still time to request your mail in ballot, until June 16, to vote in the June 23 Democratic Party primary for candidates to represent Roosevelt Island in the 12th Congressional District.
Did you know there’s a primary election on June 23? You can vote by mail if you request your absentee ballot by June 16!
at last Saturday's Roosevelt Island Farmers Market.
There is a NY 12 Democratic Party Primary Congressional Forum this evening.
NYC! This Monday, plan to join our live forum with the Democratic primary candidates for the 12th Congressional District, moderated by Freelancers Union President @RLEspinal. pic.twitter.com/77rPvH5uIl
Empire State Indivisible is hosting a Democratic Party Primary Congressional 12 District (which includes Roosevelt Island) Debate this evening:
Mon, June 8, 2020
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Leading up to the June 23rd Primary Elections, Empire State Indivisible will be hosting a candidate debate for New York's 12th Congressional moderated by Ben Max of the Gotham Gazette. Join to hear from candidates Representative Carolyn Maloney, Pete Harrison, Suraj Patel, and Lauren Ashcraft.
Due to the incredible interest in the event, we will live streaming the event directly on our Facebook page and our twitter account to allow for the most amount of views.
Suraj Patel is challenging incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in the June 23 Democratic Party Primary to represent the 12th Congressional District which includes Roosevelt Island.
Residents of Roosevelt Island are invited to join Suraj and team for a check-in conversation on the Coronavirus, lack of testing on the Island, and issues specific to Roosevelt Island.
According to Mr Patel:
Roosevelt Islanders have brought me so much hope throughout this crisis. You’ve ‘Made Noise’ nightly to thank our healthcare heroes, leading the city-wide clapping we now do nightly at 7pm. You’ve advocated for hospital staff, for each other, and for increased COVID testing. You represent the best of New York City, as so many residents in New York’s 12th District do, and I’m excited to check in with Roosevelt Island neighbors and hear directly from you.
Newly elected Bronx/Queens Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains the broken American campaign finance system in a 5 minute question and answer game with witnesses at House Oversight Committee hearing yesterday.
Earlier today we had our second Oversight hearing of the 116th Congress. It was about voting rights and the role of money in politics.
I asked the expert witnesses to indulge me in a small game.
.@AOC: "Let's play a lightning round game. I'm gonna be the bad guy, which I'm sure half the room would agree with, anyway."
"If I want to run a campaign that is entirely funded by corporate PACs, is there anything that legally prevents me from doing that?"@KHobertFlynn: "No." pic.twitter.com/PmMZFZXeJJ
AOC: "Is there any hard limit that I have in terms of what legislation I'm allowed to touch?"@KHobertFlynn: "There is no limit."
AOC: "Is there anything preventing me from holding stocks...and then writing laws to deregulate that industry?"@RudyMehrbani: "You could do that." pic.twitter.com/lTUU7u3qDF
.@waltshaub: "There's almost no laws at all that apply to the president."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "So I'm being held -- and every person in this body is being held -- to a higher ethical standard than the president of the United States?"@waltshaub: "That's right." pic.twitter.com/8EPSzb2WKq
Carolyn Maloney faced off an aggressive challenge from Suraj Patel, who wound up being the weakest primary challenger of the 3 in NYC. Maloney won Manhattan easy and split Queens (even though it looks like Patel won it). Brooklyn was solid for Patel #NY12pic.twitter.com/ivnN8JwzmO
Thank you to the voters for honoring me with the Democratic nomination for #NY12. I will continue doing all I can to fight back against Trump’s hateful agenda and make sure we take back the House in November!
— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney) June 27, 2018
Tomorrow is #ElectionDay in NY. Get out and vote so we can keep fighting to fix our subways, pass Medicare for All, and stand up to a White House hell bent on destroying values that made the US the envy of the world. Check your polling location here: https://t.co/sjlDgS7BK3#ny12pic.twitter.com/DRDVgXhfmX
— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney) June 25, 2018
has an oppenent in the June 26 Democratic Party primary tomorrow. Political newcomer Suraj Patel
This Tuesday 6/26 is Election Day. New Yorkers are ready to step up and lead this country towards a future that's progressive and bold. If we can seize this momentum, we can win back the House, and win it for good. #VoteJune26pic.twitter.com/T1cAzfKLrs
— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney) June 24, 2018
to represent the 12 Congressional District that includes Roosevelt Island as well as other portions of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens (District Map here).
The polling location for most Roosevelt Island residents is PS/IS 217 at 645 Main Street except for Octagon residents who vote at Coler Hospital ( 900 Main Street)
Watch this candidate's forum with Ms. Maloney and Mr. Patel hosted by
Roosevelt Island's long time Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney has an oppenent in the upcoming June 26 Democratic Party primary. Political newcomer Suraj Patel is running against Ms Maloney, a 25 year incumbent, to represent the 12 Congressional District that includes Roosevelt Island as well as other portions of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens (District Map here).
There’s nothing smooth about the infighting for the Congressional seat from the so-called “Silk Stocking District” on the Upper East side, where 18-year Democratic incumbent Rep. Carolyn Maloney, 64, is facing a primary election challenge from upstart Reshma Saujani, 34, an eight-year resident of the city who is making her first bid for elected office....
What's the difference between the two candidates? Again, from the NY Daily News:
... Maloney cited her years of fighting for issues such as credit-card reform, the health care bill for 9/11 reformers and bringing home $4 billion in funding for the Second Ave. subway and related construction projects.
To which Saujani said, “I think that Maloney ranks at the bottom of our New York delegation, and I’m saying that on the record. And I think Carolyn Maloney represents the problem. We have in Congress, I think, a lot of mediocre representatives.”...
Ms. Saujani will be visiting Roosevelt Island this Sunday. Her office passed along the following invitation to all Roosevelt Island residents to come meet her and ask questions at the Trellis during:
... Reshma's Community Conversation Tour event at Trellis on Sunday, August 29th at 5pm. It will be a Town Hall style event for residents to hear Reshma speak about the race and to also give everyone attending the chance to ask Reshma questions about our campaign....
Below is the invitational flyer for Ms. Saujani conversation with the Roosevelt Island Community. I asked Ms. Saujani's campaign staff:
If Ms. Saujani has any thoughts or comments on specific Roosevelt island issues, would be happy to post them as well.
and received this response specifically concerning Roosevelt Island issues:
Reshma is very concerned about the recent goings on at Coler-Goldwater Hospital, with the moving of 200 beds from the now-shuttered North General Hospital in Harlem. It particularly concerns her that none of the many full-time residents of Goldwater Hospital were consulted about this move. While she is optimistic about the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation’s plans to build a new state of the art nursing facility on the site, Reshma believes that greater oversight is necessary to ensure that those served by the Coler-Goldwater Hospital have the best possible care and facilities available.
As a Congresswoman from New York, Reshma Saujani would push to increase federal funding for public transportation. The tram is already way behind schedule, and the repeated delays on the F train make the current situation much worse. Commuters living on Roosevelt Island need more options, and I strongly support exploring every possible avenue, such as adding ferry service.
There are over 500 Muslim families living on Roosevelt Island, and Reshma Saujani believes they deserve to have their own place of worship. The fact that the Muslim community has asked for help at numerous RIOC and RIRA board meetings and been largely ignored is unacceptable.
I then asked incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's office:
If Congresswoman Maloney wishes to prepare a similar statement for the Roosevelt Island community, I would be happy to post it on the Roosevelt Islander blog.
CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN MALONEY A Fighter for Roosevelt Island
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney has been a vigorous and effective representative for Roosevelt Island since her election to Congress.
She has been a forceful advocate for a greater degree of self-governance on the Island, successfully urging the Governor to appoint the winners of the Roosevelt Island Residents Association-organized election to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) Board of Directors.
Representative Maloney worked with RIOC to help secure a $250,000 matching grant from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historical Preservation to repair and restore one of the Island’s notable landmarks, Blackwell House.
She secured $700,000 in federal highway funds to install surveillance cameras in Roosevelt Island’s subway station to provide better security.
In the current Congress, she’s secured a major federal appropriation for parks on Roosevelt Island (that will be officially announced in the coming weeks).
Congresswoman Maloney successfully urged the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake the $500,000 study documenting failings in the Island’s Seawall, and is continuing to push hard for federal funding to repair the Seawall.
She helped secure federal funding for water taxis in New York, for which Roosevelt Island would be an eligible site, and helped secure U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval for a water taxi dock permit on Roosevelt Island.
Joining with Island leaders and fellow elected officials, Representative Maloney successfully fought for the reopening of the Tramway following suggestions from some after the April 2006 breakdown that it be mothballed in perpetuity.
She’s been an advocate for better policing and security on Roosevelt Island and has convened meetings to enable residents to voice their concerns to the relevant government agencies.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney looks forward to continuing to work closely with her fellow elected officials and Island residents to present a forceful and united voice for all Roosevelt Islanders.
Ms. Saujani was recently interviewed by Fox News NY.
and Ms. Maloney discusses jobs and tax cuts on CNBC.
Roosevelt Island is a mixed income, racially diverse waterfront community situated in the East River of New York City between Manhattan and Queens and is jurisdictionally part of Manhattan. The Roosevelt Island Tramway, which connects Roosevelt Island to the rest of Manhattan, has become the iconic symbol of Roosevelt Island to its residents.
The Purpose of this Blog is to provide accurate and timely information about Roosevelt Island as well as a forum for residents to express opinions and engage in a dialogue to improve our community.
