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05/18/2008 NY1: Councilman Calls on Con Ed to Sell Queens Property, Not Hike Rates
05/10/2008 NY1: Con Ed Proposes Price Hikes Over Next Three Years
05/09/2008 SOHO JOURNAL: Soho Journal Political Profile: Eric Gioia
05/04/2008 NEW YORK POST: Make Quinn Liable For Budget: Pol
05/01/2008 DAILY NEWS: Councilman Eric Gioia Poor-Mouths Food Stamp Diet
04/29/2008 CBS: Parents Fuming Over Possible PCBs in NYC Schools
04/29/2008 NY1: Emergency Council Meeting Sees Whether PCBs Threaten City Schools
04/25/2008 DAILY NEWS: Gioia$ Green Birthday
04/25/2008 NEW YORK OBSERVER: Green Gioia's Gift From Gore
04/10/2008 DAILY NEWS: Seedy Queens Club Made Us Slaves, Dancers Claim
04/10/2008 NEW YORK TIMES: Businesses in Potholed, Sewerless Queens District Sue the City
04/07/2008 DAILY NEWS: Public Housing Are Home - Illegally - to 112 Sex Offenders, City Study Says
04/07/2008 THE TICKER: Gioia Speaks at Baruch
03/31/2008 EL DIARIO: Denuncian Fraude en Tarjetas Prepagadas
03/30/2008 DAILY NEWS: Councilman Seeks Probe on Pre-Paid Phone Cards
03/09/2008 DAILY NEWS: Thousands of Stray Animals Killed in City Shelter Shortage, Say Advocates
03/08/2008 1010WINS: Queens Councilman Calls for More Animal Shelters
02/25/2008 DAILY NEWS: Councilman Eric Gioia Pledges "Green" Public Advocate Campaign
02/11/2008 NEW YORK POST: Qns. Pol Rips Condo 'Con Jobs'
02/11/2008 NEW YORK SUN: Proposal Seeks to Change Hotel Approval Process
02/02/2008 NEW YORK TIMES: For Just a Few Dollars, a Big TV and Years of Debt
02/01/2008 NY1: Queens Lawmaker Warns Against Renting from a Rent-a-Center
01/31/2008 NEW YORK POST: Council Pushes End to MSG Tax Break
01/28/2008 DAILY NEWS: Con Edison's 2,500 Miles of Gas Mains a Serious Safety Threat, Say Politicians
01/27/2008 NY1: Lawmakers Call on Con Ed to Expedite Pipe Replacement
01/14/2008 DAILY NEWS: Disabled Face Unfare Obstacles
01/14/2008 NEW YORK TIMES: Better Transit for City's Disabled is Urged
01/03/2008 TIMES LEDGER: LIC Water Taxi Service Shut Down Till May
12/29/2007 DAILY NEWS: Pol Urges Mike to Shore Up River Taxi
12/12/2007 DAILY NEWS: Stamp Out Finger-Imaging for Hunger Aid
12/09/2007 DAILY NEWS: Give Public More Information on Bad Doctors, Says Councilman
12/07/2007 NY1: Queens Councilman Joins Community to Rally Against Anti-Semitism
12/04/2007 DAILY NEWS: Councilman Strives to Support Middle Class
11/30/2007 NY1: Landowners Take On City Council Over Wilets Point Redevelopment
11/27/2007 NEW YORK SUN: Queens Council Member Criticizes ExxonMobil
11/25/2007 DAILY NEWS: Gas Explosion Victim Is Mourned in Queens Amid Anger at Con Ed
11/25/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: Firefighters Found No Gas in House Before It Exploded
11/24/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: Fire and Con Ed Officials Defend Gas Leak Response
11/23/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: Woman, 69, Dies from Injuries Suffered in Queens Gas Explosion
11/23/2007 TIMES LEDGER: Boro Food Pantries See Higher Demand in '07
11/22/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: Woman Burned in Explosion at Queens Home
11/21/2007 METRO: FOOD INSECURITY
11/21/2007 QUEENS GAZETTE: Gioia, ERDA Give Turkeys to Public Housing Residents
11/05/2007 DAILY NEWS: Immigration Advocates Push for Bilingual Prescription Labels
10/31/2007 NEW YORK POST: Hosps Are Care-Less
10/30/2007 AM NEW YORK: Sunnyside Gardens Landmarked
10/04/2007 NY1: Taxi Driver Honored By City for Role In Capture of Alleged Serial Rapist
10/02/2007 DAILY NEWS: Contaminated Factory Last Place to Put a New School
10/01/2007 DAILY NEWS: Politicians Zap Con Ed: Don't Put Stockholders 1st!
09/26/2007 QUEENS GAZETTE: Gioia, CUNY Help Put Immigrants On Path to U.S. Citizenship
09/21/2007 DAILY NEWS: School Built on Toxic Chemical Site - Pols
09/16/2007 DAILY NEWS: Synagogue's Fishing Line Helps Lure Orthodox jews
08/08/2007 DAILY NEWS: HOT AIR BUT NO ANSWERS ON PIPE BLAST
08/08/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: Blast Cause Won't Be Known for 2 Months, Con Ed Says
08/07/2007 DAILY NEWS: Drug Use Roils Vets Shelter; Pol Urges Probe as Residents Say Workers Turning Blind Eye
07/07/2007 NY1: Farmer's Market Opens in Sunnyside Gardens
06/28/2007 WCBS: Chemical In Toys Has City Council Concerned
06/27/2007 QUEENS GAZETTE: $9.4 M Library Opens in Long Island City
06/19/2007 DAILY NEWS: It's A League of Their Own: L.I.C. Kids Get Their Own Field, Too, Thanks to City Councilman
06/13/2007 QUEENS GAZETTE: 13 Scholarships Awarded at Santora Dinner Dance
06/13/2007 QUEENS GAZETTE: Science Lab Honors P.S. 76 Teacher's Memory
06/10/2007 DAILY NEWS: Nix Toy Tied to Cancerous Chem: Pol
06/07/2007 DAILY NEWS: Our City of Wealth, Power - and Hunger
06/06/2007 NY1: Report: Three Million New Yorkers Struggle to Put Food on the Table
06/04/2007 NY1: Councilmember Hands Over Memorial Check to Family of Slain Pizzeria Worker
05/29/2007 DAILY NEWS: Pol to Retailer: Food Stamps Will Nourish Biz
05/24/2007 THE NEW YORKER: Weigh-In
05/20/2007 DAILY NEWS: A Million Reasons to End Hunger
05/18/2007 ABC NEWS: "I'm Hungry All the Time"
05/18/2007 DAILY NEWS: Pol Hungry for Reform After $28 Week
05/17/2007 DAILY NEWS: Senior Center Ax Rallies Old & Older
05/16/2007 DAILY NEWS: Pol's Hunger Hard Thing to Stomach
05/15/2007 DAILY NEWS: Got Hunger? Pol Has Just 2 Cents Left
05/15/2007 EL DIARIO: Sin Inglés por Cierre de Local
05/15/2007 NY1: Hungry and Frustrated, Lawmaker On Food Stamps Visits Food Pantry
05/14/2007 DAILY NEWS: Gain-Fully Employed; Councilman Packs on 2 lbs., Feels Lethargtic in Food Stamp Stunt
05/12/2007 DAILY NEWS: Hunger Cramps on Fod Stamps: Gioia
05/11/2007 DAILY NEWS: A No Cents' Diet
05/11/2007 DAILY NEWS: Queens Pol Tries to Live on 28 Bucks
05/11/2007 NY1: Councilman on Day Two of National Food Stamp Challenge
05/11/2007 NY1: Queens Senior Center Set to Close
05/10/2007 NY1: Queens Councilman Tries to Live on Food Stamps for a Week
05/10/2007 WABC: Councilman to Live on Food Stamps for 1 Week
05/07/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: In Domestic Abuse, Digital Photos Can Say More than Victims
04/28/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: His Race Not Yet Certain, a Politician Gets Set to Run
04/26/2007 NEW YORK TIMES: New Bank Courts in Queens Neighborhood Where Many Have Long Trusted Only in Cash
04/20/2007 NY1: Judge Orders Deadbeat Queens Landlord to Compensate Tenants
04/19/2007 DAILY NEWS: Doughboys Get Their Due
04/08/2007 NEW YORK POST: Slap at Nanny Agency 'Ripoffs'
04/05/2007 QUEENS COURIER: Raising Awareness of Genocide in Darfur
04/05/2007 WABC: Relief for Seniors with Late Social Security Checks
03/13/2007 NEW YORK POST: Dem Lights Into Con Ed
03/11/2007 NY1: Queens Councilman Wants PSC to Refuse Con Ed Rate Hike
03/10/2007 THE EPOCH TIMES: Protestors Say China Aiding Genocide in Sudan
03/08/2007 QUEENS COURIER: Luck of the Irish Shines on No. 7 Riders
03/08/2007 TIMES LEDGER: Con Ed Slammed on Blackout Funds
03/08/2007 TIMES LEDGER: Sex Offender Registry Needs Upgrade: Gioia
03/08/2007 TIMES LEDGER: St. Pat's Parade Draws Diverse Queens Crowd
03/07/2007 DAILY NEWS: Get Tough When Pervs Hide - Pol
03/06/2007 NY1: City Lawmakers Promote healthy Eating to City's Poor
03/05/2007 DAILY NEWS: City on Pervert Alert; Cops Hunt 64 Fugitive Sex Offenders
03/05/2007 NEW YORK POST: $hocking! Con Ed In Bid to Boost Charges
03/05/2007 NY1: Con Ed To Propose "Substantial" Rate Hike
03/05/2007 NY1: Councilman Calls on State to Better Track Sex Offenders
03/05/2007 WNBC: Police Searching for 64 Missing Sex Offenders
03/02/2007 DAILY NEWS: 7 Go Bragh!
03/02/2007 DAILY NEWS: Tenants Say Building is No Place to Live
03/02/2007 NEWSDAY: Green Light for No. 7 on St. Pat's Day
03/01/2007 AM NEW YORK: 7 Train Riders May Get St. Patrick's Day Break
02/26/2007 CITY LIMITS: A New Campaign For Food Aid
02/25/2007 DAILY NEWS: Pol Takes on Tax Man
02/25/2007 NEW YORK POST: Pols Set to Slap Sleazy Tax-Prep Perps
02/23/2007 NEW YORK SUN: Queens Residents Must Brace for Weekends Without 7 Trains
02/22/2007 QUEENS CHRONICLE: Straphangers Protest No. 7 Train Shutdowns
02/21/2007 DAILY NEWS: All Aboard New 7 Train Plan
02/18/2007 NEW YORK POST: Squeals Over No. 7 Shutdown
02/16/2007 DAILY NEWS: Repairs on Subway Line Have 'Em Railing
02/15/2007 NEW YORK BEACON: Divestment In Sudan Movement Gathering Steam in City Council
02/13/2007 NEW YORK POST: Call for Digital Cam in Cop Cars
02/13/2007 NY1: Report: 78 Registered Sex Offenders Living in Public Houses
02/12/2007 STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE: Evicting Evil
02/11/2007 DAILY NEWS: City Evicts Pervs Living in Projects
02/09/2007 TIMES LEDGER: HUD Finds Sex Offenders in Public Housing: Gioia
02/09/2007 WABC: Evictions Coming to 59 Sex Offenders in Public Housing
02/07/2007 NY1: Cab Driver Given City Honor for Returning Diamonds Left in Trunk
02/04/2007 DAILY NEWS: Africa Darfur, Right On Our Doorstep. City Pols Debate Genocide - and It Matters
02/04/2007 WNBC: NYC Politicos Call on Pension Funds to Divest From Sudan
02/01/2007 METRO: Council Asks City to Sever Darfur Ties
02/01/2007 NEW YORK POST: Pol Eyes Sudan Divestment
02/01/2007 QUEENS LEDGER: New Newtown Suit: Pol Puts Exxon on Notice
01/31/2007 QUEENS GAZETTE: Gioia Advocates for Hungry in New York
01/31/2007 QUEENS GAZETTE: Gioia Calls for Greater Use of LIC Resources
01/29/2007 DAILY NEWS: TV Rentals a Flat-Out Ripoff: Pol
01/29/2007 NEW YORK POST: Rent to Own 'Rip-Off' Ripped
01/28/2007 NEW YORK POST: MTA Plans Improved 'De-Fence'
01/28/2007 NEWSAY: A Plan to Mend Fences; In Wake of Death of Teen Struck by a Train, MTA Will Survey Areas Along Metro-North, LIRR Tracks and Repair the Most Glaring Holes
01/25/2007 DAILY NEWS: ExxonMobil Taint Suit. Giant Dumped 100 Million Poisoned Gallons A Yr. in Creek, Group Charges
01/20/2007 DAILY NEWS: Con Job? It's Not - If You're Investor
01/19/2007 DAILY NEWS: Mike: Why Zap Poor Con Ed? Backs Boss in Botched Blackout
12/16/2006 NEW YORK TIMES: Club With Violent History Is Shut Down in Queens
12/07/2006 DAILY NEWS: Close Deadly Club, Victim's Ma Urges
12/05/2006 DAILY NEWS: VH1 gets school rocking
11/22/2006 QUEENS COURIER: Seek library for LIC
11/05/2006 DAILY NEWS: 205 Sex Fiends Illegally in Public Housing: Pol
11/02/2006 NEWSDAY: Civic leaders decry income requirements; Say most borough residents would not qualify for city's waterfront Queens West project
10/31/2006 NEW YORK POST: ID Real Nabe Monsters
10/27/2006 DAILY NEWS: 'No Fee' Rental Ads Often a Lie, Council Sez
10/22/2006 DAILY NEWS: Drilling for Oil-Spill Tests: Gioia wants state to examine soil on Queens side of Newtown Creek
10/19/2006 DAILY NEWS: Finally lookin' groovy again. Queensbridge Park's 1.45M face-lift unveiled
10/05/2006 NEW YORK TIMES: Drug Prices Still Vary Widely Across City, Council Survey Finds
10/02/2006 DAILY NEWS: Gold Star for Red Cross Officials Laud Vol Heroes For Help During Blackout
10/01/2006 DAILY NEWS: COMFORT FOR SURVIVORS. As Holocaust victims grow older, more seek out help from groups
09/21/2006 DAILY NEWS: Disabled Vote Tab: 52G Each Turnout Put As Low As 29
09/08/2006 DAILY NEWS: Woodside Will Unveil Memorial to 9-11 Victims
08/25/2006 DAILY NEWS: Art of improvement by Long Island City children
08/24/2006 DAILY NEWS: Housing Plan That Could Save Queens
08/18/2006 DAILY NEWS: Zoned, Sweet Home Deal
08/16/2006 NEW YORK SUN: City Council To Vote on Landmark Zoning Change in Queens
07/15/2006 DAILY NEWS: Take it to the bank
07/13/2006 NEWSDAY: Queensbridge finally gets bank
07/13/2006 TIMES LEDGER: Councilman becomes a dad with new bundle of Gioia
07/06/2006 TIMES LEDGER: Mookie Wilson delivers message of hope to LIC youth
07/03/2006 NEW YORK BLADE: Three-Punch Assault on Hate Crimes
06/28/2006 QUEENS TRIBUNE: Lawmakers Stand Up Against Gay Bashers
06/22/2006 QUEENS CHRONICLE: Stop & Shop Workers Say Conditions Unsafe
06/22/2006 QUEENS TRIBUNE: Speaker Picks Up Gioia’s Hunger Fight
06/21/2006 QUEENS GAZETTE: Gioia Tours Supermarket, Hears Worker Concerns
06/17/2006 NY1: Workers at Queens Supermarket Want Unsafe Store Cleaned Up
06/16/2006 DAILY NEWS: Street named for fallen G.I.
06/15/2006 DAILY NEWS: Chew on this: a city agency all about food
06/11/2006 DAILY NEWS: Rent bill errors hit
06/08/2006 QUEENS TRIBUNE: Priced Out?: Queens Fights to Preserve Middle Class Housing
06/02/2006 NEW YORK POST: Tenants in $$ Ringer
05/28/2006 DAILY NEWS: Trains Halted on Unlucky 7
05/26/2006 DAILY NEWS: Banking on a better future
05/26/2006 NEW YORK TIMES: Politicians Advocate for Advocate
05/25/2006 DAILY NEWS: Housing Plan for Woodside
05/25/2006 TIMES LEDGER: Boulevard Rezoning set for Approval
05/20/2006 NEW YORK TIMES: What's Spanish for 'Not in My Neighborhood'?
05/18/2006 QUEENS TRIBUNE: Progress Made in Food Stamp Fight
05/04/2006 DAILY NEWS: Squeeze play over at High School
04/21/2006 NEW YORK TIMES PUBLIC LIVES: An Advocate for the Hungry, With Appetites
04/17/2006 DAILY NEWS: Some last-minute advice for seniors on tax filing
04/16/2006 DAILY NEWS: Pols' plan gets (food) stamp of approval
04/13/2006 QUEENS CHRONICLE: Gioia Calls For Affordable Queens Blvd. Apartments
04/13/2006 QUEENS LEDGER: Pol wants Queens to be In the Zone
04/13/2006 QUEENS TIMES-LEDGER: Cut red tape to feed hungry New Yorkers (Op-Ed)
04/13/2006 QUEENS TRIBUNE: Speaker Picks Up Gioia’s Hunger Fight
04/09/2006 EPOCH TIMES: Community Groups Want Better Zoning in Queens
03/23/2006 DAILY NEWS: A push to block hike in city housing fees
03/22/2006 WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS: From NYU to City Hall
03/16/2006 EPOCH TIMES: Investigation Calls MTA Property 'Eyesore,'
03/12/2006 NEW YORK TIMES: Survey of M.T.A. Properties Finds Many Ill Maintained
03/10/2006 DAILY NEWS: Ripped-off IS 125 gets 250G for Cameras
03/09/2006 QUEENS LEDGER: City Hall Honors For St. Francis Prep's O'Connor!
02/14/2006 DAILY NEWS: Sharp Words on Air Rules. Pols: Weapons Now Permitted
02/09/2006 TIMES LEDGER: Gioia engages Gingrich on Bush's State of Union
02/09/2006 TIMES LEDGER: Gioia Bill to Check Drug Costs Online Signed
02/06/2006 DAILY NEWS: Pol Slams Cop-Killing Video Game
02/02/2006 QUEENS LEDGER: Gioia-YMCA Youth Basketball League '06
01/26/2006 TIMES LEDGER EDITORIAL: Bring on the greenway
01/23/2006 DAILY NEWS: Push for Queensbridge bank
01/22/2006 NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL: To Be Hungry in New York
01/19/2006 DAILY NEWS: City Needs to Stamp Out Hunger
01/16/2006 DAILY NEWS: Greenway Up and Running
01/15/2006 DAILY NEWS: Council Probe Hits Food Stamp Woes
01/08/2006 DAILY NEWS: Call It a Tax Break for the Not Wealthy
12/29/2005 NEW YORK POST: City Warns Consumers on Credit
12/29/2005 NEWSDAY: 'Charge it!' Can Ring Hollow for Years, City Report Warns
12/28/2005 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: At Nation's Largest Housing Project, Slow News is Good News
12/28/2005 QUEENS GAZETTE: Toy Donation Cheers Children
12/08/2005 QUEENS CHRONICLE: Pols Call for Affordable Housing at Queens West
11/23/2005 QUEENS CHRONICLE: City Councilman Joins Lawsuit to Force Clean Up of Oil Spill
10/17/2005 NEWSDAY EDITORIAL: 7,000 people need a bank