Comments for The Carrozza Work Ethic: Not in the District, Not in Albany at http://www.urbanelephants.com , comment 1 to 14 out of 14 comments http://www.urbanelephants.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:32:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4760 "Carrozza’s alleged offense seems to be she had briefly moved to Nassau County but has now returned to Bayside. What’s going on here?" That's what's wrong. she moved out of the district she represents. If you don't have a problem with that F.S, then why don't we see if there are any smart people living in North Dakota who want to represent us. By your standard, we don't need residency requirements any longer... "Where is the perspective of those who are denouncing Anni Is her residence really more important that the bizarre antics and disgraceful crimes associated with some of the Senate officials in Albany?" So you are saying she's a moron, but she's not the worst moron in Albany so she should be free from criticism for moving outside of her district because she couldn't find anywhere inside the district that was good enough for her to live in? That makes no sense, F.H. If you want to vote for her, but I don't think that we should allow representatives to discard the law just because others are breaking more laws.... - Jay Golub Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:55:11 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4749 Why is Ann-Margaret Carrozza being targeted? Thursday, July 30, 2009 Why has Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza received such criticism in the press during the past weeks, with no less than two news stories, two letters, an editorial, and two pictures just in the last three issues of the TimesLedger, and I suspect more will come? What could she possibly have done to merit such extremely negative attention? Is she one of the elected officials who recently pled guilty to a crime and resigned or has just entered jail? Has she been indicted for an act of violence, like slashing someone’s face? Was she forced to resign after a sex scandal and using state police as spies? Did she arrogantly conspire with other officials to change local term limits to benefit themselves or threaten to arrest” the state Senate for defying her will, like a Third World despoti Is she accused of “incompetence” or being part of the “Albany Circus”? No, no, no, to all of the above? Carrozza’s alleged offense seems to be she had briefly moved to Nassau County but has now returned to Bayside. What’s going on here? Having read all the coverage Ann and her family have gotten in the press, I am not convinced Carrozza is guilty of anything other than some poor judgment. In the 13 years since she was first elected as our local Assembly representative, I have always found Ann responsive to our local concerns - so much so that the East Bayside Homeowners Association Inc. awarded her with one of our Community Service Awards several years ago. She and her staff have been prompt to respond to my E.B.H.A. calls/letters regarding state-jurisdiction concerns or occasional meeting requests. While I am a Republican and she is a Democrat, I have nonetheless voted for her several times, due to her work for us. Neither Ann nor anyone else has asked me to write this letter, and indeed I am not a close personal friend of hers. I remain impressed, however, by what I see as her warmth and sincerity as per the Easter plant left on my porch a few years ago signed “Ann,” and her attendance at the jam-packed fund-raiser for the Hilsdorf family at Sacred Heart Church, four months ago, where I introduced Ann (and Senator Frank Padavan and Council candidate Dan Halloran) to the family members. Where is the perspective of those who are denouncing Anni Is her residence really more important that the bizarre antics and disgraceful crimes associated with some of the Senate officials in Albany? What is going on here? Frank Skala East Bayside Homeowners Association Bayside - F.S. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:16:06 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4698 Exclusive AG Cuomo probing Assemblywoman Carrozza over out of district mansion BY John Lauinger DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, July 27th 2009, 4:00 AM Monaster/News New York State Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza talks to the New York Daily News Editorial Board. Related NewsArticlesCarrozza's poor attendanceBrake on Carrozza's tax breakCarrozza represents Queens, but is living large on L.I. Gold Coast Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating whether Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza broke state law by living in a Long Island mansion instead of her Queens district. Cuomo's office launched the probe in response to an exclusive Daily News report that revealed the Democratic lawmaker claimed in a mortgage document that the Glen Head, L.I., manse would be her "principal residence," sources said. Carrozza took out the mortgage when she bought the mansion for $1.8 million in June 2008, some five months before she was reelected in her Bayside, Queens, district. State law requires a legislator to live within his or her district for a year prior to the general election and to maintain a residence in the district while in office. Cuomo's investigators - armed with statements Carrozza has made to The News - are focusing on whether she filed a false business document when she took out the $1 million mortgage, the sources said. Carrozza, who has vowed to run for reelection next year, said she welcomes Cuomo's probe. "I am confident he will find that at all times I have maintained my primary residence right here in Bayside," she said. That claim contradicts her mortgage pledge and statements she previously made to The News. The mortgage papers Carrozza signed state the posh Gold Coast digs would be her "principal residence within 60 days" and "for at least one year" thereafter. Cuomo's probers are examining whether Carrozza, 42, was able to obtain a more favorable interest rate with that assertion, the sources said. When The News confronted Carrozza about her residency on June 25, she said she's lived in the manse with her hubby and two kids since February. "My primary residence is in Bayside - and we're temporarily renting that out," she said, referring to a Bayside home she owns. The family had outgrown the Bayside pad, she explained, and had a deal for bigger Bayside digs. They moved to the mansion out of necessity, she said, when the deal fell apart after they had an agreement with their tenants. "Hopefully, we will sell this house and be back in Bayside within a couple of months," she said, referring to the mansion. Carrozza also owns a Bayside co-op, noting in the June interview that her mother lives there. She told Daily News editors on July 14 she has been living in the 205th St. co-op since early July. She said she spent months fixing up the place - adding a headboard to her bed and repairing closet shelves. "I did a few little odds and ends," she said, refusing to say how many nights a week she would stay there. Cuomo's investigators last week began interviewing her 205th St. neighbors to find out how much time she spends there, the sources said. jlauinger@nydailynews.com - Ms. A. Rojas Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:20:43 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4679 Rob is a good man. He has done terrific things in fighting graffiti vandalism in NW Queens, as well as other civic stuff! I hope he runs again! - Hypocrisy Highlighter Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:13:14 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4649 I think we can count on Assemblywoman Carrozza to cling desperately to power. That gives the GOP more than a year to kick her around. Barring indictment or a primary loss, she'll be running in 2010. - Quickjustice Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:17:13 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4648 http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/07/23/bayside/bayside_times/news/bayside_times_newsiqotpov07222009.txt - MarcusTullius Cicero Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:26:32 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4519 'Abysmal' attendance record are latest woes for Queens Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2009/07/15/2009-07-15_posh_pols_latest_woes_her_abysmal_attendance_record.html She should resign! She's a disgrace! Shame on the voters of her district if they keep re-electing her. - Octavia Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:25:00 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4427 http://www.queenscourier.com/articles/2009/07/06/news/top_stories/doc4a52588be5dac364332689.txt from the Queens Courier newspaper - Cicero Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:54:14 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4385 http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/07/06/2009-07-06_just_go_home_queens_assemblywoman_lives_in_bigbucks_li_mansion_.html The Daily News editorial pages SLAM Carrozza... "Time was, city politicians at least had the good graces to be ashamed when they were caught in the suburbs. Not Carrozza. Her preening for the camera exemplified the above-the-rules contempt that has become epidemic in Albany." "Carrozza also takes her constituents for morons." ...how long will it take for her to resign at this point? The only problem for the GOP is that this story broke at this point in the election cycle. If she decides to stay in office, it may be helpful by 2010, but if she resigns any time soon, there will be no special election, which has tended to benefit Republicans recently. Instead, her race could just be piggy-backed onto the 2009 general, which would tend to favor the Democratic party... - Jay Golub Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:12:59 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4383 ok., that link is a bit screwy. I know I can figure it out and get it to work but it's not working the way it's set up right now. Why would there be no special election? I - Daniel Peterson Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:34:33 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4382 i moved this comment to one below to fix the link... - Jay Golub Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:17:46 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4350 Why would someone so brazenly do these things if not for the fact that she, like most Democrats in Albany, feels that she is above being responsive and responsible to her constituency? This is the ultimate rallying cry for Republicans in NY State and City. It's time for all of us to come together to fight against these types of elected representatives. Does Sheldon Silver know that Carrozza is officially a Nassau County resident? The fact that she answered the question from the media so easily makes me believe that this is no secret at all - it's more a known fact that Silver has agreed to allow. If he didn't know about, now he does. Asking someone to step down from an Assembly position that she not only doesn't deserve because of residency requirement failure but because she doesn't even bother to show up to make critical votes, is not a big step for any leader of any branch. Silver should call for her to step down and run in the district in NY She actually lives in, NOW!!! If not, Silver himself should be challenged for action and protest. If Queens residents ever wonder why their views aren't being heard in Albany, one only needs to look at the record of Mrs. Carrozza - or the lack-there-of. It's no surprise that non-outer-borough representatives at all levels ignore our demands and needs - like with the commuter tax or with tolling all the east river bridges or the lack of support for Mayoral control of the schools or in the excessive levels of taxation being imposed by Albany. Queens voters should protest this insensitive actions of Assemblywoman Carrozza. And when they do, leaders in Albany and NYC should respond with ACTION.... - Jay Golub Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:31 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4349 I think a strongly worded letter is not strong enough. How about we storm her district office, or at least hold a rally. She needs to know this is not acceptable. She needs to be fired. - Reaganite Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:59:36 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1040-the-carrozza-work-ethic-not-in-the-district-not-in-albany.html#comment-4348 I also suggest a strongly worded letter written and delivered to Hon. Sheldon Silver, the current Speaker of the New York State Assembly. With Silver's standards for members of his chamber it would be most appropriate that he address this issue, as well as the Assembly Minority Leader. - Daniel Peterson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:39:08 +0100