Environmental org. gives Rozic high score
Queens assemblywoman earns perfect marks from NYLCV for a third consecutive year
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
For a third consecutive
year, Assemblywoman Nily
Rozic has earned a perfect
score of 100 percent on the
New York League of Conservation
Voters’ 2019 Environmental
Scorecard.
The annual scorecard
selects the most impactful
environmental bills in each
legislative session and ranks
each member on whether they
voted in favor of key environmental
bills.
“This year’s legislative session
renewed New York’s commitment
to advancing bold
solutions addressing the realities
of climate change impacting
our communities,” Rozic
said. “I am proud to have contributed
with legislation paving
the way for the future of
green transportation and micro
mobility and look forward
to a continued partnership
with the New York League of
Conservation Voters.”
Rozic, who represents the
25th District in northeast
Queens, is the chair of the
Assembly’s Office of State-
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic
Federal Relations and serves
on the Assembly’s Consumer
Affairs and Protection; Corporations,
Authorities and
Commissions; Correction;
Energy; Labor; and Ways and
Means Committees.
This year, two of Rozic’s
bills were included as priority
bills for scoring: A4880, which
would require the New York
State Department of Transportation
to disclose information
on taxpayer-funded capital
projects, and A7431, which
would authorize local governments
to allow and regulate
the use of electric bicycles and
scooters. Both bills passed the
state Legislature and await
the governor’s signature.
Julie Tighe, president
of the New York League of
Conservation Voters, commended
Rozic on her perfect
score on this year’s State
Environmental Scorecard.
“She helped make 2019 one
of the most pro-environment
years in recent memory by
sponsoring a bill to legalize ebikes
and e-scooters and a bill
that requires a State Transportation
Plan,” Tighe said.
“This score shows she listened
to the voices of conservation
voters in Queens who asked
her to make the environment a
top priority.”
Legislators with a perfect
score of 100 include Senators
John Liu, Michael Gianaris,
Leroy Comrie and Joseph P.
Addabbo Jr. Assembly members
Daniel Rosenthal, Vivian
Cook and Andrew Hevesi received
100 percent.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by email at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4526.
Avella to run for old City Council seat in 2021
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Following former Senator
Tony Avella’s loss during the
11th Senate District election,
he all but disappeared. His social
media accounts remained
untouched since November
2018, save for a fewFacebookposts
advertising a yard sale
at his home in Whitestone.
His official LinkedIn account
lists him as “retired” since
January 2019.
But now the former IDC
member is ready to run for
office again. POLITICO
first reported on Board of
Elections records, which
showed that Avella registered
as a candidate for his
old City Council seat in District
19. Councilman Paul
Vallone currently holds the
position but faces term limits
in 2021, according to a
local newspaper.
Avella was councilman
from 2002 to 2009 and ran an
unsuccessful bid for mayor
in 2009. He then ran for senator
in District 11, unseating
longtime Republican Senator
Frank Padavan.
In 2014, Avella joined the
Independent Democratic
Conference (IDC) along with
seven other Democratic Senators.
The IDC was heavily criticized
for caucusing separately
from other Democrats in
the Senate.
That same year, Avella
won the Senate seat against
Senator John Liu by a margin
of fewer than 1,000 votes. But
in 2018, the former city comptroller
defeated Avella, securing
over 54 percent of the
votes last November. Avella,
who ran on third party lines,
earned only 21 percent of
the vote.
During his 2018 campaign,
a judge found that Avella accepted
$42,000 in State Independence
Tony Avella Photo via nysenate.gov
Campaign Committee
funds (SICC) after
the court and BOE ordered
former IDC members to relinquish
those funds. Avella
had taken approximately
$145,000 from the SICC fund
since 2016.
Reach reporter Jenna Bagcal
by email at jbagcal@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at
(718) 260–2583.
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