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Gonzales Rojas & A Queens Tale: How the Rich get Richer

Did Billionaire Cohen Place a Bet or a Buy on an NYS Senate Seat?

Thousands in Cohen-Affiliated Donations Flood Gonzales Rojas' Campaign in the Final Stretch of the Campaign, Followed by a Mysterious $850,000 PAC Donation

We Choose Jessica Ramos - but Read Below and Decide for Yourself

June 20, 2026 / Queens Politics & Government / Queens News NYC / NYS Election 2026 Queens NYC / Queens Buzz NYC / News Analysis & Opinion.

The Back Drop is an Out-of-Control System, Facilitated by the Supreme Court's Failed Decision, which Enables Billionaire Purchases of the Electorate, via Disinformative TV News Ads & a Media that No Longer Serves the Public

All too slowly, voters are waking up, to how their representatives, and thus government, are being purchased right in front of their eyes.

The biggest part of the problem, I have decided, is the corrupt billionaire-owned, network TV News, which is now controlled by about six billionaires, who have little competition in the TV News space. How this happened, beginning circa the 1980's, when billionaire Rupert Murdoch of Fox News started purchasing mass media outlets on our shores, is another story, for which there's not enough time between now and election day, Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

So for the moment, let's focus in on something we can take some positive action upon. And that is to vote for those candidates who will represent us when making decisions in Albany or Washington, D.C. One of the most important of these races, has been laid before the people of NYS Senate District 13, where NYS Senator Jessica Ramos is fighting to keep her seat.

We recommend voting for Jessica Ramos - and voting against Jessica Gonzales Rojas - because we believe Ramos has far more integrity than Gonzales Rojas. And voting for and electing politicians lacking in integrity is why things are so very messed up right now. But read what we've found below and decide for yourself.

Billionaire Steve Cohen, of SAC Capital Cheating Inc, Applies for Casino License

NYS Senator Jessica Ramos is fighting to keep her seat because she was about the only Queens government official who fought to stop billionaire Steve Cohen and affiliates from siezing control of Flushing Meadows Corona Parkland from the taxpaying public, to build a casino. Steve Cohen founded SAC Capital which was charged with huge insider trading violations, which they settled to $1.8 BILLION in fines and essentially agreed to stop trading for the public. Cohen bought the Mets and within a couple of years the Mets were caught cheating multiple times too. The cheating seemed to conveniently go on hiatus, when Cohen applied for an NYS casino license.

Click here for more context on Queens Steve Cohen and SAC Capital Insider Trading.

• CLICK here to read the rest of our story on Jessica Gonzales Rojas' campaign funded by the billionaire whose casino license Gonzales Rojas helped make possible?

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The Four Way NYS Congressional Race in Manhattan

ICE Profiteer Lasher, Former Palantir Professional Bores, Attorney Anti-Trumper Conway & Trust Fund JFK Grandson Schlossberg

We Prefer George Conway - but See What we Found below and Decide for Yourself

June 20, 2026 / Manhattan Politics & Government / Manhattan News NYC / NYS Election 2026 NYC / Manhattan Buzz NYC / News Analysis & Opinion.

The Back Drop is an Out-of-Control System, Facilitated by the Supreme Court's Failed Decision, which Enables Billionaire Purchases of the Electorate, via Disinformative TV News Ads & a Media that No Longer Serves the Public

All too slowly, voters are waking up, to how their representatives, and thus government, are being purchased right in front of their eyes.

The biggest part of the problem, I have decided, is the corrupt billionaire-owned, network TV News, which is now controlled by about six billionaires, who have little competition in the TV News space. How this happened, beginning circa the 1980's, when billionaire Rupert Murdoch of Fox News started purchasing mass media outlets on our shores, is another story, for which there's not enough time between now and election day, Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

So for the moment, let's focus in on something we can take some positive action upon. And that is to vote for those candidates who will represent us when making decisions in Albany or Washington, D.C. One of the most important of these races, has been laid before the people of U.S. Congressional District 12, where four well-funded, fairly well known, candidates are vying to replace Jerry Nadler.

District 12 was redistricted in 2023 and Nadler, originally representing NYS U.S. Congressional District 10, defeated Carolyn Maloney, who was the incumbent of NYS U.S. Congressional District 12, but which had been redistricted in Nadler's favor electorally. Nadler has represented this district for 34 years, so this will be a big change. Maloney has endorsed Bores. We choose George Conway.

• CLICK to read the rest of our report on the candidates running for NY District 12 including Alex Bores, George Conway, Micah Lasher & Jack Schlossberg.

QB 1144

Will Chuck Park Defeat Grace Meng in the Primary?

Can a Proverbial David, Chuck Park, Beat the Queens Machine Goliath, Grace Meng?

Updated June 22, 2026 v. 5.31.26 / Jackson Heights Queens Neighborhood / Queens Politics & Political News / Queens News / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz.

Late Sunday, on a beautiful afternoon, I headed over to attend a 'Dumplings & Dialogue' event hosted by the 6th Congressional District House candidate, Chuck Park, at Kabab King in Jackson Heights.  The Park campaign's volunteer press liaison, had reached out to me a few times, with compelling narratives that caught my interest. 

In the photo above or at right shows Chuck Park with some of the volunteers who participated in the Dumplings and Dialogue campaign event hosted by 6th District Congressional candidate. Standing next to Chuck is Noor Shams who is a food writer,community organizer and cofounder of Alaap NYC - https://www.alaapnyc.com - and Rachel Gurjar who is a chef, cookbook author and culinary creative - https://www.rachelgurjar.com/about/. As you can see here and will see below, the campaign seems to have attracted a young, diverse, energetic group of volunteers.

The Park campaign narratives sent to me by the volunteer press liaison, included: Meng's acceptance of big money donations, Meng's support for sending billions in unconditional aid to Israel, Park's opposition to the awarding of a casino license to a billionaire tied to one of the largest insider trading scandals by a hedge fund in modern history [aka the firm was caught cheating] and Meng's lack of achievement in doing anything meaningful for the immigrant families of Queens which make up about half the borough's population.  That Chuck Park's campaign had put together a simple, but resonant narrative, as to why Meng should be replaced, struck a chord, as I began my effort to delve more deeply into the two candidates of this contest.  Park's effort to unseat Meng sounded viable, which has not been the case for well over a decade.

Grace Meng first won her congressional seat back in 2012.  The Joe Crowley-led, Queens County Democratic machine, placed his cousin, Elizabeth Crowley's, name on the primary ballot, which pundits believed was to siphon votes away from Rory Lancman, who was a leading contender. Elizabeth Crowley held an NYC Council position at the time, and did not appear to campaign seriously, supporting this hypothesis.  Meng won with less than 51% of the vote, but it was more than enough, as Crowley had made it a three-way race and had taken 16% of the vote. The Crowleys are no longer the influential people they once were in Queens politics, and it's possible that tricks like this contributed to their descent. The deadline for a trick like this has passed, as the final day to place a name on the ballot was May 19, 2026.

Who is Chuck Park?

CLICK here to read more about the election contest in the NYS 6th Congressional District where Chuck Park is challenging Grace Meng.

Early Voting Begins - Cliff Notes / Crib Notes Election Guide on Select Primary Races

Early Voting runs until Sunday, June 21, 2026. Election day is Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

LINK

https://www.vote.nyc/page/find-your-poll-site

Below is a brief election guide [the cliff notes], on who we think are the best candidates, in a number of the contests with which we have become familiar. We will expound on our rationale for having chosen these candidates next week, but wanted to get this out there now, as Early Voting begins Saturday. Basically we've favored candidates who we believe are qualified, and who will demonstrate more integrity to serving you than serving the people who fund their campaigns to pay for all of those dishonest TV News attack ads.

• Manhattan. We choose George Conway for Congress on the UWS - not either of the two 'chosen heirs / successors' like Jack Schlossberg [Kennedy] and Micah Lasher [Nadler], nor JStreet backed and Democratic machine supported Alex Bores. Bores has been accused of inappropriate behavior. Conway is qualified [an attorney], knows his way around D.C. as the former husband of Kellyanne Conway [former Trump campaign manager & senior advisor], and he promises to be a thorn in Trump's side for the next two years, far more than he had been while his ex-wife had worked for Trump. To get involved see - https://www.georgeconwayforcongress.com

• Manhattan. We choose Layla Law-Gisiko for NYC City Council - not Carl Wilson nor Lindsey Boylan nor Leslie Boghosian Murphy - see previous report on this race. Layla Law-Gisiko for NYC Council vs Carl Wilson. She may not be actively campaigning, but she's still actively fighting for the community [see her Instagram page] - https://www.laylaforny.com

• Brooklyn. We choose Brad Lander for Congress - because he will represent all New Yorkers, versus AIPAC funded and Democratic machine supported Dan Goldman. To get involved see - https://linktr.ee/bradlander

• Queens. We choose Chuck Park for Congress Flushing - not Democratic machine supported, absentee Congresswoman Meng, who's received nearly $1 million in AIPAC and related funding, and who supports unconditional funding of Israel's imperialistic expansionist efforts - see prior report on this race. Chuck Park running for Congress vs Grace Meng Queens. To get involved see - https://chuckforqueens.com

• Queens. We choose Claire Valdez for Congress Qns & Bk - not the wealthy real estate developers and Democratic machine favored candidates Reynoso or Won [report coming next week]. To get involved see - https://clairevaldezforcongress.com/

• Queens. We choose Jessica Ramos for NYS Senate Jackson Heights - not Democratic machine supported Gonzales Rojas, whose partner is paid a six figure salary, which comes from a nonprofit, that reportedly accepted generous donations made by entities affiliated with Insider Trading plagued billionaire, Steve Cohen. While Gonzales Rojas' husband was accepting the billionaire's indirect donations, a company affiliated with the billionaire sought and received approval for a casino license next to CitiField which includes transferring control of public parkland into private control - thanks in part to Gonzales Rojas' actions / non actions [scroll down for 6.10.26 report]. To get involved see - https://www.ramosforstatesenate.com/

• FYI - AIPAC - the American Israeli Political Action Committee. Recently AIPAC has become the poster person for appearing to buy influence in the U.S. federal government. AIPAC has been working the political influence game since the 1950's and Israel has received over $300 BILLION [in today's dollars] of U.S. taxpayer handouts. As Israel has a population of only 10 million, that's the equivalent of EACH PERSON living in Israel receiving $30,000 of our money for free.
  • Israel doesn't fund their own wars, even though they have a $600 billion economy and one of the higher standards of living in the world. We, the American people do. This is in part, why our government can't afford to do more to help its citizens with healthcare and education, while the Israelis' government can. And billionaire TV News doesn't inform us, because at least one owner [Rupert Murdoch of Fox News] appears to have his hand in the till [look up Genie Energy on illegally occupied Syrian Golan Heights]. All of the top billionaire TV News owners have shown an interest in Israel, including some with documented business interests, like Murdoch above. Here's a link to learn more about who's accepting money from AIPAC and affiliated donors. It will help you better understand what's been going on under our noses, and why our taxpayer dollars are funding Israeli wars, instead of U.S. education, healthcare and infrastructure. Compare that with the Israelis, whose government has been increasing support, while ours cuts back. Trump's fraudulent campaign slogan was America First. but Trump's policies reveal his real policy agenda puts middle and working class Americans Last.
  • But on some level these failures are also the voters' fault for not paying closer attention. Voters have been failing miserably to do their voting homework - to make sure they're getting accurate information from reliable sources, and sources who actually have their best interests at heart - BEFORE they go into the voting booth. TV Talk is cheap relative to the returns taken from public wealth, so pay attention to media and pols' actions and follow the money - https://www.trackaipac.com/congress.

• FYI - Open Secrets - a nonprofit that tracks donations to politicians. Don't stop with AIPAC, because there are numerous other selfish interests out there doing the same [just not as long, nor as effectively as AIPAC]. Here's another information source that TV News fails to disclose as well, to help voters understand who's funding all of those dishonest TV News attack ads. You can start following the money on your own, because the TV News featherweight anchors appear unaware, or just plain don't care - https://www.opensecrets.org
• We will have more about the primary races, including some important background material, about how the Democratic Party is working hard to maintain their inept colleagues and incompetents of the status quo. The Democratic Party Machine has been using their leverage to pressure union heads to make endorsements of status quo candidates, that were not voted upon by union members - only union leadership. And the Democratic Machines has been leveraging their ties to their billionaire TV News allies, who have been using their influence to distract voters with a relentless barrage of nonsense news that distracts from and ignores the incredible deficiencies of the Democratic party incumbents.
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