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By Colin Campbell 7:30pm

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Vallone Ranger: Harley-Riding Political Scion Vies to Be Queens’ Rebel-in-Chief

“Queens is discriminated against on an almost daily basis,” Councilman Peter Vallone told Politicker last week at Dark Horse, a restaurant near his City Council office.

“Things happen to Queens that would never happen to another borough,” he said, sipping a Stella Artois and taking bites of blackened salmon. “They’d never rename the Brooklyn Bridge. They’d never rename the Manhattan Bridge. Queensboro Bridge is renamed, nobody says a peep. Nobody makes a peep other than me.”

Mr. Vallone, a candidate for borough president, complains that Queens “hasn’t had a bully in the pulpit,” and he would like to change that. Read More

By Ross Barkan 12/10/12 2:59pm

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Peter Vallone to Officially Announce Queens BP Bid

Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. will announce his bid for Queens Borough President tomorrow, a Democratic source with knowledge of Mr. Vallone’s plans confirmed. Mr. Vallone will make his announcement at his father’s holiday party in Astoria. Peter Vallone Sr., the former City Council Speaker, is hosting the bash at the restaurant Don Coqui. The invitation noted the event will include “an announcement as to Council Member Vallone’s future political plans at the party, because he wants those closest to know first!” Read More

By Hunter Walker 10/01/12 11:42am

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Councilman Peter Vallone's Twitter avatar. (Photo: Twitter)

Peter Vallone: ‘I’m Just Learning the Twitter Thing’

Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. has long maintained a prolific and popular presence on Facebook, but last month, he added Twitter to his social media repertoire. Though Mr. Vallone started sending tweets September 12, New York City politicos somehow didn’t seem to see the account until last week. As soon as we heard the news Mr. Vallone joined Twitter we reached out to discuss his plans for his posts on the site, whether he’ll be maintaining his Facebook page and speculation he may run for Queens Borough President or District Attorney once he’s term-limited out of the Council at the end of next year.

“I’m just learning the Twitter thing. I don’t even know how to respond or anything like that. I’m not sure what happens once I tweet…I don’t know how to check to see if people paid attention to my tweet. I’m just learning this stuff,” said Mr. Vallone. Read More

By Hunter Walker 5/03/12 4:36pm

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Peter Vallone Says David Segal Should ‘Beg Forgiveness’ Before Getting His Job Back

Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. is not happy that he and controversial Council aide David Segal will be working in the same building again. Mr. Segal is back in the office of Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez after he was initially fired when the news broke that he served time in federal prison for attempting to torch an Army recruitment center in the Bronx in 2005.

“I didn’t think it was possible for this episode to get more embarassing, but it just did,” Mr. Vallone told The Politicker. Read More

By Hunter Walker 3/13/12 10:49am

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Peter Vallone on his motorcycle. (Photo: Facebook)

Peter Vallone Chases Down Rogue Dirtbiker

Councilman and motorcyclist Peter Vallone doesn’t like when his fellow bikers flout the rules of the road. Mr. Vallone saw a man on a dirtbike riding inside Astoria Park yesterday and he chased the rogue rider down to report him to the police.

“hey guy with the dirtbike, i saw you run it up into astoria park and ran your tail down with my bike and wrote down your license,” Mr. Vallone wrote on his Facebook page last night.  Read More

By Hunter Walker 3/09/12 12:30pm

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Peter Vallone Says Attorney General Eric Holder Has No Business Criticizing The NYPD

In a post on his Facebook wall last night, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. slammed Attorney General Eric Holder for weighing in on the controversy over the NYPD’s widespread surveillance of the Muslim community. Mr. Vallone cited Mr. Holder’s role in the “Fast and Furious” scandal where the ATF lost guns used in a sting operation and said the attorney general has no business criticizing the NYPD.

“just heard AG Holder is ‘concerned’ about the NYPD . really? you’re concerned about surveillance that anyone with a computer and a car could do but apparently unconcerned that you ‘lost’ 2000 firearms to drug dealers and terrorists to use against the NYPD???,” Mr. Vallone wrote. Read More

By Hunter Walker 3/08/12 9:02am

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Peter Vallone Jr. (Photo: New York City Council)

Peter Vallone Goes Hollywood

TMZ normally chronicles the world of Hollywood stars and reality TV trainwrecks, but yesterday, the celebrity obsessed news site journeyed into “The Vallone Zone” and interviewed Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. about his boycott of the ABC show GCB. Mr. Vallone is upset about the show, which is based on a book called Good Christian Bitches, because he views its original title as an “outrageous attack on the Christian faith.”

“You would never, ever see this even considered when it comes to a different religion, a title of this type,” Mr. Vallone said in his appearance on the web show TMZ Live. “I don’t think the word should be used in a title to begin with, I mean it just shows you how far down we’ve come to be discussing a title like this. I think it’s ridiculous.” Read More

By Hunter Walker 2/22/12 6:36pm

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Peter Vallone Jr. (Photo: New York City Council)

Peter Vallone Is Thankful No One Was Hit With ‘A Chunk of ‘Ed Koch”

Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., The Politicker’s favorite social media political pundit, responded to the news about a piece of the Queensboro bridge falling on a passing car with a Facebook post criticizing the money spent renaming the bridge after former Mayor Ed Koch and expressing the hope he never has to read about a “chunk of Ed Koch.’”

“i guess we should have spent all that sign changing money on repairing the bridge??” Mr. Vallone asked. Read More