Council District 19: City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) is calling on the city Police Department to dismiss all summonses written by a Queens traffic agent whom the councilman alleges was driving recklessly and running stop signs in Whitestone last week. Comment.

Council District 19: City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) joined concerned parents at Whitestone’s Holy Trinity School this week to criticize city cuts to private schools that would require the institutions to pay to keep nurses on their staffs. Comment.

Council District 19: City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said city budget cuts could likely force firehouses throughout the five boroughs to shut down, but sites in his district have not been targeted at this point. Comment.

Council District 19: Queens’ struggling hospitals and small businesses will be the proving ground for the sweeping health reform legislation passed by Congress Sunday and signed into law by President Barack Obama Tuesday Comment.

Council District 19: Tension is brewing between City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece over Halloran’s role in appointing members to the board, which covers Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck. Comments (2).

Council District 19: Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) is eligible to receive additional funding from the city, but the newly elected councilman for northeast Queens said the money could have been more useful during last fall’s campaign season and that it must all go toward paying off debts accrued for mailing and printing costs. Comment.