Sentences with phrase «65th district seat»

CHINATOWN — Constituents will soon get a chance to grill the six candidates vying for disgraced former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver's 65th District seat, currently filled by Alice Cancel.

LOWER MANHATTAN — Democratic candidate Alice Cancel won a tight race in the special election for disgraced former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver's 65th District seat.

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The Truman club was Silver's old club, and cancel wound up winning the seat with support and help from Silver's longtime friend and Chief of Staff Judy Rapfogel, Cancel then ended up losing the 65th Assembly District seat to Yuh - Line Niou in a contested Democratic Primary later that same year (more on the Truman Club in a minute).

The race for Silver's former seat in the 65th Assembly District has drawn one of the biggest and most ethnically diverse fields of candidates this year — despite the fact that it is now just one of 150 Assembly seats and no longer controlled by one of the state's most powerful figures.

The candidates for the 65th Assembly District seat in lower Manhattan that Silver held for decades include Democrat Alice Cancel, who was nominated with help from Silver's still - powerful political club.

In the 65th District of Manhattan, one of New York's most ethnically diverse, six candidates are vying for the Assembly seat that Mr. Silver had held for nearly four decades.

Chang, a native of Chinatown, said he was inspired to seek the 65th State Assembly District seat because he was «so angry at how things were getting done in Albany.»

The vacant seats were in the 59th, 62nd and 65th Assembly Districts, as well as the 9th Senate District.

By law, Silver was automatically expelled from his 65th Assembly District seat upon the Manhattan federal jury's guilty verdict.

Cuomo will likely set a date for a special election to fill Silver's Lower East Side seat, with the 65th District Democratic County Committee taking a leading role in naming a candidate.

If you live in Manhattan's 65th State Assembly district (the Financial District, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Little Italy and Battery Park City), you'll be voting for an assembly member to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who'd held his seat for nearly 40 years before a federal jury found him guilty in November on charges of fraud, extortion and money laudistrict (the Financial District, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Little Italy and Battery Park City), you'll be voting for an assembly member to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who'd held his seat for nearly 40 years before a federal jury found him guilty in November on charges of fraud, extortion and money lauDistrict, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Little Italy and Battery Park City), you'll be voting for an assembly member to replace former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who'd held his seat for nearly 40 years before a federal jury found him guilty in November on charges of fraud, extortion and money laundering.