Mr. Banks said he plans to challenge Charles Barron, the avowedly radical former East New York councilman, for the open State Assembly seat vacated by Ms. Barron after she won Mr. Barron's
City Council race last year.
Not exact matches
But Democrats late
last year reached a unity pact for the Senate
races, which include filling a district formerly represented by Ruben Diaz, now on the
city Council, that is meant to bring together the Independent Democratic Conference and the mainline conference.
Small campaigns in lower - visibility
races (like those for school board or
city council) should seriously consider dropping some
last - minute cash on geotargeted Facebook ads, BTW.
City Council contenders Kevin Kim and Dan Halloran answered tough questions about issues in the
race to replace Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) at an East Bayside Homeowners Association candidates forum
last week.
The July filing with the state Campaign Finance Board revealed that state Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village) and state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) will be facing competition during this fall's primary from upstart Democrats Clyde Vanel and Lynn Nunes, respectively, who challenged other longtime incumbents in
last year's
City Council races.
Today
City Council Watch spoke with Guillermo Linares, former
Council Member from District 10 in Upper Manhattan, who has jumped into the
race midstream following the resignation of Miguel Martinez
last month.
The
race between the incumbent and the 25 - year - old real estate business owner has been heating up over the
last couple of weeks with Nunes garnering support from various gay rights groups and supporters, including
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan).
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Simmering Republican Party tensions over the Mid-Island
City Council primary and
last year's South Shore Assembly
race have burst into the open, with
City Councilman James Oddo saying he and borough GOP chair Robert Scamardella haven't spoken since August.
At the
last public forum in the
race to become the next speaker of the
City Council, seven of the eight men contending for the
Council's top leadership spot took turns making their argument for why they would be the right person to continue Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's legacy of protecting and promoting the cause of women, transgender, and gender non-conforming New Yorkers.
In other
races, DID
last night decided to support John Liu for mayor, Daniel Squadron for Public Advocate, Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President and Rosie Mendez for
City Council in District 2.
The Real Estate Board of New York, which raised $ 750,000 from business leaders
last year to back mostly GOPers against WFPers in
City Council races, just hired Bloomberg administration veteran James Whelan for a similar push this year against WFP - backed Senate candidates.
According to a poll released
last week, Weiner would be a strong contender in the mayoral
race, with 15 percent of the vote, trailing only behind current
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who polled at 26 percent.
When Democratic Shawn Wooden withdrew from the Hartford mayor's
race last June 30 and said that he would instead run for
city council, he said that Malloy had urged him to put his «differences aside» with Democratic incumbent Mayor Pedro Segarra.
In New York
City, the Hotel Trades Council spent nearly $ 100,000 in the city's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful race for Council speaker last y
City, the Hotel Trades
Council spent nearly $ 100,000 in the
city's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful race for Council speaker last y
city's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful
race for
Council speaker
last year.
City Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain's announcement
last week that she will decline public matching funds has prompted others in the
race for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat to criticize the move, saying she is ditching a program meant to level the financial playing field and could now far outspend her opponents.
Fueled by competitive Bronx
Council races and the debate about development at the Kingsbridge Armory (which turned into one of the biggest stories in the
city last December), we topped out at 877 posts.
Margaret Chin made history
last night, coasting to an easy win in the District 1
City Council race.
Mr. Parker, who ran unsuccessfully for a
City Council seat
last year, won in a largely Caribbean district in a
race with two other candidates, besides Mr. Dear.
The
city's largest municipal employee union announced its picks last Thursday for this year's City Council ra
city's largest municipal employee union announced its picks
last Thursday for this year's
City Council ra
City Council races.
In the
race for the
last of six
City Council seats, Silverman increased her lead over Connolly from 15 votes to 21.
In the tight
race for the
last of six
City Council seats, Democrat Marsha Silverman gained three votes over Republican Matthew Connolly and, according to the new count, beat him 2,426 votes to 2,403.
Members of Downtown Independent Democrats (DID) made their choice
last night, choosing newcomer Jenifer Rajkumar in the 1st District
race over first - term
City Council member Margaret Chin.
But Rensselaer County has refused to release them to Carmella Mantello, who lost a
race for an at - large Troy
City Council seat
last fall by 65 votes.
In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several
races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful
City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in
City Hall
last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.
Mail - in votes swing outcome for
last seat in Paterson
council race for Flavio Rivera A little after 9 o'clock on election night, City Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending
council race for Flavio Rivera A little after 9 o'clock on election night,
City Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending
Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending defeat.
• 2Dark — # 4.80 * • Aaero — # 6.00 • Aaero 1000 Days wasted: Drum & Bass Pack — # 2.39 • Air Guitar Warrior For Kinect — # 6.00 * • Alien: Isolation Season Pass — # 5.00 * • Ark: Aberration — # 13.59 • Ark: Scorched Earth — # 9.59 • Ark: Survival Evolved — # 29.99 • Ark: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition — # 50.99 • Ark: Survival Evolved Season Pass — # 25.19 • Assassin's Creed Chronicles — Trilogy — # 8.00 • Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag — # 6.40 • Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag — Season Pass — # 5.28 • Assassin's Creed Origins — # 32.99 • Assassin's Creed Origins — Deluxe Edition — # 37.79 • Assassin's Creed Origins — Gold Edition — # 47.99 • Assassin's Creed Origins — Horus Pack — # 4.49 • Assassin's Creed Origins — Roman Centurion Pack — # 4.49 • Assassin's Creed Origins — The Curse Of The Pharaohs — # 11.99 • Assassin's Creed Origins — The Hidden Ones — # 5.99 • Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered — # 17.49 • Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection — # 16.00 • Assassin's Creed Triple Pack: Black Flag, Unity, Syndicate — # 28.00 • Assassin's Creed Unity — # 10.00 • Assault Android Cactus — # 7.79 • Battle Ages — Town Of Gems (550)-- # 2.00 • Battle Islands — Exclusive Battle Over Berlin Bundle — # 4.00 • Blood Bowl 2 — # 4.00 • Blood Bowl 2 — Legendary Edition — # 11.88 • Burnout Paradise Remastered — # 24.49 * • Chess Ultra — # 5.99 • Demetrios — The Big Cynical Adventure — # 4.00 * • Destiny 2 — # 22.00 * • Destiny 2 — Digital Deluxe Edition — # 45.00 * • Destiny 2 — Game + Expansion Pass Bundle — # 40.00 * • Divinity: Original Sin — Enhanced Edition — # 8.75 • Enigmatis 3: The Shadow Of Karkhala — # 8.99 • Farming Simulator 17 — # 8.00 • Farming Simulator 17 — Big Bud Pack — # 8.03 • Farming Simulator 17 — Kuhn Equipment Pack — # 8.03 • Farming Simulator 17 — Platinum Edition — # 20.00 • Farming Simulator 17 — Platinum Expansion — # 13.59 • Farming Simulator 17 — Premium Edition — # 15.00 • Farming Simulator 17 — Ropa Pack — # 5.43 • Farming Simulator 17 — Season Pass — # 18.75 • For Honor Deluxe Edition — # 18.90 * • For Honor Gold Edition — # 28.05 * • For Honor Season Pass — # 12.00 * • Game Of Thrones — Season Pass (Episodes 2 - 6)-- # 6.40 • Game Of Thrones — The Complete First Season (Episodes 1 - 6)-- # 6.40 • Gems of War — Guild Elite — # 4.00 • Gems of War — Lapina Avatar Pack — # 2.00 • Gems of War — Legendary Starter Pack — # 27.99 • Gridd: Retroenhanced — # 5.75 • Hand Of Fate 2 — # 21.24 • Handball 17 — # 10.00 * • Hawken — Starter Pack — # 1.20 • Hello Neighbor — # 16.79 • Indie Bundle: Shiness And Seasons After Fall — # 15.00 • Iron Wings — # 9.79 • Just Cause 3 — # 5.00 * • Just Cause 3 XL Edition — # 8.00 * • Just Cause 3: Air, Land & Sea Expansion Pass — # 3.00 * • Just Cause 3: Bavarium Sea Heist — # 1.44 * • Just Cause 3: Mech Land Assault — # 2.88 * • Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress — # 2.88 * • Killing Floor 2 — # 15.00 • Mantis Burn
Racing — # 6.00 • Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: The Telltale Series — Episode 1 — # 2.60 • Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: The Telltale Series — Season Pass (Episodes 2 - 5)-- # 7.20 • Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: The Telltale Series — The Complete Season (Episodes 1 - 5)-- # 9.60 • Metro:
Last Light Redux — # 4.00 * • Mirror's Edge Catalyst — # 5.00 * • Mordheim:
City Of The Damned — # 7.50 • Mordheim:
City Of The Damned — Complete DLC Pack — # 8.00 • Mordheim:
City Of The Damned — Complete Edition — # 13.20 • Morphite — # 4.80 • Nightmares From The Deep 3: Davy Jones — # 8.03 • Nine Parchments — # 11.19 • Outlast 2 — # 7.92 • Penarium — # 1.80 * • Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 — # 4.50 * • Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition — # 6.25 * • Prominence Poker — Made Bundle — # 1.20 • Q.u.b.e. 2 — # 15.99 • Redout — Mars Pack — # 2.80 • Redout — Space Exploration Pack — # 5.35 • Redout: Lightspeed Edition — # 16.00 • Seasons After Fall — # 4.00 • Sherlock Holmes: Crimes And Punishments — # 5.00 • Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom — # 6.25 • Slime Rancher — # 9.59 • Spintires: Mudrunner — # 17.50 • Styx: Master Of Shadows — # 6.00 • Styx: Master Of Shadows + Styx: Shards Of Darkness — # 13.75 • Styx: Shards Of Darkness — # 7.79 • Tesla Vs Lovecraft — # 17.99 • The
Council — Complete Season — # 17.99 • The
Council — Episode 1: The Mad Ones — # 5.11 • The Escapists — # 3.75 * • The Escapists: The Walking Dead — # 3.75 * • The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing III — # 8.39 • The Sims 4 — # 22.50 * • The Sims 4
City Living — # 17.50 * • The Sims 4 Cool Kitchen Stuff — # 5.99 * • The Sims 4 Deluxe Party Edition — # 27.50 * • The Sims 4 Dine Out — # 10.79 * • The Sims 4 Luxury Party Stuff — # 5.99 * • The Sims 4 Perfect Patio Stuff — # 5.99 * • The Sims 4 Romantic Garden Stuff — # 5.99 * • The Sims 4 Vampires — # 10.79 * • The Sims 4 Vintage Glamour Stuff — # 5.99 * • The Surge — # 13.20 • The Surge: A Walk In The Park — # 8.03 • The Surge: Complete Edition — # 14.85 • The Technomancer — # 8.75 • Thehunter: Call Of The Wild — # 25.59 • Thumper — # 6.40 • Tour De France 2017 — # 8.75 • Transcripted — # 4.79 • Trulon: The Shadow Engine — # 8.00 * • UFC 3 — # 35.99 • UFC 3 Deluxe Edition — # 47.99 • Warhammer Bundle: Mordheim And Blood Bowl 2 — # 20.00 • Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide — # 9.60 • Worms W.M.D — # 6.60 * • Xcom 2 — # 14.85 * • Xcom 2 Collection — # 40.00 * • Xcom 2 Digital Deluxe Edition — # 18.81 * • Xcom 2: War Of The Chosen — # 26.24 * • Zombie Driver Ultimate Edition — # 10.79 *
Xbox One 2Dark ($ 6) Aaero «Enhanced» ($ 7.50) Aaero 1000 Days Wasted Drum & Bass Pack ($ 2.99) Air Guitar Warrior for Kinect ($ 7.50) Alien Isolation: Season Pass ($ 7.50) Ark: Aberration ($ 16.99) Ark: Scorched Earth ($ 11.99) Ark: Survival Evolved «Enhanced» ($ 35.99) Ark: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition ($ 59.99) Ark: Survival Evolved Season Pass ($ 31.49) Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy ($ 10) Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ($ 12) Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Season Pass ($ 6.60) Assassin's Creed: Origins «Enhanced» ($ 35.99) Assassin's Creed: Origins Deluxe ($ 41.99) Assassin's Creed: Origins Gold Edition ($ 59.99) Assassin's Creed: Origins Horus Pack ($ 5.24) Assassin's Creed: Origins Roman Centurion ($ 5.24) Assassin's Creed: Origins The Curse of The Pharaohs ($ 14.99) Assassin's Creed: Origins The Hidden Ones ($ 7.49) Assassin's Creed: Rogue Remastered ($ 20.99) Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection ($ 20) Assassin's Creed Triple Pack ($ 36) Assassin's Creed: Unity ($ 12) Assault Android Cactus «Enhanced» ($ 9.74) Blood Bowl 2 ($ 5) Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition ($ 14.85) Burnout Paradise Remastered ($ 27.99) Chess Ultra «Enhanced» ($ 7.49) Demetrios: The Big Cynical Adventure ($ 5) Destiny 2 «Enhanced» ($ 30) Destiny 2: Digital Deluxe Edition ($ 59.99) Destiny 2 + Expansion Pass ($ 53.99) Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced ($ 10) Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala ($ 11.24) Farming Simulator 17 ($ 10) Note: All Farming Simulator 17 DLC on Sale For Honor Deluxe Edition ($ 23.10) For Honor Gold Edition ($ 33) For Honor Season Pass ($ 16) Game of Thrones Episodes 1 - 6 ($ 8) Gridd: Retroenhanced «Enhanced» ($ 7.19) Hand of Fate 2 «Enhanced» ($ 25.49) Handball 17 ($ 12) Hello Neighbor «Enhanced» ($ 20.99) Iron Wings ($ 12.24) Just Cause 3: Air, Land & Sea Expansion Pass ($ 3.75) Just Cause 3: Bavarium Sea Heist ($ 1.80) Just Cause 3: Mech Land Assault ($ 3.60) Killing Floor 2 «Enhanced» ($ 20) Mantis Burn
Racing «Enhanced» ($ 7.50) Marble Void «Enhanced» ($ 2.50) Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Episodes 1 - 5 ($ 10) Metro:
Last Light Redux ($ 5) Mirror's Edge: Catalyst ($ 5) Mordheim:
City of the Damned ($ 10) Mordheim:
City of the Damned Complete ($ 16.50) Morphite «Enhanced» ($ 6) Nightmares Form the Deep 3: Davy Jones ($ 10.04) Nine Parchments «Enhanced» ($ 13.99) Outlast 2 «Enhanced» ($ 9.90) Penarium ($ 2.50) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 ($ 5) QUBE 2 «Enhanced» ($ 19.99) Redout: Lightspeed Edition «Enhanced» ($ 20) Seasons After Fall ($ 5) Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments ($ 7.50) Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom ($ 7.50) Slime Rancher «Enhanced» ($ 11.99) Spintires: Mudrunner «Enhanced» ($ 20) Tesla vs Lovecraft «Enhanced» ($ 9.74) The
Council Complete Season ($ 22.49) The Escapists ($ 5) The Escapists: The Walking Dead ($ 5) The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III «Enhanced» ($ 10.49) The Sims 4 ($ 25) Note: All The Sims 4 DLC on Sale The Surge «Enhanced» ($ 16.50) The Surge: A Walk in the Park ($ 10.04) The Surge: Complete Edition ($ 23.10) The Technomancer ($ 10) The Hunter: Call of the Wild «Enhanced» ($ 31.99) Thumper «Enhanced» ($ 8) Tour De France 2017 ($ 10) Transcripted «Enhanced» ($ 5.99) UFC 3 ($ 35.99) UFC 3 Deluxe Edition ($ 47.99) Warhammer: End Times Vermintide «Enhanced» ($ 12) Worms WMD ($ 9.90) Xcom 2 «Enhanced» ($ 19.80) Zombie Driver: Ultimate Edition ($ 13.49) Xbox 360 Assassin's Creed «BC» ($ 7.99) Assassin's Creed III «BC» ($ 9.99) Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag «BC» ($ 7.99) Handball 16 ($ 3.99) WRC 5 Fia World Rally Championship ($ 6.99) Read our AC: Origins Review View our Xbox Hub
There was a high - profile mayor's
race in Seattle
last year, two
City Council contests and other issues before voters.