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Though, according to Mattera, District 35 is the only City Council race with two Green Party candidates, the mayoral race in Albany will be holding a Green Party primary in September between 22 - year - old Bryan Jimenez, and Sheridan Hollow, 28.

about FOUR MORE YEARS: New Rochelle Mayor Kicks Off 2015 City Council Races with Fundraiser Next Month

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With those stats from the city of Oakland's Department of Race and Equity in hand, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul the nation's first equity program to set aside 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis business permits during the first phase of permitting for people affected by the War on Drcity of Oakland's Department of Race and Equity in hand, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul the nation's first equity program to set aside 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis business permits during the first phase of permitting for people affected by the War on DrCity Council voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul the nation's first equity program to set aside 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis business permits during the first phase of permitting for people affected by the War on Drugs.

He's worked with dozens of Democratic elected officials and campaigns including for Rep. Alan Grayson (D - FL), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - NY), Congressman Charlie Rangel (D - NY), New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative raCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislativeCouncil Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative raCity Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative racity council and state legislativecouncil and state legislative races.

With the 2013 City Council races already heating up, many are wondering who will get the coveted County Endorsement and it just so happens that none other than political boss Rep. Joe Crowley will be the surprise guest at the fundraiser.

In the Long Beach City Council race for three seats, the three Democrats were leading with all precincts counted: Incumbents Scott Mandel and Chumi Diamond and West End Neighbors Civic Association President John Bendo, who garnered the most votes.

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.

Lawyers for City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito have reached a settlement with the city's Conflict of Interest Board following an investigation into free political consulting services that Mark - Viverito accepted during the race for speaker in 2City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito have reached a settlement with the city's Conflict of Interest Board following an investigation into free political consulting services that Mark - Viverito accepted during the race for speaker in 2city's Conflict of Interest Board following an investigation into free political consulting services that Mark - Viverito accepted during the race for speaker in 2013.

Continuing our review of key races, City Council Watch spoke with Jimmy van Bramer, who is running for the hotly contested 26th Council seat in Queens.

As part of our review of the District 39 Council race in Brooklyn, City Council Watch today spoke (exhaustively) with Brad Lander about development, accountability in government and education.

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).

The departures come at the end of a heated election season, during which the firm, which is headed by Scott Levenson, worked for a host of campaigns, including the «Anybody But Quinn» effort on behalf of New Yorkers for Clean Livable And Safe Streets and other donors, which has been credited with helping to bring down former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the mayor's race.

In Second place in the 2015 City Council Race (where two seats are up for grabs) was Council Candidate, Andre Wallace who received 20 % of the vote with 2,226 votes.

His opponents spent the final weeks of the primary race unleashing everything they had against de Blasio, from his association with slumlords that he had gone after as public advocate, to his support for overturning term limits when he wanted to be the City Council speaker in 2005.

But with races in three of the city's nine wards well within the margin of being flipped after absentee ballots are opened, the actual makeup of next year's council will remain in doubt until next week when the final votes are counted.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Contested City Council Democratic primary races in three Bronx districts pose strongly pro-LGBTQ candidates against opponents who either have long anti-gay and anti-choice records or have aligned themselves with such politicians.

Mayor de Blasio made an appearance with Assemblyman and city council candidate Francisco Moya at William F. Moore park in Corona Tuesday afternoon, but has yet to offer any endorsement in the council race.

Syracuse, NY: New York Green Party standard - bearer Howie Hawkins lost the race for City Council 4th District to Democratic / Working Families nominee Khalid Bey by 82 votes, finishing with 48 %.

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.

The race to become the next City Council speaker entered its final stages on Wednesday with leaders from the two most powerful Democratic county organizations, in the Bronx and in Queens, solidifying support behind a Manhattan councilman, Corey Johnson, according to four people with direct knowledge of the discussions, who spoke anonymously because they did not have permission to disclose the choice.

The former congressman has support among 25 % of registered Democrats, with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the longtime front - runner in the race, coming in at 20 %, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal, NBC New York and Marist.

After the super PAC funded by online rental giant Airbnb launched a TV ad campaign knocking Republican Sen. Sue Serino's vote for a law designed to restrict ads for multi-family dwellings in New York City, both the Hotel Trades Council and the Real Estate Board of New York are pushing back with an independent expenditure campaign of their own in the race.

With him now out of the race following his sexting scandal, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads the crowded Democratic field.

De Blasio is holding sit - downs with several candidates vying to be the next City Council speaker this week, in a race where there is still no clear front - runner, and hopefuls for the position are striving to show their independence from the mayor.

City Council, District 2: The race for the seat currently held by Margarita López on the Lower East Side, the East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay and parts of Murray Hill hotly contested, with as many as 11 candidates.

At that time, it appeared Diaz would be in for a tough race with City Council majority leader Joel Rivera.

But with Kelly out of the race, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn landed in the top spot with 23 percent of the vote, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz came in second with 16 percent, former mayor candidate and City Comptroller William Thompson got 9 percent, Liu got 9 percent, and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer got 6 percent — virtually unchanged from a poll in mid-October, Quinnipiac notes.

Around the city, residents can vote to decide who will represent them in City Council, with all but handful of the city's 51 districts preparing for contested racity, residents can vote to decide who will represent them in City Council, with all but handful of the city's 51 districts preparing for contested raCity Council, with all but handful of the city's 51 districts preparing for contested racity's 51 districts preparing for contested races.

Mary Ann Tighe, the chief executive officer of CBRE Group and one of real estate's most powerful women, met with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn several weeks before the primary election and cautioned her to tone down her tough persona or risk alienating voters in the mayoral race.

With Mark - Viverito leaving and the next speaker's race underway, the mayor is poised to win reelection — but the honeymoon is over and many City Council members want a speaker who can stand up to him.

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.

The mayor's race in Watertown pits long - time incumbent Jeff Graham against a challenger with similar longevity on the City Council, Jeff Smith.

Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who ran against de Blasio in the 2013 Democratic primary and recently endorsed him in the 2017 race, was in attendance at the breakfast and held a gaggle with reporters after it ended.

MAYVILLE - In a reversal of what was reported on Election Night, the Chautauqua County Board of Elections has declared the Jamestown City Council At Large race, along with three other races, too close to call.

The race to succeed termed - out Republican Jim Love in Jacksonville City Council District 14 got more crowded Tuesday, with Democrat Jimmy Peluso entering the scrum.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 17 % of registered Democrats in Gotham say they would vote for Weiner if their party's mayoral primary were held today, with 19 % supporting City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who had been the longtime front - runner in the race.

An animal rights group that was a major contributor to Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2013 was slapped Thursday with nearly $ 40,000 in fines for campaign finance violations this year in races for the City Council.

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.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — The race for the District 10 City Council is on, with two candidates throwing their hats in the ring to beat out incumbent Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who is running for a third and final term.

The race pits two incumbents who see a limited role for city government against a pair of political newcomers with broader visions for what the council can do to improve residents» lives.

I couldn't disagree more strongly with the mayor,» said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is considered to be the front - runner in the mayoral race though she has not formally announced her candidacy.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Democrat Marjorie Velázquez, candidate in the race for the Bronx 13th Council District, has earned the overwhelming support of city government's women elected officials with the endorsement Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and nine members of the City Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Council Women's Caucus co-chairs Elizabeth Crowley (D — Maspeth) and Helen Rosenthal (D — Upper West Sicity government's women elected officials with the endorsement Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and nine members of the City Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Council Women's Caucus co-chairs Elizabeth Crowley (D — Maspeth) and Helen Rosenthal (D — Upper West SiCity Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Council Women's Caucus co-chairs Elizabeth Crowley (D — Maspeth) and Helen Rosenthal (D — Upper West Side).

Endorsements in the race have so far have been split along local and national lines, with Mr. Rangel racking up big - name national figures like former President Bill Clinton and Senator Chuck Schumer, and Mr. Espaillat locking down much of the city's prominent political establishment, including Comptroller Scott Stringer and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Rather, the group, like the hotel union, focused on City Council races, with all six candidates it backed emerging victorious on primary night.

As with the other groups, for the primaries the PBA avoided spending on the mayor's race and focused on the City Council.

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.

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is in a tight race with City Council Chairman Vincent Gray for the Democratic primary, set for Tuesday.

In city council races, Jay Sweeney was reelected to his seat as Fall Township Auditor in Pennsylvania with 98 % of the vote.

And Mr. Kellner, running with almost all of the establishment's support until allegations surfaced in July that accused him of sexually harassing multiple ex-staffers, fell to Ben Kallos in their Upper East Side City Council race.