Sentences with phrase «council district seat»

In 2001, while living in Woodside, he ran against Councilwoman Helen Sears (D - Jackson Heights) in the race for her 25th Council District seat, losing in the primary by fewer than 800 votes.

Jobs for New York's second biggest target was community organizer Carlos Menchaca, who is challenging incumbent Sara Gonzalez for her 38th Council District seat, covering neighborhoods including Red Hook and Sunset Park.

NEW YORK — The future of the 19th City Council District seat in northeast Queens was thrown into flux in April when the officeholder was arrested in a bribery scheme to sell a spot on the Republican mayoral ballot.

He's planning to run for the 3rd Council District seat that will be vacated by Democrat Bob Dougherty, who is not seeking re-election.

NY1's Ruschell Boone has more on the race for the 30th City Council district seat in Queens.

Levine is considered by many to be the favorite in a crowded race for the 7th City Council district seat, which is being vacated by term - limited incumbent Robert Jackson.

The union went against the status quo in the race for Democrat James Sanders» 31st Council District seat and the race Republican Eric Ulrich's seat in the 32nd Council District.

For the elections for the seats left vacated by current Council members, the union endorsed Democrat Jerry Iannece for Democratic Councilman Tony Avella's seat in the 19th District, Democrat S.J. Jung for Democratic Councilman John Liu's seat in the 20th District, state Assemblyman Mark Weprin (D - Little Neck) for the 23rd District seat vacated by his brother David Weprin, Democrat Jimmy van Bramer for the District 26 seat vacated by Councilman Eric Gioia and former Queens Deputy Borough President Karen Koslowitz (D) for her run for the 29th Council District seat that will be vacated by Melinda Katz (D).

The Elmhurst native has knocked on thousands of doors since January and he believes it is this effort and not landing endorsements from groups like the Queens County Democrats, which backed Koslowitz, or the Working Families Party, which supported candidate Lynn Schulman, that will help to usher him into the 29th Council District seat.

The candidate, a vice president at FreshDirect and a former deputy commissioner for the Parks Department, recently received a key endorsement from Assemblywoman Inez Dicken, who previously held the 9 Council District seat.

The city Campaign Finance Board has listed four candidates who will be challenging City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) during this year's special election for the 28th Council District seat.

The candidates, who are vying for the 28th City Council District seat, currently held by Councilman Thomas White -LSB-...]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - City Councilor Jake Barrett held on by a 38 - vote margin to win re-election to his 1st Council District seat representing Syracuse's North Side, elections commissioners said today.

The field of candidates eyeing northeast Queens» 19th City Council District seat grew larger this week as its embattled incumbent, who will not seek re-election, faces an ethics probe on allegations that he had affairs with a former intern and former deputy chief of staff.

Our last subject in the race for the 36th Council District seat is the Rev. Conrad Tillard, formerly known as Conrad Muhammad, formerly known as Conrad X. Reverend Tillard first came to public attention as the chief youth minister of the Nation of Islam, and then the minister of Harlem's famed Mosque No. 7, the former seat of Malcolm X. Reverend Tillard made some conventionally controversial remarks against white devils and Jewish slave masters, etc. from that esteemed perch, was later stripped of his ministry under a cloud of suspicion, and then underwent a second Damascene moment when he left the NOI and returned to the faith of his fathers, receiving baptism by the Reverend Calvin Butts.

Not exact matches

According to him, the Peace Council has indeed shown its readiness to maintain peace in the country during, before and after the 2016 electWhile addressing party supporters last week at a village in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region, Dr. Bawumia, vice presidential candidate of the NPP, said the Flagstaff House — the seat of Ghana's Presidency — does not reflect the people of Ghana in terms of religion.

Joe Carni, a two - term member of the Syracuse Common Council, said he plans to seek the Republican nomination for the 50th District state Senate seat that will open with the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

Normally a council member's top assistant has the inside track on succession, and it is a measure of the decline of the fortunes of the Rivera family that the front - runner for the seat is Ritchie Torres, a staffer for CM Jimmy Vacca in the adjoining 13th District.

One of the tighter City Council races is wrapping up in District 32, where incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Rockaway Beach) is working to protect his seat from Democratic challenger Frank Gulluscio.

In 2009 they played nice to win the Council seat for Eric in Howard Beach, District 32.

The race for the 34th District City Council seat is one of those convoluted knots of lunacy, intrigue and stupidity that is so unlikely, it could only be true.

The former lawmaker, who also previously held a seat in the City Council, will challenge Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland to represent Queens» 21st Council district, which includes parts of Corona, Elmhurst, Flushing and LaGuardia Airport.

Ben Kallos, Council District 5, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Kallos, who first won his East Side seat in 2013, is a Vice-Chair of the City Council's Progressive Caucus.

Persephone Sanderson - Smith for New York City Council, District 37 Campaign Details 1111 votes, 9.95 % https://enrweb.boenyc.us/CD213800.html Ronald R Ring, City Council Rochester 12th / 12 for five seats, 1579 votes, 1.19 % https://enr.monroecounty.gov/flashresults.html

The District 3 City Council race, for the seat held the past 14 years by Speaker Christine Quinn, pits two passionate and energetic L.G.B.T. contenders against each other for what has often been dubbed «the gay seat.»

Indeed in Copeland, in the Lake District, the site of an embarrassing by - election loss in February, Labour's candidate Gillian Troughton lost her council seat.

Justin Brannan, Council District 43, Brooklyn (Open Seat)-- Brannan, a Bay Ridge native, has worked for the de Blasio administration and for term - limited Council Member Vincent Gentile, whom he hopes to succeed.

Eric Graf for Syracuse City Council District 2 Campaign Details 2nd / x candidates for one seat; 543 votes, 19.79 % https://ongov.resultscaster.com/start.aspx?usersessionid=none

On the Lower East Side, Council Contenders Seek to Upend Favorite for Open Seat (Council District 2)

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State party officials also gave $ 10,000 to Bob Dougherty, a political novice recruited by Miner's staff to run for an open 3rd District city council seat representing Strathmore and the Valley.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn has endorsed a bid by former Councilman and ex-Bloomberg administration official Guillermo Linares to return to public life by running for the 72nd Assembly District seat being vacated by Senate hopeful Adriano Espaillat.

At 5:45 p.m., AARP New York hosts a candidate forum for open seats in Manhattan, featuring candidates running in City Council Districts 2, 4 and 8, moderated by a panel of reporters, Baruch College, Library Building, Room 705, 24th Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue, Manhattan.

Mr. Wu ran Geraldine Chapey's abortive run in the recent special election for the 32nd District Council seat.

The over-representation of London is partly due to the city having all - out elections while most of the smaller district councils in Leave leaning areas have just one - third of their council seats up for election.

Another example: the recent race for an at - large city council seat in the District of Columbia, which saw a candidate using geo - targeted Google content ads to send potential voters to his NationBuilder site.

McMahon, who represents the North Shore on the City Council, and Straniere are running for the 13th District Congressional seat left open by Rep. Vito Fossella, a Republican who opted not to seek re-election after it was discovered he fathered a child outside of his marriage.

Golden, who once held the Council seat himself, has the deepest roots in the district.

Both Levine and Rodríguez are considered candidates to replace Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is vacating her District 8 Council seat due to term limits, as the next Council Speaker.

Just hours after state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio's (D - Richmond Hill) resignation from his post, Community District Education Council 24 President and Community Board 9 member Nick Comaianni expressed his interest in the seat.

Mr. Linares» chief opponent in the race for the Council District 10 seat, Ydanis Rodriguez, appears to have nailed down most of the key local endorsements.

John Choe is another Korean - American running for the District 20 Council seat.

Brian Simon, the executive assistant for U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D - Jamaica), told TimesLedger Newspapers Wednesday that he has dropped out of the race for the 27th Council District, the seat currently held by Leroy Comrie (D - St.

For 14 years, the local Council seat has belonged to Vincent Gentile, a popular Democrat facing term limits and now running a quixotic bid for Brooklyn district attorney.

This past Sun., Dec. 2nd, Democratic District Leader Mark D. Levine launched his campaign for northern Manhattan's 7th District City Council seat, and did so with endorsements that included New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer...

Ignizio who served in the 51st Council District, which he vacated the seat on Friday after taking a job as the CEO of Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

The BNP made a shock gain in the latest council by - elections, taking a Labour seat at Sevenoaks District, Kent.

The four leading candidates in the race for the District 25 City Council seat will again square off Thursday at a forum hosted by the LeFrak City Merchants Association.

Jung is locked in a five - way (perhaps six - way, depending on a pending court battle) race for the District 20 City Council seat.

The city Campaign Finance Board determined last week that the 2009 campaign of Debra Markell to fill the District 19 City Council seat left vacant by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had committed two violations.