... in 1999, Ms. Moskowitz won
a council seat representing Manhattan's Upper East Side.
In Ward 6, Elisa Ball, a 43 - year - old educator, is the only candidate for
the council seat representing a mostly residential stretch of northeast Kingston.
Linares, 65, was the first Dominican - born immigrant elected to public office in the United States when he won a City
Council seat representing Washington Heights / Inwood in 1991.
On Wednesday, Kellner campaigned for a New York City
Council seat representing Manhattan's Upper East Side.
In 2013, Mr. Johnson successfully ran for a City
Council seat representing Manhattan neighborhoods including Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Midtown West that had been occupied by Christine C. Quinn, then the speaker of the City Council.
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.
Not exact matches
One, John Quaglione, is an aide to State Senator Martin Golden, who
represents much of the same area and once held the
Council seat himself.
Kerns» legislative aide, Matthew Fisher, applied to the
Council to fill the vacant
seat representing South Buffalo and gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.
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.
Fairwater has elected three councillors to Cardiff
Council since 1995, being
represented by the Labour Party until May 2008 when all three
seats were taken by Plaid Cymru.
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.
Teamsters Local 237, a union that
represents more than 30,000 government workers in the city and parts of Long Island, has thrown its support behind Heidi Harrison Chain, one of five Democratic candidates vying for Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills)
Council seat.
The Business
Council of Australia, the lobby group
representing the nation's largest companies, is now spending big on political campaigning and is targeting marginal
seats.
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.
De La Rosa's defeat of Linares and Alcantara's win in the «open»
seat currently held by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is heading to Congress,
represent a consolidation of power for the three, City
Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, their allies, including
Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and other Uptown politicians and activists, especially those of Dominican descent, but also the larger Hispanic community.
Kerns» legislative aid, Matthew Fisher, applied to the
Council to fill the vacant
seat representing South Buffalo and gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.
Most of the proposed corridors on Fifth and Sixth avenues go through Community Board 5, led by district manager Wally Rubin, and City
Council District 3,
represented by Speaker Christine Quinn, who is vacating her
seat and running for mayor.
Former AG Oliver Koppell, who
represented the Bronx for decades, first in the state Assembly and later in the City
Council before losing an uphill battle for state Senator Jeffrey Klein's
seat last year, has put his Bronx home on the market for $ 2.5 million.
David Cameron said the party's second place in Scotland and its showing in England, where it took control of Peterborough
Council and won council seats in key Westminster marginals such as Dudley and Nuneaton, represented a good result for a party in government for six
Council and won
council seats in key Westminster marginals such as Dudley and Nuneaton, represented a good result for a party in government for six
council seats in key Westminster marginals such as Dudley and Nuneaton,
represented a good result for a party in government for six years.
Diaz Sr.
represents District 32, which covers the
Council district, and is considered a favorite to win the
seat, though Farias does have considerable support from organizations and elected officials.
Minority Leader James S. Oddo was first elected to
represent the people of the 50th
Council District in a February 1999 special election to fill the
seat of his predecessor and mentor John Fusco.
City
Council, District 4: The race to
represent Midtown East, Murray Hill, Stuyvesant Town and The Upper East Side in the
seat that Eva Moskowitz is leaving because she is running for Manhattan Borough President (although she could serve until 2009) has several candidates, two of whom appeared before 504 seeking an endorsement.
A city councilman
representing southeast Queens since 2011, Wills now automatically loses his
council seat.
In 1985 she regained her
seat on Belfast City
Council,
representing the «Pottinger» area and became chairwoman of East Belfast Unionist Association.
Answering charges brought by Julio Pabon, her challenger for the
council seat that
represents Hunts Point and Melrose, Arroyo told a referee appointed by the election board that she has turned the names of Betty Julien, Elbin Lopez and Luis Vargas over to the Bronx District Attorney's office.
The Kingston unit of the CSEA, which
represents about 150 city employees, took the unusual step in early October of endorsing only Republican - and Conservative - backed candidates for Common
Council seats.
The race for
council seat, which
represents the residents of Soundview, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Clason Point and Harding Park, is a crowded one.
Biography After a 20 - year career as a Wall Street banker, David Weprin began his career in politics after winning a City
Council seat in 2001
representing northeast Queens.
One of the 10 «open» City
Council seat races is taking place on the East Side of Manhattan, in District 2, currently
represented by Rosie Mendez, who is term - limited out of office.
Costello has been a town councilman for more than 10 years and if he loses in the fall to fellow councilman James Bruno who has announced his candidacy to
represent the Republicans in the supervisor's race he will keep his
council seat.
Senator George Latimer, of Westchester County's 37th District, is eying the county executive
seat, while Senator Ruben Diaz Sr.,
representing the Bronx's 32nd District, is a candidate for a City
Council seat he briefly held in 2001.
City
Council member Mark Weprin, a Democrat who
represents part of Queens, announced on Monday that he will step down from his
seat to join Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration as Deputy Secretary of Legislative Affairs, making him...
First elected to the
Council in 1999 ---- in a special election to fill Tom Duane's
seat representing the West Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen after he was elected to the State Senate ---- Quinn has held tight reins over the
Council's agenda as speaker while forging a working partnership with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Jobs for New York has thrown its heaviest support behind frontrunner
council candidates, including incumbent Democrat Sara Gonzalez, who is
representing the rapidly - developing neighborhoods of Red Hook and Sunset Park, and Democrat Vanessa Gibson, who is running for a
seat that includes the South and West Bronx.
Maloney joined dozens of community leaders, labor unions and political action committees in endorsing Costa's City
Council campaign for a 22nd District
seat, which
represents Astoria along with parts of Long Island City, Woodside, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights.
Brewer, who's
represented the Upper West Side since 2002, plans to run for Manhattan Borough President when she terms out of her
council seat next year.
Rounding out the top five recipients of the PAC's largesse were City
Council member Margaret Chin, running for re-election to
represent Lower Manhattan, including Soho and Chinatown, with $ 121,108; Alan Maisel, running for a
seat in South Brooklyn covering Sheepshead Bay and Canarsie, with $ 120,451; and Paul Vallone, an attorney running in a crowded contest for a
seat in northeastern Queens, including Bayside and Whitestone, for whom the PAC has spent $ 113,134.
Soundview - Parkchester - Castle Hill: District 18 In the South Bronx's District 18, Ruben Diaz, Sr., who
represented the district on the
Council for a year prior to his 2002 election to the Senate, won a return to his old
seat.
While candidates planning to run for City
Council seats in November are just starting to pick out color schemes for lawn signs, campaigns to
represent the southeastern-most neighborhoods of Queens are in full swing ahead of a special election next month.
De Blasio's own political career began with a slot on the Community School Board for District 15, then a
seat on the New York City
Council, where he spent eight years
representing Brooklyn (2001 to 2009).
One - term incumbent Nury Martinez, who
represents the east San Fernando Valley in District 6, is widely expected to run for the City
Council seat about to be vacated by Tony Cardenas, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.