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BACK SCRATCH: John Tabacco (left) says his campaign for a Staten Island CIty Council seat scored the nod of the state Independence Party after he agreed to lend $ 10,000 to Government Response Inc., a computer - services company run by Kristin Mackay, wife of party Chairman Frank MacKay (right).

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Congressman Daniel Donovan, the representative of the sole red beachhead in blue New York City, today backed one of his former staffers for a soon - to - be-vacant City Council seat that overlaps heavily with the Brooklyn end of Donovan's Staten Island - based turf.

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.

STATEN ISLAND — Mayor Bill de Blasio set a special election for Nov. 3 to fill the City Council seat vacated by Vincent Ignizio, according to a proclamation filed on Monday.

The seat was vacant following Joseph Borelli's (R) election to the Staten Island City Council in November 2015.

In 2015, Borelli won his South Shore City Council seat in an uncontested special election to replace Vincent Ignizio, who vacated his seat to become CEO of Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

District 13 Council Member James Vacca is term - limited, leaving the seat for District 13, which covers Morris Park, Throggs Neck, and City Island Communities in the Bronx, open to several candidates.

In November, Borelli won an uncontested race for the South Shore City Council seat recently held by Vincent Ignizio, who left that seat vacant to run Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

But that familiar vision of Staten Island no longer exists on its North Shore, where the borough's first black elected official, Democrat Debi Rose, was voted into a City Council seat in 2009.

Kamillah Hanks, a Staten Island native, launched a run against Debi Rose in the Democratic primary for her North Shore City Council seat last month.

STATEN ISLAND — A progressive candidate inspired by Bernie Sanders» presidential campaign officially filed to run for North Shore's City Council seat.

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.

Additionally, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said he will set a special election date to coincide with the presidential primary on April 19 to fill four vacancies in the state Legislature, including former Assembly Speaker Silver's seat, and the Staten Island seat of former Assemblymember Joe Borelli, who won a City Council seat.