Sentences with phrase «former city council seat»

He was elected to Sanders» former City Council seat in a special election in 2013.

Johnson raised $ 195,851 in the race for Christine Quinn's former City Council seat, beating civil rights attorney Yetta Kurland in a brutal campaign.

Forest Hills resident Karen Koslowitz made the move from her former position as deputy borough president to director of community boards last month to prepare for her bid for her former City Council seat.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year, Democrat Bill Perkins left his Senate seat after securing a seat on the city Council, which is increasingly stocked with former members of the Assembly and Senate.

Jackson, a former member of the New York City Council, has unsuccessfully sought a seat in the Senate before.

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.

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.

Rev. Michel Faulkner, the former Jets lineman - turned - minister - turned mayoral candidate, has a long way to go in his bid to win the Republican nomination and oust Mayor Bill de Blasio — but he's already out backing GOP contenders for open City Council seats.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said she expects the seat of former Sen. Bill Perkins, a Harlem Democrat who won a City Council post, to be filled by another mainstream Democrat when a special election is held on May 23.

Convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate has a real shot at winning back his old City Council seat in Queens, according to Democratic insiders.

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.

Fossella got his House and prior City Council seats thanks in part to his long alliance with former Borough President Guy Molinari.

A former Santa Monica mayor and city councilman, Feinstein is once again running for a seat on the most progressive city council in the state.

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.

Former Glen Cove City Council candidate Philip Pidot has joined a crowded field of Republicans running for retiring Rep. Steve Israel's seat.

Vallone, brother of outgoing Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. of Astoria, and son of former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., was making his second bid for the seat in northeast Queens, which includes parts of Bayside and Bay Terrace.

The Working Families Party voted last week to endorse Rebecca Lynch, a former de Blasio staffer, for an open City Council seat — setting up another showdown between organized labor and the Queens Democratic establishment.

With Joe Borelli about to take Vincent Ignizio's former seat in the City Council, Borelli's Assembly seat will be up for grabs and several Republicans are considering giving it a go.

Following outcry from gay and lesbian and women's groups — and harsh criticism from her former colleagues in the City Council — Public Advocate Letitia James downplayed her endorsement of social conservative Councilman Fernando Cabrera in his failed bid for a State Senate seat.

«Corey Johnson might be a nice guy, but he shouldn't be able to just waltz into office, just because he's an anointed incumbent,» she said of the councilman, who was elected to fill the seat left by former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in 2013.

The former councilman is running to replace his wife, Inez Barron, who last year won his term - limited seat on the City Council.

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.

Tom Ognibene, the former City Council Minority Leader who held his Queens seat until term limits forced him out, was tapped by Buffalo developer Carl Paladino to be his running mate, a move that was revealed yesterday.

PLATTSBURGH Local lawyer Patrick McFarlin will fill the city council seat left vacant by former councilor Becky Kasper.

Elvin Garcia, former Bronx Borough Director for the Mayor's Office of Community Affairs and lifelong South Bronx resident, is running for the open seat in City Council District 18.

Former state assemblyman Barry Grodenchik clinched the Democratic nomination for an open City Council seat on Thursday, defeating a crowded field of candidates that included a former aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio and the president of the one of the largest co-op associations in QFormer state assemblyman Barry Grodenchik clinched the Democratic nomination for an open City Council seat on Thursday, defeating a crowded field of candidates that included a former aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio and the president of the one of the largest co-op associations in Qformer aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio and the president of the one of the largest co-op associations in Queens.

«We can not as residents of this district go on with a part - time, absentee Council member,» said Richard David, a community board member and former city agency official who is running for the seat.

Building workers union 32BJ SEIU announced today its endorsement of Rebecca Lynch, a former member of Mayor Bill de Blasio's Community Affairs Unit, in the election for the Queens City Council seat recently vacated by Mark Weprin.

That went to Matt Juda, and there was controversy earlier in the week when former Monroe County Legislator William Lightfoot, who is also seeking a City Council seat, made reference to Juda, who is gay, when Lightfoot asked if it would be reverse discrimination to anybody who chooses not to live that lifestyle.

Due to the tinkering done to term limits by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council, there will be more than 30 «open» seats in the 2021 cycle, making for a lot of opportunity to address the Council gender balance.

State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D - Flushing) and former city Council candidate Kevin Kim endorsed Ed Braunstein for the seat state Assemblywoman Ann - Margaret Carrozza (D - Bayside) is vacating this fall.

The former councilman's most prominent opponent is Kimberly Council, an East New York activist who ran against Espinal for the City Council seat, losing both in the Democratic primary and the general election on the Working Families Party line.

Kit Malthouse A former deputy leader of Westminster Council who contested Liverpool Wavertree in 1997, Kit applied for a few seats, but was then selected as GLA candidate for London West Central and was elected to City Hall in May 2008.

A former de Blasio administration staffer running for an open Queens City Council seat has won the first labor endorsement of the race.

Benjamin, who worked as a managing director at real estate firm Genesis, defeated Republican candidate Dawn Simmons, a businesswoman who campaigned on school choice and improving police - community relations, and is now set to occupy the seat that was left vacant when former Senator Bill Perkins joined the New York City Council.

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.

Assembly District 39 - Queens This position was vacated by former Assemblymember Francisco Moya, who was elected to the City Council District 21 seat in November.