Sentences with phrase «home city council seat»

BY ANDY HUMM State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., 74, has a bad back and wants to take over the closer - to - home City Council seat opening up this fall in the South Bronx, including parts of Parkchester, Soundview, Unionport, and Castle Hill.

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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.

He faces myriad problems at home, though, including a less compliant City Council, a handful of fellow Democrats eyeing his seat, and a laundry list of pressing issues he's vowed to tackle in his second term.