Sentences with phrase «most city council races»

Friday's announcement is its first wave of endorsements and more are expected to follow in the coming months, leading up to the September primaries when most City Council races are actually decided in Democrat - heavy New York City.

Not exact matches

For a candidate for the New York City Council — which, you may not know, has 51 members — trying to get on the ballot for a race that most New Yorkers pay little attention to can be burdensome.

In the Long Beach City Council race for three seats, the three Democrats were leading with all precincts counted: Incumbents Scott Mandel and Chumi Diamond and West End Neighbors Civic Association President John Bendo, who garnered the most votes.

Well, maybe — but plenty of people not named Barack Obama and not boosted by a vibrant and extensive network of active supporters also won on November 4th, and it strains credulity to think that every race for city council, school board or even Congress will swing on which candidate most effectively mobilizes an internet - driven grassroots army.

Community activist Carlina Rivera has raised both the most money overall and the most money from the real estate sector in the race for District 2 on the City Council, which covers the East Village and Alphabet City in Manhattan.

Mr. Seddio was godfather to one of Ms. Narcisse's children, but the two split after Mr. Seddio repeatedly declined to back her when she attempted to run for office — most recently for City Council in 2013, in a race she lost to County favorite Alan Maisel.

The race to become the next City Council speaker entered its final stages on Wednesday with leaders from the two most powerful Democratic county organizations, in the Bronx and in Queens, solidifying support behind a Manhattan councilman, Corey Johnson, according to four people with direct knowledge of the discussions, who spoke anonymously because they did not have permission to disclose the choice.

Seddio was godfather to one of Ms. Narcisse's children, but the two split after the County chairman repeatedly declined to back her when she attempted to run for office — most recently for City Council in 2013, in a race she lost to Seddio's former chief - of - staff Alan Maisel.

Mary Ann Tighe, the chief executive officer of CBRE Group and one of real estate's most powerful women, met with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn several weeks before the primary election and cautioned her to tone down her tough persona or risk alienating voters in the mayoral race.

This shakes up the race to be the next Council Speaker, perhaps the second most powerful role in City politics after the Mayor.

Perhaps the most intriguing local race this November is the match - up in the fourth City Council district between Democrat and Working Families Party candidate Khalid Bey and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins.

As she heads into a challenging stretch of the New York City mayoral race, Council Speaker Christine Quinn has been without one of her most valuable assets: her amiable, 86 - year - old father.

The speaker's race is the most inside - baseball election in the city — because it's open only to elected Council members, and even then heavily influenced by forces like county Democratic bosses and labor unions.