Sentences with phrase «open city council race»

An open City Council race in 2001 allowed for another proxy war between the two Dominicans — this time, Mr. Espaillat was gaining the upper hand, successfully backing a protégé named Miguel Martinez over a candidate Mr. Linares endorsed.

Especially since there are few other open City Council races, outside interest groups will be paying close attention and may pour money into the race, knowing that a little can go a long way.

Not exact matches

But with races in three of the city's nine wards well within the margin of being flipped after absentee ballots are opened, the actual makeup of next year's council will remain in doubt until next week when the final votes are counted.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Simmering Republican Party tensions over the Mid-Island City Council primary and last year's South Shore Assembly race have burst into the open, with City Councilman James Oddo saying he and borough GOP chair Robert Scamardella haven't spoken since August.

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.

Our provincial City Council District 3 race is making eyes and checkbooks open nationwide.

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.

This fall, in races around the city, several qualified female candidates ran in hotly - contested Democratic primaries for open seats being left by term - limited City Council members, while others attempted to unseat incumbents seeking reelectcity, several qualified female candidates ran in hotly - contested Democratic primaries for open seats being left by term - limited City Council members, while others attempted to unseat incumbents seeking reelectCity Council members, while others attempted to unseat incumbents seeking reelection.

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.

Also in the race are attorney Marc A. Landis, who represented Upper West Side parents in their fight to keep a charter school from opening in a public school building, and Community Board 7 member Mel Wymore, who would be New York's first openly transgender City Council member if he won.

Although the outcome of Samuel's race — she was a leading candidate in the crowded Democratic primary for the open City Council District 41 seat — was uncertain, the atmosphere was quasi-celebratory, with family, friends, and supporters swaying to the beat blaring from speakers stationed nearby.

Of the seven «open» races in the 51 - seat Council, all of which are up for election this fall, several feature state legislators seeking to make the jump to the city's legislative body.

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