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.
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.
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 reelect
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 reelect
City 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.