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Former Councilmember Rafael Espinal Endorses Darma Diaz for His Seat

Darma Diaz. Photo by Jonathan Ortiz.At the end of January, Rafael Espinal suddenly resigned [/rafael-espinal-resigns-from-city-council/] as Councilmember representing the 37th district, which serves Cypress Hills, Bushwick, Brownsville, Ocean Hill and East New York, before finishing his limited term ending in December of 2021. A special election for Espinal’s

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Campaigning Heats Up Ahead of Tuesday’s District 45 Democratic Primary

Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) By Zainab Iqbal and Sam Raskin MIDWOOD/EAST FLATBUSH – City Council candidate Monique Chandler-Waterman accused Council Member Farah Louis of orchestrating an unspecified “deal” involving Trump supporters and “greedy landlords and developers” to get votes from right-leaning voters in the

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Election Day Alert: Vote For Public Advocate Tomorrow, February 26

(Photo: Instagram post of @ljwilliams)BROOKLYN — New York City residents will cast their votes tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26, for the city’s next public advocate in a special election to fill the seat Letitia James left after she was sworn in as the New York State attorney general on Jan.

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Williams Crushes Ferretti To Win Assembly Seat

Jaime Williams. (Photo: Jamie Williams / Facebook)The eyes of the world may have been focusing on New York’s presidential primary, but voters in the 59th Assembly District had important work to do electing a representative to fill their vacant seat. Democratic candidate Jaime Williams crushed her Republican opponent Jeffrey

19th senate district

Persaud Sweeps Special Election To Claim John Sampson’s Vacated Senate Seat

Roxanne Persaud at the state capitol. (Photo: Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153026436448571&set=a.10153026436378571.1073741883.824588570&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Democratic Assemblywoman Roxanne Persaud trounced her rivals, Republican Jeffrey Ferretti [http://ballotpedia.org/Jeffrey_J._Ferretti] and Conservative candidate Elias Weir [http://ballotpedia.

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Scramble To Replace Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny Begins

> Celebrating @NYPD68Pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD68Pct] Captain Festino’s birthday & @AlecBrookKrasny [https://twitter.com/AlecBrookKrasny] retirement from the State Assembly in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/zg5Eg9JWwH [http://t.co/zg5Eg9JWwH] — Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) July 8, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NMalliotakis/status/618578575239868416] Assemblyman

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Alec Brook-Krasny, First Russian-American Assemblyman, To Resign On July 7

Source: Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny’s OfficeLooks like we might have another special election on our hands. Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, the first Soviet-born member of the state legislature, plans to resign from office this summer to accept a job in the private sector, which will likely spark a political scramble for

Bensonhurst

Gentile Supports Overseas Tax To Fund Highway Trust Fund

Source: NYC.GOVIn the wake of a report [/three-structurally-unsound-belt-parkway-bridges-are-also-most-heavily-travelled/] that found several heavily utilized bridges in our area to be structurally unsound, Councilman Vincent Gentile has declared support for a plan that would tax overseas company profits to fund the at-risk federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) – which sponsors a large

11th Congressional District

Gentile Seen As Most Likely Democratic Contender For Grimm’s Vacant Seat

Courtesy of CM Vincent Gentile.Councilman Vincent Gentile is widely perceived as being the most likely Democratic contender to face off with Staten Island prosecutor Daniel Donovan for Congressman Michael Grimm’s now vacant congressional seat, reports Will Bredderman [http://observer.com/2015/01/with-cusick-out-of-contention-eyes-turn-to-gentile-to-fill-grimm-seat/] in the New York Oberserver:

23rd avenue

Can You Vote In Today’s Special Election?

This morning, I passed by P.S. 226 on 23rd Avenue, which is in State Senate District 27, and hosting a Special Election today in order to decide who will replace Carl Kruger. The race pits Democratic City Councilman Lew Fidler against Republican attorney David Storobin. While the winner will