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The executive director of Citizens Union strongly opposed extending term limits legislatively, and hopes that those City Council members who went along with the rules change face the wrath of voters at the polls tomorrow.... READ MORE»
Here’s City Councilwoman Maria Baez of the Bronx today saying she won’t debate her opponent in the Democratic primary because he was a Republican in... READ MORE»
Fernando Cabrera, who is challenging City Councilwoman Maria Baez, got the endorsement of the New York Hotel Workers Union and Unite Here. "With Fernando Cabrera, working class people in the 14th district will finally have representation in the City Council,” the hotel workers union president, Peter Ward, said in a public statement.... READ MORE»
Ongoing fluidity notwithstanding, it seems safe to assume that once their heads stop spinning, the state (and maybe national) Democrats will make it a serious priority to make both Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate into former... READ MORE»
Here’s City Councilwoman Melinda with a bunch of City Council members who are endorsing her campaign for city... READ MORE»
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Also at the (eventful!) rally today, City Councilman Larry Seabrook called on the city to pull any advertising it may have in the New York Post. (Not clear if there is any at the moment.)... READ MORE»
Haile Rivera, who once won a dinner with Barack Obama, emailed supporters to say he’s dropping out of the race to unseat City Councilwoman Maria Baez of the... READ MORE»
In August, the New York Daily News ran a column headlined, “Maria Baez ‘goes ghetto’ on election power lawyer Stanley... READ MORE»
Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz called to dispute City Councilwoman Maria Baez’s account of what happened last night at a meeting of the Bronx County Democratic Party. Baez, who supports Jose Rivera, told me she saw Dinowitz "fighting" with some attendees. As Dinowitz tells it, he walked into a conflict that had already started between supporters loyal to Rivera—who Dinowitz says were trying to remove sign-in sheets recording who was eligible to vote—and supporters of Assemblyman Carl... READ MORE»
Here's City Councilwoman Maria Baez, an ally of Jose Rivera, describing last night's contentious Bronx County Democratic Party meeting. According to Baez, she is one of four people authorized to start a county committee meeting. She says that when the group alligned with her political opponents failed to open the meeting, she did. Liz Benjamin reports that, according to Carl Heastie, Baez did not have authority to begin the meeting. Candice Giove also has a different... READ MORE»
Jose Rivera’s fate as the Bronx Democratic County Leader will be decided at a meeting of the party’s executive committee at the Paradise Theaters at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 28, according to a Bronx source. The vote is crucial to Rivera's future, because he's facing major backlash from a group of Bronx elected officials that call themselves the "Rainbow Rebellion." They say Rivera has not been an inclusive leader and has been mostly interested... READ MORE»
Among the funding requests cut by the Council from its budget was one for the Bronx African American Chamber of Commerce, which was slated to get $10,000 at the request of City Councilman Larry Seabrook. The organization earned some attention when it came out that they never accounted for the ultimate destination of $994,488 they received last year. After voting in favor of the budget, Seabrook told me, “I didn’t put it in --... READ MORE»
Council member Melinda Katz, a candidate for city comptroller, is having a June 19 fund-raiser that will showcase strong support from black and Latino lawmakers. The elected officials on the host committee for the event include Yvette Clarke, Jeff Aubry, Jose Peralta, Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Maria Baez, Helen Foster and Melissa Mark Viverito. One of her strongest opponents is Adolfo Carrion, the only Latino in the race. It’s worth noting that Arroyo,... READ MORE»
