A reader sent in this photograph of a Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at a house party in Boerum Hill this weekend [location fixed].
Attendees, according to the reader, included Representative Nydia Velazquez, Assemblyman Jim Brennan, and District Leaders Jo Anne Simon and Alan Fleishman.
Two weeks ago, The New York Times issued a brief 75-word endorsement in the seven-person primary to replace David Yassky in Brooklyn’s 33rd council district.
The pick was Jo Anne Simon, a civil rights attorney and longtime Boerum Hill community activist. “Jo Anne Simon has an impressive legal background and Read More
Last night, six of the seven Democratic candidates in the 33rd Council District gathered at a Williamsburg preschool for a forum that was provocatively promoted by a host group, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, as the “Ultimate Verbal Smackdown.” Only one candidate seemed to take the promotion seriously.
Doug Biviano, a building Read More
Jo Anne Simon, City Council candidate from Brooklyn, has a Sonia Sotomayor story.
Years ago, in a case that produced what will be one of Sotomayor's more closely scrutinized rulings as she prepares for her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Simon was the lead counsel for the plaintiff, and, ultimately, the winner. Read More
All of the candidates in the crowded race for David Yassky's City Council seat came to Greenpoint last night for the second forum in as many weeks. It was hosted by the Greenpoint Gazette, and most of the debate focused on issues affecting the northern tip of the district.
With seven candidates on the Read More
One of the most competitive 2009 City Council races so far is for the seat being vacated by David Yassky, who represents
--Ken Diamondstone raised $47,839 and spent $17,650. He ran for this seat in 2001 and came in third in the primary, but got the support of the Working Families Party in Read More
The usually ultra-liberal Brooklyn political club, Independent Neighborhood Democrats, endorsed a 27-year-old candidate who doesn't support same-sex marriage and who opposes abortion rights.
The club voted last night to endorse John Heyer over one of its own members, Bob Zuckerman, who is gay and fairly progressive. They’re both running for the seat being Read More
Apparently, the the most memorable moment from a forum last night for candidates running for David Yassky's Council seat in Brooklyn was an exchange over "reform" credentials and, in particular, the notion of independence (or lack thereof) from the borough's Democratic leadership.
Yassky was, for a while at least, lauded as such Read More
Among those candidates is Bob Zuckerman, a former president of the Stonewall Democrats, where de Blasio and other public advocate candidates spoke Read More
Candidates for city offices have been sending out a flurry of emails to supporters seeking last-minute donations in the run-up to the March 16 filing deadline.
Samples:
Public advocate candidate Mark Green emailed supporters asking them to help him break $100,000, because "the next 30 hours are as important as the past 30 Read More
One day after Ken Diamondstone announced he's running in the 33rd City Council district in Brooklyn, Isaac Abraham, who told the Daily News he would run back in February, announced a Williamsburg press conference to officially launch the campaign.
The advisory says Abraham announce at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Kent Avenue and Read More
Ken Diamondstone, who recently abandoned a bid to try for the second time to unseat State Senator Marty Connor, just announced this morning that he will run for City Council in the 33rd district.
The district, which includes Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, is currently represented by term-limited David Yassky.In the announcement, Diamondstone’s campaign Read More
City Council candidate Evan Thies of Williamsburg thinks the 2009 Council races will draw a line with voters between two factions of the Democratic party: progressives versus "machine" Democrats.
His opponent, Jo Anne Simon, disagrees. “I don’t know of any insider that is running,” she told me. “So, I honestly am Read More
