Ravi Batra | The New York Observer

Surrogate's Court Candidate Anderson's $225K Loan

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:18:39 -0400

A Manhattan Surrogate's Court candidate, Milton Tingling, is calling on the attorney general to investigate the $225,000 loan received by one of his opponents, Nora Anderson.

The loan was disclosed in Anderson’s campaign finance filing (for the period of January 12-July 11, 2008) and the money came from Seth Rubenstein, an attorney in Brooklyn.

Ravi Batra, Tingling's finance chair, said in a letter to Andrew Cuomo's office, dated today, that the loan could "serve...

Dinkins and Rangel Sign on to Tingling's Campaign

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:25:28 -0400

David Dinkins has been named campaign chairman for Manhattan Surrogate's Court candidate Milton Tingling. The campaign also announced that Charlie Rangel will serve as honorary chair. Ravi Batra (of Law and Order fame) is serving as the finance chair.

It just adds a bit more name recognition to this competitive, quiet race.

Tingling is running against Nora Anderson and John Reddy....

With Friends Like These...

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:07:00 -0400

Last night in Westchester, Dems and Republicans hammered out the final details of a long anticipated cross-endorsement deal to elect New York's chief administrative judge, Jonathan Lippman, to the state Supreme Court. Quick to sing the judge's praises was Ravi Batra, the politically wired Brooklyn attorney. In press statement this afternoon, Mr. Batra referred to Mr. Lippman as "the zenith of merit." He also concluded that "the Lippman cross-endorsement by all major political parties proves...