Yesterday, March 8, on International Women’s Day, State Sen. Gustavo Rivera, City Councilman Brad Lander, and The Jewish Vote (TJV) announced ranked choice endorsements of certain progressive women candidates ahead of the Bronx special elections on March 23 in District 15 and District 11. According to a joint press release, with early voting starting […]
Carlton “Chucky” Berkley, a retired NYPD detective, who is seeking election in the 11th City Council District, is someone who doesn’t accept that the status quo has to remain as it has always been. As a case in point, Berkley doesn’t accept that the winner of the district’s upcoming special election has to be from […]
Lawyer and City Council candidate in the District 11 race, Dan Padernacht, has received the endorsement of Bill Samuels, a business leader, lawyer, and founder of the Council on Economic Priorities, EffectiveNY, the New Roosevelt Initiative, and New Yorkers for a More Effective Constitution. Samuels wrote in a press release on Monday, March 1, […]
City Council candidate in the District 11 Democratic June primary race, Abigail Martin, announced on Tuesday, Feb. 23, that she has received the endorsement of NYC Kids PAC, the only parent-led political action committee focused on NYC public schools. NYC Kids PAC opposes the privatization of public schools, and advocates for the elimination of […]
On Thursday, Feb. 18, it was announced that Eric Dinowitz, teacher and Democratic male district leader for the 81st Assembly District, who is running for City Council in the 11th District, for which a special election is being held in March, is building on his existing coalition of support, and has received additional trade union […]
Former New York City Council Speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, announced her endorsement, on Monday, Feb. 22, of Jessica Haller, City Council candidate in the 11th District special election, which will be held on Tuesday, March 23. “Jessica has the skills to lead our City toward a more just and equitable future, and help ensure that […]
Elisa Crespo, education liaison at the Bronx borough president’s office and candidate for City Council in the 15th District race, for which a special election has been called on March 23, has been endorsed by Samelys López, Bronx community organizer and former Congressional candidate. López, who was profiled last year by the Norwood News, won around […]
Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY13), the nation’s first Dominican American elected to Congress, announced on Feb. 18, his endorsement of Oswald Feliz in the upcoming City Council special election for the 15th District in the Bronx. Feliz, a tenant lawyer and Hostos Community College adjunct professor, previously profiled by the Norwood News, served as a campaign aide to […]
Mino Lora, an educator and executive director of the People’s Theatre Project, who is one of six candidates running for City Council in the 11th District in The Bronx, has recently been endorsed by Run for Something, CWA District 1, Jewish Vote, and NYIC Action. A special election is being held on March 23 to […]
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