In many Council primaries, candidates are fighting over a small number of votes. That’s not the case in district 6, the scene of a competitive primary this year.
What makes less sense: the city paying to provide security at ritzy private schools, or lawmakers from six hours away having a say over the MTA?
WNYC and City Limits team up to report on the 18th City Council district in the Bronx, where Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., a state senator and father of the Bronx borough president, is just one of the five names on the ballot.
Of all the contests facing city voters this election year, the race for Brooklyn District Attorney will give its winner greater power over the daily lives of a larger number of people than any post on the ballot other than mayor.
Plus the schools chancellor cuts the ribbon on a facility at the heart of a contentious argument over race, class and geography.
