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Inez Barron and her husband switched seats in the city and state legislatures ahead of the de Blasio administration’s push to engineer its first neighborhood-wide rezoning in East New York.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

10

Aug 2017

Uncategorized

Check Out Our Updated Guide to Who’s On the Ballot

The official list of candidates running in the September 12 primary is finally out, and we’ve revamped our listings for the Mayor and City Council races.

ByCity Limits 5Comments

10

Aug 2017

Government

Housing Pressures Drive Bids to Oust Flatbush Councilmember

In neighborhoods like Flatbush/Midwood, Crown Heights/Prospect Heights, South Crown Heights/Lefferts Gardens, and East Flatbush—the community districts with which Council district 40 overlaps—about a third of households are severely rent burdened.

ByElizabeth Michaelson Monaghan 1Comment

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Aug 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Development is Top Issue in Race for Lower Manhattan Council Seat

Eight years ago, Margaret Chin defeated a two-term incumbent to represent the borough’s southern tip. Now she faces three challengers as she seeks a third term.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Aug 2017

Government

Bronx Youth Quiz Two Council Candidates on Cabrera’s Sermon, Other Issues in 14th District

Randy Abreu and Felix Perdomo are hoping to oust fellow Democrat Fernando Cabrera in the September 12 primary.

ByMaquan Keith

ByJaniya Taylor

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

03

Aug 2017

Government Investigations

‘I am the Church. I am the State’: Diaz Sr. Faces Younger Voices in Bronx Primary

In the crowded race to represent Soundview and its environs in the City Council, the State Senator faces opponents who are lesser known and far more progressive.

ByLaShea Gallop

ByJonah Muhammad

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

02

Aug 2017

Government

Challengers Pounce on Incumbent’s Absence from Forum in Bronx Council Race

Eight years ago Fernando Cabrera managed to knock off an incumbent City Councilmember whose claim to fame was a remarkably high rate of absence from the City Council. But Cabrera’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2017

Government

Anger Over Development, School Rezoning Fuels West Side Council Clash

Incumbent Democrat Helen Rosenthal faces two opponents who say she has abetted or acquiesced to development plans that are disfiguring the Upper West Side.

ByJarrett Murphy 9Comments

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Jul 2017

Opinion