Because only two candidates are on the ballot for the June 22 primary election, voters in the district — which includes the Lower East Side, Kips Bay, and Murray Hill — will not be electing their next Council member using the city’s new ranked choice voting system.
The City Council voted Thursday to raise the value of municipal rent subsidies for homeless New Yorkers, which advocates say will help thousands of individuals and families secure permanent housing and leave shelters—despite some flaws in the specifics of the legislation.
Council aides, community board leaders and accomplished lawyers are among those hoping to win the crowded 27th district primary.
The bill would raise the value of city-backed housing subsidies for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. The voucher values currently trail actual market rents, making it hard for families to find a landlord willing to accept them.
Ray McGuire and Kathryn Garcia joined Shaun Donovan, Andrew Yang, and Maya Wiley recently in supporting limited terms for those elected to local office.
A tradition of handing down power within this 50th Council district office is under assault in the most contested Republican primary in this cycle.
The chair of the council’s welfare committee says New York City is squandering a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to address its homelessness crisis, despite an executive budget that would boost Department of Social Services (DSS) funding by nearly $1.2 billion.
Helen Hines is running for a third time against Rafael Salamanca, who enjoys hefty advantages.
‘The bills that make up the SOS Act, introduced by Council Members Francisco Moya and Diana Ayala, would raise the standards for workers like me to ensure that privately-run shelters are providing decent wages, benefits and training opportunities to security workers.’
Eric Dinowitz, son of an Assemblymember, won a March special election and is now hoping to win the June 22 Democratic primary. A field of five—including a couple new names—is trying to stop him.
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