Could the Barron political dynasty be overthrown?
Charles Barron is vying to win his wife Inez Barron’s New York City Council District 42 seat, which she is leaving this year due to term limits. The majority-Black district encompases East New York and its subsections such as Spring Creek and Starrett City. Charles Barron previously won the same seat in 2001. His wife won the Assembly seat in 2008 and they swapped seats when Charles was term-limited out of the City Council in 2013, with Inez running successfully to replace him and Charles then replacing her in the Assembly.
But some have grown tired of the Barrons’ seat swapping, particularly local politicos who say the district is in need of new leadership, pointing to the neighborhood’s high rates of poverty and unemployment, and a recent upward trend in shootings as some of the most pressing issues in the district. Others remember the iconoclastic, radical couple known for generating their share of controversy, for their
Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang pitches himself as NYC s top Asian American politico
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In a move that clearly framed him as New York City’s leading Asian-American politician, mayoral contender Andrew Yang joined more than a dozen other Asian candidates Monday to once again speak out against the recent bias attacks that have shocked the city.
Yang and 13 Asian-American City Council candidates decried anti-Asian violence at the Canal St. subway station and rode the N train together to Times Square to urge New Yorkers to step up if they see someone being harassed or attacked. © Theodore Parisienne New York City mayoral candidate, Andrew Yang.
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Two candidates for the Upper West Side s City Council District 6 race announced a partnership on Monday that looks to use ranked-choice voting to their advantage. (Photo Credit for Sara Lind picture: Kristen Blush. Photo Credit for Jeffrey Omura: Michael Levy )
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY Two candidates for the Upper West Side s City Council District 6 race announced a partnership on Monday that looks to use ranked-choice voting to their advantage.
Sara Lind and Jeffrey Omura are both running as Democrats for the open seat vacated by the term-limited Council Member Helen Rosenthal.
The two candidates are holding an event on Friday to discuss their Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) partnership as part of their commitment to Common Cause to educate voters, according to a news release.
The five Democratic candidates running for City Council District 6, a seat based on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, appeared Thursday night at a forum hosted by the West Side Democrats. The six Democratic candidates running for Manhattan Borough President in this year’s election also appeared before the club. The primaries will be in June and will feature ranked-choice voting.
Forum participants answered questions focused on a range of issues, including public and private housing, homelesssness, transit, land use and development, small businesses, the city’s Open Streets program, concern over federal aid, and more.
The five candidates for City Council District 6 are Gale Brewer, the term-limited Manhattan Borough President and former City Council District 6 representative seeking to retake that seat; Sara Lind, a member of Community Board 7 and an attorney; Jeffrey Omura, an actor, activist, and labor leader; Zack Weiner, a screenwriter, actor, and film producer; and David Gold,
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