A pro-business Super PAC is shelling out $500,000 down the stretch to help re-elect six moderate or mainstream incumbent Democratic City Council members facing primary-election challenges.
By Emily Ngo The Bronx PUBLISHED 10:48 PM ET Dec. 22, 2020 PUBLISHED 10:48 PM EST Dec. 22, 2020
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Kevin Riley, a district leader and aide to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, has declared victory in the special election for an open City Council seat in the Bronx.
Riley was endorsed not just by Heastie but several Democratic Bronx elected officials. He also was backed by several labor unions.
The special election was held to fill the seat vacated by Andy King, who was ousted from the council in October for alleged ethics violations.
“It was a very trying life that I had growing up, so being that I’m able to serve the community that raised me, I feel overwhelmed, I feel overjoyed, I’m so eager to work,” Riley told NY1 late Tuesday.
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