Jamaal Bailey’s shaking up the Bronx Dems
With a majority female City Council representation, could the old boys club be gone? Left to right: Vanessa Gibson, Amanda Farías, Marjorie Velázquez, Jamaal Bailey and Althea Stevens. New York City Council; Amanda Farías Campaign; Richard Rosario; New York State Senate; Harry Montás The must-read daily newsletter for NY s political community. Get it in your inbox.
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State Sen. Jamaal Bailey stepped up to the microphone, entirely surrounded by women, at the July 13 City Hall Park press conference celebrating the 29 women who won their Democratic primaries for the City Council. Eight women spoke before him and 10 after him. Bailey was the only man who spoke. Women are expected to be a majority of the 51-member council for the first time in its history. So Bailey had to clear something up.
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Democrat candidates in NYC mayoral race demand unprecedented manual recount - days after 135,000 test ballots were included in results
Eric Adams maintains a narrow margin over rivals Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley in the Democrat NYC mayoral primary
The three leading candidates have demanded a manual recount of primary votes if the results are razor thin
A manual count would be a first for the city in modern history, and would take weeks to complete and cost millions of dollars
This week officials admitted they d accidentally added 135,000 test ballots to the initially announced results
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The three leading Democrats in the race to be New York City mayor have demanded a manual recount of primary votes if the results are razor thin, days after election officials admitted they d accidentally added 135,000 test ballots to the initial total.
The manual count would be a first for the city in modern history, and comes as frontrunner Eric Adams maintains a narrow margin over rivals Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley.
Adams, Garcia and Wiley have all filed petitions in court to give them the option of challenging the result, the New York Post reports.