What to Know About the 2021 New York City Council Races
What does a City Council member do, exactly? How will the massive change-over in the Council help shape the city’s future? And who will become our next speaker?
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not running for City Council in 2021?
Thanks to term limits approved by voters in 2001, 35 out of the 51 seats in the city’s legislative body are up for grabs in this year’s election. And so far there are already more than 300 Council candidates registered to run with the city’s Campaign Finance Board, records show.