Campaigning illegally inside the 75 foot line from entrance to polling locations and “forged” petition signatures are some of the elections complaints filed by District Leader Maria Pereira and candidates Karen Jackson and Somia Suliman following the September 12 Democratic primary for City Council in the Upper East Side 138th. They filed the assertions with […]
Entries Categorized as 'City Council'
Pereira Files Election Complaint Against City Council Incumbents, Paoletto: She’s ‘Toxic’
September 21st, 2017 · 12 Comments · City Council, News and Events, State Politics, Uncategorized
Tags: Angel Figueroa·Anthony Paoletto·Karen Jackson·Maria Pereira·Nessah Smith·Somia Suliman
Herron Flights Keeley By 1 Vote
September 20th, 2017 · 9 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Uncategorized
Every vote counts. Yup. In the case of the Democratic City Council primary between incumbent Jeanette Herron and former State Rep. Bob Keeley in the North End 133rd District 1 vote has made the difference. Herron squeaked out a vote victory following a Tuesday recount that had them tied going in.
Tags: Anthony Paoletto·Bob Keeley·Ernie Newton·Jeanette Herron·Karen Jackson·Nessah Smith·Pete Spain·Samia Suliman·Scott Burns·Wanda Simmons
Going, But Not Gone Yet
September 19th, 2017 · 8 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education, Law Enforcement, News and Events
Only a few regular meetings remain for the current City Council that will be replaced by a new legislative body with some new faces in December. Citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee revisited some questions he has presented to the current configuration during an address to councilors Monday night.
Tags: John Marshall Lee
Protesting Income Inequality From Bridgeport To Greenwich
September 17th, 2017 · 2 Comments · City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
In advance of the weekend state budget vote, a Connecticut Working Families Party-led caravan of tax justice demonstrators protested Bruce McGuire’s Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, “the foremost group lobbying against closing the egregious Carried Interest Tax Loophole, outside their fancy yacht club gathering,” according to the WFP. City Council candidate from the East End Wanda Simmons, […]
Tags: Wanda Simmons
City Council Recounts Set
September 15th, 2017 · 17 Comments · City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Recounts will take place on Tuesday morning at the Margaret Morton Government Center in four districts following the results of Democratic primaries for City Council. Candidates must be within 20 votes to force a recount.
Tags: Anthony Paoletto·Bob Keeley·Ernie Newton·Jeanette Herron·Karen Jackson·Nessah Smith·Pete Spain·Samia Suliman·Scott Burns·Wanda Simmons
Martinez To Seek Presidency Of City Council
September 14th, 2017 · 51 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Assuming she’s reelected to another two-year term in November, East End City Councilor Eneida Martinez says she’ll seek the presidency of the legislative body, replacing Tom McCarthy who has served in that capacity for 10 years. McCarthy did not seek reelection to the council.
City Employee Councilors Sayonara, Primary Post Mortem
September 14th, 2017 · 43 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Primary day has ended, but it’s not over. And even when the primary vote is certified following recounts, there’s the general election in November and then another vote for City Council president in December by peers. And guess what? When the new council meets in December it will do so without a city employee councilor […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Alfredo Castillo·Anne Pappas Phillips·Anthony Paoletto·Bijou Theatre·Bob Keeley·Chris Rosario·Christina Smith·Darrett Evans Moss·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Evette Brantley·Jeanette Herron·Jim Holloway·Jorge Cruz·Karen Jackson·Kyle Langan·Lydia Martinez·Marcus Brown·Maria Valle·Maria Zambrano·Mario Testa·Mary McBride-Lee·Michael DeFilippo·Milta Feliciano·Nessah Smith·Pete Spain·Richard Salter·Rolanda Smith·Rosalina Roman-Christy·Samia Suliman·Scott Burns·Steve Nelson·Tom McCarthy·Wanda Simmons
City Council Approves Downtown Theater Development Plan
September 19th, 2017 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
The City Council Monday night in a 13-4 vote signed off on New York-based Exact Capital’s $410 million proposal to resurrect two nostalgic Downtown theaters and former Savoy Hotel in addition to constructing more than 800 housing units along adjacent streets. The vote came without a Project Labor Agreement that had been encouraged during a […]
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Tags: Alfredo Castillo·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Bob Keeley·Denese Taylor-Moye·Jeanette Herron·Jose Casco·Michelle Lyons·Scott Burns·Tom McCarthy