If you walk into City Council Chambers Monday night inhale deeply, then exhale. The meeting will be over. Historically the shortest council meetings come on
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Tag: Samia Suliman
Defeated Councilwoman Pleas For Money To Wage Write-In Candidacy
Incumbent City Councilwoman Karen Jackson, who lost to Maria Pereira and Samia Suliman in the September 10 primary to represent the Upper East Side 138th
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Pereira’s Absentee Ballot Effort Indirectly Aided Moore–What Could Have Been
Absentee ballot count by district You’ll hear heightened hullabaloo over the next few weeks about absentee ballots this and absentee ballots that, an aggressive ploy
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Ganim Declared Unofficial Winner, Backed by Absentee Ballots, Over Insurgent Moore
What a crazy night. The Democratic establishment’s vaunted absentee ballot operation has rescued Mayor Joe Ganim, according to unofficial results. Returns show State Senator Marilyn
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Channeling Pereira–The Machinations Of Mayoral Primary
The political plot thickens. Bridgeport features 22 precincts for primary day September 10th. The campaign strategy to yank a vote in Black Rock plays different
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Pereira Pursues Upper East Side City Council Race With Samia Suliman Against Endorsed Dems
Maria Pereira, the self-styled piranha of city politics, is eschewing another run for the Board of Education to challenge party-endorsed City Council incumbents Karen Jackson
Read moreTuesday Night Fights–Pereira Arrested At Success Village Flareup
Board of Education member Maria Pereira was arrested Tuesday night following a heated altercation at a residents meeting of Success Village to remove a co-op
Read moreStooge Politics–Maria Piranha Takes A Bite Out Of City Clerk Lydia Martinez
School board member Maria Pereira, former Democratic district leader in the Upper East Side and the self-styled piranha of city politics, does not hold back
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