Politics & Government
Candidate Forums Coming To Districts With Open City Council Seats
The NYC Campaign Finance Board is planning a series of forums so you can get to know the candidates running for the vacant seats.
NEW YORK CITY, NY – Largely thanks to the City Council’s two-term limit for incumbents, eight districts have open seats in this year’s elections.
The NYC Campaign Finance Board is planning a series of forums so you can get to know the candidates running for the vacant seats.
The board says all the forums will take place before balloting on Sept. 12. It will make details available on its website as they become available.
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For now, here are the districts with open seats and the candidates known to be vying for them.
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District 2 (East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill Rose Hill; Rosie May, incumbent):
District 4 (Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, Central Park South, Midtown East, Times Square, Koreatown and Stuyvesant Town; Dan Garodnick, incumbent):
District 8 (East Harlem, Mott Haven, Highbridge, Concourse, Longwood and Port Morris; Melisssa Mark-Viverito, incumbent):
District 13 (Allerton, City Island, Country Club, Ferry Point, Locust Point, Morris Park, Pelham Bay and Throggs Neck; Jimmy Vacca, incumbent):
John Cerini
Egidio Sementilli
District 18 (Soundview, Castle Hill and Parkchester; Annabel Palma, incumbent):
John Perez
District 41 (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East Flatbush and Crown Heights; Darlene Mealy, incumbent):
Boris Santos
Joyce Shearin
District 43 (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Bath Beach; Vincent Gentile, incumbent):
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