Saujani Launches Congress Campaign
February 4, 2010
In the back of a packed East Village coffee shop, about five miles away from Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s Upper East Side base, Reshma Saujani kicked off her campaign to unseat the nine-term incumbent.
Saujani, 34, held the event at Everyman Espresso, across the street from an NYU career development center on East 13th Street, between Third and Fourth avenues. Standing on a bench to get a better view of the caffeinated young urban professionals who gathered to support her, Saujani spoke about her recent conversations with district voters. [Read more]
Council Promotions
January 28, 2010
The East Side’s two Council members, Jessica Lappin and Dan Garodnick, got a bump in status—and pay, for Lappin—in this year’s Council class.
Both Council members will chair full committees for the first time. The position comes with a $10,000 stipend—known in political parlance as a “lulu”—on top of a $112,500 base salary for all Council members. Garodnick, however, is voluntarily forgoing his stipend. [Read more]
Krueger’s Primary Foe Drops Out
January 21, 2010
The primary challenge to State Sen. Liz Krueger was a brief affair: Michael Cohen, counsel to Donald Trump, began announcing his bid to unseat the eight-year incumbent in December and declared he would not run Jan. 21.
Cohen released a statement citing professional and personal reasons that prevented him from mounting a successful campaign.
“Giving the people of this district anything less than a fully committed alternative to the status quo would be wrong,” he wrote in an e-mail. [Read more]
Trump Lawyer Wants Krueger Fired
December 16, 2009
A top lawyer for real estate mogul and reality television personality Donald Trump is planning to challenge State Sen. Liz Krueger in the Democratic primary.
Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump and an executive at the Trump Organization, wants to tap into voters’ anti-incumbency mood, especially toward those in Albany. [Read more]
MALONEY, CHALLENGER PREPARE FOR 2010
December 3, 2009
Rep. Carolyn Maloney is not taking her potential primary challenge for granted.
Reshma Saujani, lawyer and fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, has made moves in preparation for a primary against Maloney. [Read more]
Maloney May Get a Primary
November 11, 2009
After Rep. Carolyn Maloney backed off from a primary against appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Maloney may get one herself.
Reshma Saujani, a lawyer and fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, has declared her intent to run for Congress. Saujani, a Yale Law School graduate, opened up an exploratory committee that allows her to raise money. [Read more]
Decision ‘09: General Election
October 29, 2009
This November, two citywide offices are up for grabs, and several local incumbents are facing Republican challengers at the polls. To give voters a better idea of the men and women vying for their support, we asked each of the candidates to fill out a brief questionnaire explaining their positions and goals in 300 words or less. Responses have been edited for style and clarity. [Read more]
Decision ‘09: Republican Challengers
October 23, 2009
Your mailbox may not be as full of campaign “literature” as it was prior to the primary election, but there are still a number of candidates looking to court voters ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Though they all do not have the same amount of money to spend as Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the independent running on the GOP line, Republicans are challenging several incumbent Democrats, and vying for open citywide seats for comptroller and public advocate. [Read more]
Race to the Run-off
September 23, 2009
Just a handful of Democratic voters will likely choose the city’s next comptroller and public advocate, in what is expected to be a very low-turnout run-off on Sept. 29. On primary day, Sept. 15, only 11 percent of the city’s voters bothered to come out. The races for public advocate and comptroller were the nail-biters of the day, with no candidate broaching the 40 percent mark needed to avoid a run-off. And in a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a large margin, the winners of these two contests next Tuesday will likely cruise to an easy victory in November. [Read more]
Election Cheat Sheet
September 9, 2009
During the past few months, these papers have provided ongoing coverage of the various candidates vying for office this fall, as well as overviews of the mayor’s race focused on a different topic each month. To help readers before they head to the polls on Sept. 15, we’ve created a simplified roundup for each candidate in the Democratic Primary. [Read more]
