Democratic Primary Results
The Democratic primary, held yesterday, was, in many ways, about Democratic Party leader Vito Lopez—whether his hand-picked candidates would get pushed through to run for City Council on the party ticket. Steve Levin, from team Lopez, won in the 33rd District with 33.7 percent of the vote (Jo Anne Simon was his closest competitor, with…
The Democratic primary, held yesterday, was, in many ways, about Democratic Party leader Vito Lopez—whether his hand-picked candidates would get pushed through to run for City Council on the party ticket. Steve Levin, from team Lopez, won in the 33rd District with 33.7 percent of the vote (Jo Anne Simon was his closest competitor, with 20.2 percent); Maritza Davila, endorsed by Lopez, lost in the 34th District to Diana Reyna, a former Lopez staffer who fell out with the party boss. Incumbent Letitia James won in the 35th District with 81.2 percent of the vote, and Brad Lander took the 39th District with 41.1 percent due to, he told The Brooklyn Paper, his stances on “affordable housing, livable communities, jobs, and good schools.” In the race for comptroller, Councilman John Liu of Queens came out 8 points ahead of Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky, but with 38 percent of the vote, did not have the 40 percent required to win outright. Thus there will be a runoff election held September 29. For more primary results, check out the Eagle’s coverage of the State Senate race.
33rd District: Levin Wins Handily [Brooklyn Paper]
35th District: James Steamrolls Yards-loving Foe [Brooklyn Paper]
39th District: Lander Crushes Four Rivals [Brooklyn Paper]
Liu and Yassky Headed for Runoff [NY Times]
State Senate Primary Results [Brooklyn Eagle]
Montrose or anyone else: what is the POSITIVE reason to vote for Thompson? (That is, what is it about him or his policies that I should support, as opposed to voting AGAINST Bloomberg)?
I usually vote Democratic but voted Bloomberg last time and so far plan to again, because I don’t see Thompson advocating a platform that gives me a reason to choose him over Bloomberg.
Bloomie isn’t perfect, but I like that he’s a pragmatist and has made a positive difference in the city. I supported congestion pricing (when many establishment Dems were against it). And I think term limits are un-Democratic; I should be able to vote for whom I like, and if you don’t like someone, vote against them. And I don’t care that Bloomberg is rich.
I’m still open to the reason to vote FOR Thompson–but I don’t hear him or anyone else making it.
LC Arnett- I care about you guys! *sound of gentle weeping*
I will be more than happy to add you to the robocall list so you too can enjoy the lovely messages from Al and Charles and Chuck and Sheldon and Bill and…and….um Mike. It’s a sad day when you can’t even get robocalls from other Republicans! 🙂
“Bloomberg never promised he would swap smaller crews for firehouse closings.”
Not true – if FDNY agreed to 4man crews, Bloomberg said no firehouse closings….and true there were no layoffs associated, the intent was to get costs down through natural attrition.
As for term limits – Bloomberg did it in an underhanded way but its not like he extended his term…if it offends you so much then don’t vote for him, its hardly an assault on democracy.
Personally, since on balance I think Bloomberg may be the best mayor ever (certainly within my lifetime) my annoyance about Term Limits (which I oppose for executive positions) isnt going to have any effect on my vote.
“NYC is pretty much a democratic town but if anyone thinks the Republicans don’t make robocalls, you are delusional. Think back to the robocall fiascos of the campaign run by Republicans. Everyone makes robocalls. Everyone. I’ve gotten tons of them from Bloomberg and I am sure as hell not a Republican.”
Bxgrl-
I didn’t say Republicans didn’t make robocalls. I said that outside of the national elections, registered Republicans in NYC don’t RECEIVE robocalls. The bottom line is that Republican candidates know they can’t win in NYC by only getting Republican votes. Therefore, they focus on getting moderate Dems to vote for them. Ask any Republicans you know and they’ll tell you they don’t get calls every week leading up to local elections. No one cares about us.
Republicans in New York City. The lonliest people in the world…
fsrg- sounds like you took that line right out of Bloomberg’s brochure. It isn;t a union thing. There is plenty of research to back up the effects of cutting down crews and Bloomberg never promised he would swap smaller crews for firehouse closings. The other point is that the extra firefighter was not going to be fired- there were no salary/pension/benefits savings. It was more smoke an mirrors to get his way.
term limits are undemocratic in themselves. You should be able to vote for anyone who puts their hat in the running. Thats why slimos like Sheldon Silver get voted back into office decade after decade. As much as I dislike, his constituents want him and thats that. Limiting weho you can vote for – thats the “direct attack on the foundation of our Democracy”
Funny, nobody has had anything good to say about Thompson.
Maybe that’s because he hasn’t accomplished anything noteworthy?
I agree bedstuygirl….We must keep the debate not on whether we think Bloomberg has been good for NYC..but the unforgivable abuse of power by him and the city councilmembers (think Yassky, Quinn, etc). So arrogant, elitist and undemocratic.
If term limits were not voted on by citizens of this city twice I would consider voting for Bloomberg. And I was not even in favor of the term limits.
Shame on Bloomberg and his cronies.
This is PATHETIC! Bloomburg and his fiefdom took our votes and shat upon them by repealling what we New Yorkers decided. TERM LIMITS! This is a direct attack on the foundation of our Democracy! We shouldn’t be talking about anything else.