Keyword: Marjorie Velazquez
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Assemblyman Kenny Burgos is mulling a possible run for the state senate seat being vacated by Alessandra Biaggi. He could join what might very well be a crowded field to replace Biaggi, who wants to succeed Tom Suozzi in the U.S. House of Representatives. Burgos was elected to replace former Bronx Democratic Party boss Marcos Crespo, but has represented his part of the borough in Albany only since 2020.
Race for Biaggi's senate seat could become crowded
As the deadline to file draws near, a number of Bronx politicos are openly considering running for the state senate seat Alessandra Biaggi is vacating. Even some who already have jobs in Albany. Some like Kenny Burgos, who was just elected in 2020 to the Assembly. But he’s not quite ready to commit. more
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Alessandra Biaggi says she’s leaving her state senate job to run for Tom Suozzi’s newly redrawn congressional seat. Some, like her former deputy chief of staff Christian Amato as well as Democratic male district leader John Doyle are reportedly considering a run for her seat in Albany’s upper chamber.
An (almost) new district? New race? New faces?
When an incumbent decides to stay the incumbent, challengers are usually few and far in between. But when that incumbent decides to move on? It might be easier to compile a list of everyone who isn’t vying to replace them. more
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State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi provided a much-needed boost to Jamaal Bowman back when he sought to do what many said was the impossible — unseat longtime congressional incumbent Eliot Engel. Now a congressman himself, Bowman is putting his support behind helping Biaggi succeed Tom Suozzi in the U.S. House.
Bowman backs Sen. Biaggi for House seat
When Mario Biaggi was elected to Congress in 1968, he returned a seat controlled by Republican Paul Fino back to the Democrats. But now his granddaughter, Alessandra Biaggi, is ready to go full-circle. more
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Eliza Simon, left, Aryeh Kalb, and Anna Woods stand with two volunteers for Pierina Sanchez’s city council campaign while working as interns for 21 in ‘21, an organization devoted to putting at least 21 women on the city council this year. And their efforts paid off, as it appears women will actually become the majority at City Hall.
Future is female for New York’s city council
Jessica Haller was ready to be her neighborhood’s next representative on the city council. She even ran in a competitive March special election to replace Andrew Cohen. more
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