With 99.15% of precincts reporting, Diana Reyna is leading the race for the 34th with 45% of the vote. Maritza Davila is second with 43% (only 195 votes behind), while Gerry Esposito is back at 11%.
WNYC says that Lander is leading Skaller, 41% to 25%, with over 75% of precincts reporting. Congratulations, Brad.
CityRoom says that deBlasio is leading Green, 32 to 31 (with 65% reporting). That is big – a contrary to all of the polling. In the comptroller race, Liu is at 39%, one point below the magic no-runoff number, with Yassky at 29%.
Locally, Short says that Diana Reyna is up by 97 votes (45% to 44%), while Steve Levin appears to be walking away with it – just over 31% with 70% reporting (and no runoffs in council races, I believe).
Brooklyn11211 hereby calls the Mayoral primary for Bill Thompson.
We’ll come in from our limb now.
The purpose of having elected officials, as opposed to a self-perpetuating oligarchy like China, ought to be to enhance accountability.
Yglesias starts off well, but his suggestion that we dispatch with borough-level elected positions and rely instead on a unicameral state legislature would be a disaster for NYC.
Can’t embed the audio, so you’ll have to wander over to TMZ. It’s worth a trip, though – a very funny interview.
Is there a newspaper or blog in the country that has not written an article on Greenpoint’s rooftop farm? Here, the Detroit News weighs in (and by extension, so do I).
Actually, a lot of these aren’t so last minute, but it is a nice quick recap of the state of the field.
Sadly, based on the new store design for Duane Reade, so we won’t get that instant grime and disorder that has characterized DR for decades. On the plus side, King’s might lower their prices to something near MSRP.
So, there’s an election today. It will probably determine who your City Council member is for the next four (or eight or twelve) years. It will also probably determine who your Comptroller, Public Advocate and Borough President is for the next four (or eight or twelve) years. So it’s kind of important and worth paying attention to.
Al Sharpton called last night, and he wants me to pass on his support for Bill de Blasio. Ed Koch called last night, and he’s supporting Melinda Katz for Comptroller (so is Diana Reyna, but she didn’t call me last night). Sara Horowitz from Freelancer’s Union called, and they’re supporting David Yassky for Comptroller and Evan Thies for Council.
Here are links to the very excellent candidate profiles Juliet Linderman did for the Greenpoint Gazette.
In the 33rd District (open race):
Isaac Abraham
Ken Baer
Doug Biviano
Ken Diamondstone
Steve Levin
Jo Anne Simon
Evan Thies
In the 34th District (Diana Reyna is the incumbent):
Maritza Davila
Gerry Esposito
Diana Reyna
And for the citywides, here is a recap of the major races from the Times.
