Author: Halden
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Levin In
With over 99% of the votes counted, Steve Levin has 34% of the vote. Jo Anne Simon is next with 20%. Isaac Abraham and Evan Thies are in a very close race for third (right now, Isaac is ahead by 29 votes). Congratulations, Steve.
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Reyna Looking Good
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%.
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Lander in 39th
WNYC says that Lander is leading Skaller, 41% to 25%, with over 75% of precincts reporting. Congratulations, Brad.
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Early Returns
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%…
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We Call It: Thompson Wins Mayoral Primary
Brooklyn11211 hereby calls the Mayoral primary for Bill Thompson. We’ll come in from our limb now.
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On the Candidates
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…
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Thinking About the 33rd
AYR supports (“gingerly”) Jo Anne Simon. Part of the calculus is Evan Thies’ role – or lack thereof – in Broadway Triangle. As Norman puts it: Could Thies have stopped the Broadway Triangle project from going forward, as Simon’s latest mailer suggests? No, but his departure from Community Board 1 before the vote was not…
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Jim Carroll, RIP
Sad news – another punk dies too young. I came to Jim Carroll via Patti Smith and Catholic Boy and all that – it was some years before I heard about Basketball Diaries (but not that many years). Still, I’ll resist the obvious Catholic Boy cut and go with this rather nice tribute from YouTube.
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Vote!
In case you haven’t noticed, there is an election tomorrow. Technically it’s a primary, but for all intents and purposes, it’s the election (the exception being the race for Mayor, which will be decided in November, not September). If you are a registered Democrat, vote tomorrow.* If you are a registered Democrat in North Brooklyn,…
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Daily News Endorses Thies, Reyna
The Daily News is out with its endorsements for significant City Council races. Locally, they are endorsing Evan Thies in the 33rd and Diana Reyna in the 34th. Here’s what they have to say. [Thies] has distinguished himself in fights for affordable housing and public space. and [Reyna] has secured millions for new community and…