According to a source in City Council candidate PJ Kim's campaign, a special referee has recommended the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against him by candidate Margaret Chin. The two sides are due in State Supreme Court later...
Photo: Courtesy of Speaker Silver's office
This week State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver stopped by to check up on a petition drive to save the Pitt Station Post Office on Clinton Street (between East Broadway and Grand). We reported on...
Last week we reported about a dust-up between the two Asian candidates running in the First District City Council race. Margaret Chin's campaign accused rival PJ Kim of using "racially charged language," when he asserted that Chin was...
City Council members, community organizations and several candidates running in upcoming elections gathered on the steps of City Hall earlier today in support of the Small Business Survival Act. The bill, being considered by the City Council, would give...
A source inside his campaign office tells The Lo-Down that a special referee has recommended putting City Council member Alan Gerson back on the September Primary ballot. The Board of Elections removed Gerson for failing to satisfy its...
From the Daily News a short time ago: The Hotel and Motel Trades Council and the UNITE HERE New York State
Council have announced its endorsements... There is a glaring omission in the HTC/UNITE HERE list: Councilman Alan Gerson......
As promised, a followup on the escalating war of words between City Council candidates PJ Kim and Margaret Chin. This morning both campaigns were in court on Chin's lawsuit seeking to force Kim off the ballot for alleged...
Yesterday we reported on the hearing before a court appointed referee weighing whether City Council member Alan Gerson should get back on September's Primary ballot. Ray Dowd (pictured, left), representing candidate Pete Gleason, has now given us his...
City Council candidate Margret Chin's alleged voter fraud lawsuit against rival PJ Kim was back in court this morning. Following the hearing, Josh Ehrlich, Chin's attorney, conceded he probably did not present enough evidence to prove the fraud allegations....
City Council member Alan Gerson testified in court for a second day this morning, as a lawyer for one of his opponents fought to keep the two term incumbent off the September Primary ballot. Ray Dowd, representing candidate Pete...
