A high profile member of Community Board 3 has gone to work for City Councilmember Margaret Chin. Beginning this week, Gigi Li is deputy chief of staff and district office director for the Lower Manhattan representative.
The lull in the campaign for the 65th Assembly District is over. After Alice Cancel won a special election last month to serve the remainder of Sheldon Silver's term, attention has shifted to the upcoming Democratic Primary in the...
Community Board 3 Chairperson Gigi Li has ended her campaign for district leader in the 65th Assembly District, Part C. She made the announcement in a statement released a short time ago.
Li announced in June that she would challenge...
The campaign for district leader in Lower Manhattan just got more interesting. While an official announcement has not yet been made, Community Board 3 Chairperson Gigi Li has decided to take on Jenifer Rajkumar, the incumbent. The contest could...
Community Board 3 Chairperson Gigi Li last night announced several new committee appointments. The moves create greater ethnic diversity in the leadership of the board and represent a reoganization several members had urged earlier this year. Previously, there were...
As we reported last night, Community Board 3 Chairperson Gigi Li held off a challenge to her leadership, winning a third term during a tense meeting at Cooper Union. The vote was 31 in favor of Li to 15...
Last week, we reported that the upcoming election to lead Community Board 3 was shaping up as a two-way contest between current Chairperson Gigi Li and challenger Chad Marlow. That's exactly the way it played out at this week's...
Next month, Community Board 3 members will choose their next chairperson. Gigi Li, who has served as chair since 2012, is expected to run for re-election. It comes as no surprise that she will have at least one opponent:...
The issue of racial diversity in the leadership of CB3 became a hot topic during this past Tuesday night's full board meeting. The conversation was initiated by an African-American board member, Ayo Harrington, who sent a letter to Gigi...
For our regular feature spotlighting the people who live and work on the Lower East Side, we ventured a bit farther west to talk with Gigi Li, who lives in Chinatown. Li was recently elected as chair of Community...
