Coming up Tuesday, downtown voters will decide who they want to represent them in the City Council during the next four years. As primary day fast approaches, we're publishing in-depth interviews with District 1 City Council member Margaret Chin...
One issue in this year's City Council campaigns, including in Lower Manhattan, has been a well-funded effort by New York City real estate developers to influence the outcome of several races. Yesterday City Council member Brad Lander, along with...
The candidates running to represent Lower Manhattan, including the Lower East Side, in the City Council clashed last night in their only public debate. In the tense, hour-and-fifteen minute affair, challenger Jenifer Rajkumar sought to portray District 1 Council...
City Council member Margaret Chin and State Sen. Daniel Squadron came to Sara D. Roosevelt Park yesterday to endorse each other.
Afternoon rain showers interfered with the photo-op, staged at the entrance of the Hester Street Playground. But Chin,...
The city's Department of Transportation says Citi Bike is "pedaling past ridership records," racking up more than 250,000 total trips in its first three weeks. Local elected officials and Community Board 3 report relatively few complaints in the early...
City Council member Margaret Chin today announced she's won the endorsements of several large labor unions, including 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, 32 BJ SEIU (the property service workers) and...
We're starting to see sparks fly in the District 1 City Council campaign. Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader, is taking on first-term City Council member Margaret Chin in the upcoming Democratic Primary. On Sunday at the Jing Fong restaurant...
In the past few weeks, Lower Manhattan's political clubs have been weighing which candidates to support for citywide office. The Democratic Primary takes place September 10. Members of Downtown Independent Democrats (DID) made their choice last night, choosing...
The City Council campaign downtown is starting to heat up. With a little more than three months to go before the September 10 Democratic Primary, District 1 Council member Margaret Chin and challenger Jenifer Rajkumar are collecting more endorsements...
Surrounded by fellow elected officials and community activists, City Council member Margaret Chin formally announced her campaign for a second term Sunday at Independence Plaza, an apartment complex in Tribeca that has been a focal point in the fight...
