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Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NYC borough president races: Who's running?
The Brief A borough president reviews land use proposals and gives an advisory opinion that can influence City Council decisions. They also appoint community board members, shaping how neighborhoods grow and where resources go. In the Manhattan borough president race, there is no incumbent, as Mark Levine is running for comptroller. NEW YORK CITY - A borough president reviews land use proposals and gives an advisory opinion that can influence City Council decisions. JUMP TO: BRONX l BROOKLYN l MANHATTAN l STATEN ISLAND l QUEENS MORE: NYC primary election 2025 ultimate voter guide They also appoint community board members, shaping how neighborhoods grow and where resources go. It's a key role for setting local priorities. In the 2025 primary election, only three races are competitive: the Democratic primaries for Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx borough presidents. Here's a look at the candidates running, both opposed and unopposed, as well as real-time election results. Election results will become available when polls close at 9 p.m. Local perspective Here are the candidates for each borough: Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson (D) is running for re-election after first winning the seat in 2021. Challenging her in the Democratic primary is City Councilmember Rafael Salamanca (D), who chairs the Council's Land Use Committee. Antonio Reynoso (D) is running for re-election after first winning the Brooklyn borough president seat in 2021. He previously served on the City Council and has picked up endorsements from major unions, elected officials and the Working Families Party. Khari Edwards (D), a corporate executive and community advocate, is running again after losing in 2021. He has not held elected office and is campaigning on education, job training and gun violence prevention. Janine Acquafredda (R) is a real estate broker and the only Republican in the race, automatically advancing to the November ballot. She's focused on public safety, homeownership and defending drivers' rights in the city. There is no incumbent in the Manhattan borough president race, as Mark Levine is running for comptroller. The Democratic candidates are State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, City Councilmember Keith Powers and emergency medicine doctor Calvin Sun. Hoylman-Sigal has served in Albany for 12 years and has passed over 350 bills. He has endorsements from former Manhattan borough presidents, Manhattan Democratic Party leaders, Rep. Jerry Nadler and the Healthcare Workers Union 1199. Powers is a term-limited City Councilmember focused on land use and affordable housing. He has raised slightly more campaign funds than Hoylman-Sigal and is endorsed by several members of Congress, Union 32BJ and the Teamsters. Sun is a doctor with no prior elected office experience. His campaign focuses on healthcare access, cost of living and education, and he has raised significantly less money than the other two candidates. Voters will choose between two candidates running unopposed in their parties in the November general election. Republican Vito Fossella is the current Staten Island borough president. His tenure includes efforts to challenge congestion pricing and oppose voting rights for non-citizens in city elections. Fossella's 2021 campaign was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. His campaign currently holds $77,304 with no public matching funds. Democrat Michael Colombo is focusing on affordable housing, better public transportation and public health. Colombo emphasizes his working-class Staten Island roots over party politics. His campaign has raised $67,805 and has not received matching funds. Voters will decide between two candidates in the November general election since neither faces a primary challenge. Republican Henry "Ike" Ikezi works in real estate and focuses on job training, affordable housing and increasing NYPD presence for public safety. His campaign has raised over $15,000, but currently has under $1,000 available. Democrat Donovan Richards is the current Queens borough president. He has directed funding toward hospitals, affordable housing, clean energy and nonprofits. Richards previously served on the City Council, where he led zoning and public safety committees.
New York Post
16-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Manhattan borough-president candidates duke it out over public safety, bail reform
The city's only borough-president primary race considered competitive by political observers is heating up over the issue of public safety and the state's controversial bail law changes. State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and city Councilman Keith Powers are the leading candidates in the Democratic Manhattan showdown. Powers recently slammed Hoylman-Sigal for his support of the bail law changes in Albany and said that the state legislators have been too slow to make changes. 3 City Councilman Keith Powers is running for Manhattan Borough President. Paul Martinka 'When polling shows that 80% of New Yorkers are concerned about public safety and Brad dismisses those concerns out of hand, it shows he's out of touch with New Yorkers in Manhattan,' Powers said. Powers said his own public safety plan would increase the number of cops in Manhattan precincts, helping to keep dangerous people off the streets, and ease the discovery process, or how prosecutors must share information with defense lawyers. 'It's been crystal-clear in the past few years that we have a mental-health crisis and there have been some elected officials who have been out of touch with New Yorkers and they failed to meet the moment,' Powers told The Post. Hoylman-Sigal shot back at Powers' jabs by saying housing, quality-of-life, public-safety and education issues are his top concerns. 'I don't know what my opponent has done in terms of public safety and specifically passing any legislation' Hoylman-Sigal said. 3 State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal campaigning for Manhattan BP on May 31, 2025. Kyle Stevens/Shutterstock He pointed to legislation he has backed cracking down on serial shoplifting and increasing the number of hate-crime offenses. Hoylman-Sigal also defended his initial support for the state's bail-reform laws, saying they were based on concern over due process. He said supported subsequent changes to the laws, discovery reform and involuntary-commitment mental-health standards. 'Look, I'm a proud Liberal Democrat, and I will always stand by the Constitution and the right to a free and fair trial and a hearing before a judge,' said Hoylman-Sigal, explaining his initial support for the bail reform laws. 3 Powers slammed Hoylman-Sigal for supporting bail reform laws in Albany. Kyle Stevens/Shutterstock Powers has strong union support in the race, backed by heavyweights such as 32BJ SEIU, the Hotel Trades Council and the United Federation of Teachers. Hoylman-Sigal has the endorsements of three former Manhattan borough presidents and a slew of other pols. The Manhattan beep's race also includes political newbie Dr. Calvin Smith. Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is meanwhile fending off challenger and previous candidate Khari Edwards, while fellow Bronx beep incumbent Vanessa Gibson is being challenged by city Councilman Rafael Salamanca. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards isn't facing a primary challenge, but three other Republican candidates are competing to challenge him in November. On Staten Island, incumbent Vito Fossella doesn't have a primary challenger but will square off against Democratic challenger Michael Colombo in the general. The primary election is June 24.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
U.S. files suit against New York State over courthouse arrest law
June 13 (UPI) -- The federal government has filed a suit against the state of New York over a law that has kept ICE enforcement out of its state courthouses. The Department of Justice has named New York Gov. Kathleen Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James as the defendants in the lawsuit filed Thursday with the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of New York that seeks to have New York's "Protect Our Courts Act" ruled unlawful. The act, signed into law in December of 2020, provides a "privilege against civil arrest" for anyone traveling to or from, or involved in court proceedings, whether that be for themselves or in support for family or household members when they need to appear in court. The law further states that only judicially signed orders or warrants can be executed in court buildings, and such warrants must also be reviewed by the court, which then determines where and when a warrant can be executed, and how it may be implemented. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a press release Thursday that New York is "employing sanctuary city policies to prevent illegal aliens from apprehension." She added that the suit "underscores the Department of Justice's commitment to keeping Americans safe and aggressively enforcing the law." Chair of the New York State Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal responded to the legal action with astatement Thursday in which he called the lawsuit "baseless and frivolous, and "part and parcel of the Trump administration's ongoing assault on the rule of law in New York." Hoylman-Sigal also insisted that the Protect our Courts Act is "well within the established purview of state law," and doesn't apply to federal or immigration courts, and permits Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make arrests with valid judicial warrants. "At a time when masked ICE officials are roaming the state and lawlessly detaining New Yorkers without any due process, the law preserves access to justice and participation in the judicial process," Hoylman-Sigal said. Hel was one of two New York legislators who wrote a letter to state Attorney General James in March when someone was allegedly detained by federal law enforcement while inside a state courthouse. Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate also said in the Justice Department press release that the act allows New York to obstruct "federal law enforcement and facilitates the evasion of federal law by dangerous criminals, notwithstanding federal agents' statutory mandate to detain and remove illegal aliens."
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
New York Senate Passes Bill to Allow Terminally Ill Residents to Choose Medical Aid in Dying
The New York State Senate has passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which would allow someone who is terminally ill to choose to end their life Those eligible must be diagnosed with a terminal illness that's medically determined to "produce death within six months" The bill now goes to Governor Kathy Hochul for her signature but it's unclear if she will sign itThe New York State Senate has passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which allows those who are terminally ill to choose to end their life. The bill now goes to Governor Kathy Hochul for her signature. If the bill passes, it would make New York the twelfth state to allow terminally ill people to choose medical aid in dying. 'It isn't about ending a person's life, but shortening their death,' State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, one of the bill's sponsors, told The New York Times. The bill defines those eligible as being mentally competent and having a 'terminal illness' that 'has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within six months.' Those who are eligible for medical aid in dying can request, in writing, a lethal dose of medication that they would self-administer. The request must be witnessed by two people who are not blood relatives, or who would 'be entitled to any portion of the estate of the patient upon death.' 'This is about personal autonomy,' Hoylman-Sigal told the NYT. 'This is about liberty. This is about exercising one's own freedom to control one's own body.' Opponents like state Sen. George Borrello have referred to the bill as 'state-authorized suicide' to CBS News. As Gothamist reports, it's unclear whether or not Hochul will sign the bill into law; a spokesperson for the governor has said she will review the legislation. In a statement on the passing the bill, Hoylman-Sigal said 70% of the state's residents approve the legislation, which will "finally give New Yorkers access to this compassionate and dignified end of life care option.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Daily NYC campaign updates: State Sen. Liz Krueger endorses Brad Hoylman-Sigal
State Sen. Liz Krueger has endorsed Brad Hoylman-Sigal for Manhattan borough president. Krueger cited his record in Albany on tenants' rights, his opposition of casinos in Manhattan and stance against anti-Jewish hate as why she's throwing her weight behind him. 'He's been an extraordinarily effective legislator and I know as Borough President he'll be a great advocate for all of us who call Manhattan home,' Krueger said. 'I'm thrilled to have the endorsement of one of New York's greatest champions for reproductive freedom, climate action, and government accountability,' Hoylman-Sigal said. 'Senator Krueger represents the best of the Manhattan's East Side and it's an honor to have Liz as part of our growing coalition of support.' Hoylman-Sigal's running against current Councilmember Keith Powers for the seat.
