Dyker Heights is a predominantly residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is on a hill between Bay Ridge,Bensonhurst,Borough Park,and Gravesend Bay. The neighborhood is bounded by 7th and 14th Avenues,65th Street,and the Belt Parkway on the west,east,north,and south,respectively.
The Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New York. Running on the Conservative Party line,James L. Buckley won election to the U.S. Senate in 1970 and served for one term. Since 2010,the party has held "Row C" on New York ballots—the third-place ballot position,directly below the Democratic and Republican parties—because it received the third-highest number of votes of any political party in the 2010,2014 and 2018 New York gubernatorial elections. The party is known for its strategy of attempting to influence the Republican Party in a more conservative direction.
JoséMarco Serrano is a member of the New York State Senate from the 29th District,representing Mott Haven,Melrose,Highbridge,Morris Heights,Spanish Harlem,Yorkville,Roosevelt Island and part of the Upper West Side. He is the son of U.S. Congressman JoséSerrano.
Andrew Joseph Lanza is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He is a member of the New York State Senate,representing the 24th district,which includes most of Staten Island. He was elected in 2006 after having served on the New York City Council for the 51st district.
Phillip Michael Boyle is an American politician who served as the Senator for the 4th District of the New York Senate from 2013 to 2022. He is a Republican. The district he served includes the villages of Babylon,Brightwaters,Lindenhurst,Ocean Beach,Saltaire in Suffolk County on Long Island.
Vincent Joseph "Vinnie" Gentile is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 43rd district from 2003 to 2017. He is a Democrat. The district includes Bath Beach,Bay Ridge,Bensonhurst,and Dyker Heights in Brooklyn.
Martin J. Golden is an American politician from Brooklyn,New York,one of the five boroughs of New York City. A Republican,Golden represented the 43rd district in the New York City Council from 1998 to 2002 and represented the 22nd district of the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2018.
Velmanette Montgomery is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 25th district of the New York State Senate from 1984 until 2020. The district comprised Fort Greene,Boerum Hill,Red Hook,Bedford-Stuyvesant,Sunset Park,Gowanus,and Park Slope,among other neighborhoods located within the borough of Brooklyn.
Kevin Parker is an American politician from the state of New York. He is a member of the New York State Senate representing the 21st district,which comprises portions of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of East Flatbush,Flatbush,Midwood,Ditmas Park,Kensington,Park Slope,and Windsor Terrace. A Democrat,Parker was first elected to the Senate in 2002.
Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers,New York. A member of the Democratic Party,Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and has served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019. She has previously served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul,for 16 days in 2021 and between April and May 2022. Stewart-Cousins is the first Black woman to serve as the New York lieutenant governor,although in an acting capacity. She is the first woman in the history of New York State to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature and is also the first female Senate Majority Leader in New York history.
The 1982 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 2,1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan won re-election to a second term.
Shelley Mayer is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New York State Senate representing the 37th Senate District,which includes portions of Westchester County. Formerly a member of the New York State Assembly,Mayer was first elected in a special election in 2018.
Luis R. Sepúlveda is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as the New York State Senator from the 32nd Senate District,which includes parts of the Bronx. Prior to being in the state senate Sepúlveda was a member of the New York State Assembly from 2013 to 2018.
Roxanne Persaud is a Guyanese-American politician. She is a Democrat and a member of the New York Senate for the 19th district,which includes portions of Canarsie,East New York,Brownsville,Mill Basin,Sheepshead Bay,Bergen Beach,Marine Park,Flatlands,Ocean Hill and Starrett City in Brooklyn.
Ross Elliot Barkan is an American journalist,novelist,and essayist.
Peter Harckham is an American businessman and politician from the State of New York. A Democrat,Harckham represents Senate District 40 in the New York State Senate. He was first elected in 2018,defeating incumbent Terrence Murphy. The 40th district includes parts of Dutchess,Putnam and Westchester counties in the Hudson Valley.
Robert E. Antonacci is an American politician and judge from Syracuse,New York. A Republican,Antonacci served as Onondaga County Comptroller from 2008 to 2018. He was the Republican nominee for New York State Comptroller in 2014,losing to incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli. He was elected to the New York State Senate in New York's 50th State Senate district in 2018. In 2019,Antonacci was elected as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court—a trial-level court—in the Fifth Judicial District and stepped down from his Senate seat.
New York's 26th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. Based in western Brooklyn,neighborhoods located entirely or partially within the district's boundaries include Carroll Gardens,Cobble Hill,the Columbia Street Waterfront District,Dumbo,Dyker Heights,Fort Hamilton,Gowanus,Park Slope,Red Hook,South Slope,and Sunset Park. Also within its boundaries are the Brooklyn Bridge,the Statue of Liberty,and Ellis Island.
Mathylde Frontus is an American politician. A Democrat,Frontus represented the 46th district in the New York State Assembly. Her district includes portions of southern Brooklyn,including Coney Island,Brighton Beach,Bay Ridge,and Dyker Heights.
Phara Souffrant Forrest is an American politician,nurse,and tenant activist. A member of the Democratic Socialists of America,she is the assembly member for the 57th district of the New York State Assembly. After defeating incumbent Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley in the Democratic primary in June 2020,Forrest won the general election in November of that year. She defeated former District Manager of Community Board 2 Olanike Alabi in the primary to defend her seat in 2022. She was unopposed in the general election.
