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.
Gregory Dyke is a British media executive,football administrator,journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s,Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing "tabloid" television to British broadcasting,and reviving the ratings of TV-am. In the 1990s,he held chief executive positions at LWT Group,Pearson Television,and Channel 5.
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 2010,2014,2018,and 2022 New York gubernatorial elections. The party is known for its strategy of attempting to influence the Republican Party in a more conservative direction.
The Independence Party was a political party in the U.S. state of New York. The party was founded in 1991 by Gordon Black,Tom Golisano,and Laureen Oliver and acquired ballot status in 1994. They lost their ballot status in 2020 under a change in the New York state election law that required at least 130,000 votes on the party line every two years. Although often associated with Ross Perot,as the party came to prominence in the wake of Perot's 1992 presidential campaign,it was created prior to Perot's run. In 2020,it affiliated with the Alliance Party,but disaffiliated in 2021. It used to have one elected member of the New York State Assembly,Fred Thiele,until Thiele switched his party affiliation to the Democratic Party in 2022. On December 9,2022,New York governor Kathy Hochul signed S1851A,banning the use of the words "Independent" and "Independence" from use in political party names in New York state.
Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. is an American attorney,political executive,and lobbyist who was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1983 to 1989. Fahrenkopf is co-founder,and currently co-chairman,of the Commission on Presidential Debates,which conducts the United States general election presidential and vice presidential debates. In the private sector,Fahrenkopf most recently served as the American Gaming Association's first president,and retired from the position in 2013.
Thomas Peter DiNapoli is an American politician serving as the 54th and current New York State Comptroller since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,he was appointed by a bipartisan majority of the New York State Legislature to the position of comptroller on February 7,2007. He was then elected Comptroller by New York's voters in 2010,2014,2018 and 2022. In his 2014 victory,he led the statewide ticket with the most votes. He was easily reelected to a third term in November 2018,receiving 64.9% of the vote. In 2022,he secured his fourth term in office,receiving 57% of the vote. He is the second longest-serving comptroller in New York State History.
Simcha Felder is an American politician from Borough Park,Brooklyn. He represents the 22nd district of the New York State Senate. Felder has been elected to multiple offices as a Democrat,but is known for having caucused with the Republicans during the early part of his New York State Senate tenure. Prior to serving in the State Senate,Felder represented the 44th district in the New York City Council.
JoséRafael Peralta was an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,he last represented District 13 in the State Senate,which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona,East Elmhurst,Elmhurst,Jackson Heights,and Woodside. He previously represented District 39 in the New York State Assembly,which is located in Queens,New York and includes Corona,Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. He was elected to the New York State Senate in a landslide on March 16,2010. Peralta was a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC),a group of Democratic senators who allied themselves with Senate Republicans. He was re-elected in 2012,2014 and 2016,but was defeated in the 2018 Democratic primary.
The New York State Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New York. Its headquarters are in Manhattan,and it has an office in Albany.
Brian Patrick Kavanagh is an American politician who represents the 27th district in the New York State Senate,representing Lower Manhattan since December 2017. Before the redrawing of legislative districts in January 2023,Kavanagh represented the west part of Brooklyn. He previously served in the New York State Assembly representing the East Side of Manhattan. Kavanagh is a Democrat.
David G. Greenfield is an American politician,law professor,and non-profit executive. He served as a Democrat in the New York City Council from the 44th district from 2010 to 2017. In 2018,he became CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty,a Jewish charity in New York City.
Christopher Nixon Cox is an American lawyer based in New York. He is the son of Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward F. Cox,and grandson of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Cox is the CEO of Lightswitch Capital,a private equity fund investing in biotech companies.
Stephen Peter Munisteri is an American attorney who served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2010 to 2015. In 2017,Munisteri was appointed to the White House staff as deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.
Michael R. Long was an American politician from the state of New York. He served as chairman of the Conservative Party of New York State from December 1988 to January 2019. Previously,Long represented the Borough of Brooklyn at-large on the New York City Council from 1981 to 1983.
Jo Anne Simon is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 52nd District of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Brooklyn Heights,Downtown Brooklyn,Cobble Hill,Carroll Gardens,Gowanus,Park Slope,Boerum Hill and DUMBO in Brooklyn. She was a candidate for Congress in New York's newly redrawn 10th congressional district in 2022.
Jabari Brisport is an American politician,activist,and former public school teacher. He is the state senator for New York's 25th State Senate district in Brooklyn,and the first openly gay person of color to be elected to the New York State Legislature.
Andrew Gounardes is an American lawyer and politician. He is a Democrat and a member of the New York State Senate,representing the 26th district,which encompasses the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge,Dyker Heights,Sunset Park,Greenwood Heights,Red Hook,Park Slope,Gowanus,Carroll Gardens,Boerum Hill,Cobble Hill,Downtown Brooklyn,Fort Greene,Brooklyn Heights,Vinegar Hill,and DUMBO in Brooklyn.
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.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 26 U.S. representatives from the State of New York,one from each of the state's 26 congressional districts. The elections coincided with elections for governor,U.S. Senate,attorney general,comptroller,state senate,and assembly,and various other state and local elections.
Joseph Pinion III is an American former television host,businessman,and activist. A member of the Republican Party,he was the nominee of the Republican and Conservative parties in the 2022 United States Senate election in New York,making him the first African American to receive a major party's backing for the U.S. Senate in the state of New York.
