Mark Joseph Green is an American author,former public official,public interest lawyer,and Democratic politician from New York City. Green was New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner from 1990 to 1993 and New York City Public Advocate from 1994 to 2002.
Fernando James Ferrer is an American politician who was the borough president of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001. Ferrer was a candidate for mayor of New York City in 1997 and 2001 and was the Democratic Party nominee for mayor in 2005,when he was defeated by Michael Bloomberg. Ferrer served on the New York City Council in the 1980s and has served as chairman and vice chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The 2005 New York City mayoral election occurred on Tuesday,November 8,2005,with incumbent Republican mayor Michael Bloomberg soundly defeating former Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer,the Democratic nominee. Several third-party candidates also ran for mayor. Bloomberg won four of the five boroughs,the exception being the Bronx.
The mayor of New York City is elected in early November every four years,in the year immediately following a United States presidential election year,and takes office at the beginning of the following year. The city,which elects the mayor as its chief executive,consists of the five boroughs,which consolidated to form "Greater" New York on January 1,1898.
Clara A. L. Virginia Fields,better known as C. Virginia Fields,is an American politician who served as Borough President of Manhattan. She was served two terms,elected in 1997 and reelected in 2001,with her second term expiring at the end of 2005.
David Ira Weprin is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,representing District 24 in Queens since 2010,when he replaced his brother Mark. In the Assembly he has supported progressive causes,such as a surcharge on millionaires,and granting immediate parole to prisoners who have reached 55 years of age and served 15 years in prison,regardless of their sentence. He was previously a member of the New York City Council,representing the 23rd district. He is also a former Deputy Superintendent of the NY State Banking Commission (1983–87).
The New York City mayoral election of 2001 was held on November 6,2001.
Gale Arnot Brewer is an American Democratic politician from the state of New York who has represented the 6th New York City Council district since January 2022,a position she previously held from 2002 to 2013. From January 2014 to December 2021,she served as the 27th Borough President of the New York City borough of Manhattan.
Rosie Méndez is an American Democratic politician who served in the New York City Council from the 2nd district from 2006 to 2017. Méndez's district included all or parts of Chelsea,the East Village,the Flatiron District,Gramercy,Greenwich Village,the Lower East Side,Midtown,Murray Hill,NoHo,and Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan.
Charles Barron is an American activist and politician who served in the New York City Council,representing Brooklyn's 42nd district from 2022 to 2023. He previously held the same seat from 2002 to 2013,and served in the New York Assembly from the 60th district between 2015 and 2022.
Arthur O. Eve is a retired American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (1967–2002) and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly (1979–2002) representing districts in Buffalo,New York. He was the first Dominican-American elected to public office in the United States,and the first African American to win a Buffalo mayoral Democratic primary but was defeated in the following mayoral election.
The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5,2013,along with elections for Comptroller,Public Advocate,Borough President,and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent mayor of New York City,Michael Bloomberg,a Republican-turned-Independent,was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Mark D. Levine is an American politician and educator serving as the 28th Borough President of Manhattan since 2022. Previously,he served as member of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2021,where he represented the 7th district covering Manhattan neighborhoods of Morningside Heights,West Harlem,Washington Heights,and part of the Upper West Side.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 8,2016,to elect 27 U.S. representatives from the state of New York. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on June 28.
Jenifer Rajkumar is an American politician. A Democrat,she is a member of the New York State Assembly from the 38th district,representing Queens neighborhoods of Glendale,Ozone Park,Richmond Hill,Ridgewood,and Woodhaven.
The 2019 New York City Public Advocate special election was held on February 26,2019,to fill part of the unexpired term of Letitia James's vacated seat as New York City Public Advocate. It was triggered on January 1,2019,when James resigned to take office as Attorney General of New York.
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.
The 2021 New York City Council elections were held on November 2,2021. The primary elections were held on June 22,2021. There were several special elections for seats vacated in 2020 and early 2021;these special elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting in city council elections after it was approved by a ballot question in 2019 and the second to use ranked-choice voting since New York City repealed PR-STV in 1945. Due to redistricting after the 2020 Census,candidates also ran for two-year terms instead of four-year terms for the first time,stemming from the New York City Charter overhaul in 1989. Four-year terms will resume in the 2025 election after another two-year election in 2023.
The 2021 New York City borough president elections were held on November 2,2021. Four of the five incumbent borough presidents were unable to run for reelection due to term limits. Only the Queens borough president was eligible to seek re-election after winning a special election in 2020.
The 2021 New York City Comptroller election consisted of Democratic and Republican primaries for New York City Comptroller on June 22,2021,followed by a general election on November 2,2021. The primaries were the first NYC Comptroller election primaries to use ranked-choice voting. The primary and general election were held alongside concurrent primaries and elections for mayor,Public Advocate,Borough Presidents,and City Council.
