Robert Jackson is an American politician in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the Senator for the New York State Senate's 31st district on the West Side of Manhattan. He previously served in the New York City Council from 2002 to 2013,representing the 7th district in Manhattan. He is the first Muslim New York State Senator.
Peter Fortunate Vallone Jr. is an American judge and lawyer.
John Chun Yah Liu is an American politician in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party,he is a member of the New York State Senate for the 16th district in northeast Queens. He previously served as the 43rd New York City Comptroller from 2010 to 2013,and as a member of the New York City Council from 2002 to 2009,representing the 20th district in northeast Queens. He was the first Asian American New York City Council member and Comptroller,and one of the first two Asian American New York State Senators,as well as the first elected to legislative or citywide office in New York. He was also a candidate in the 2013 New York City mayoral election.
Anthony Avella Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the New York State Senate's 11th district in northeast Queens from 2011 to 2019. The district included the mostly affluent neighborhoods of College Point,Whitestone,Bayside,Little Neck,Douglaston,Floral Park,Beechhurst,Malba and Auburndale. Avella also served as a member of the New York City Council from 2002 to 2009,representing some of the same Queens neighborhoods in District 19. Avella is a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC),a group of Democratic state senators who allied themselves with Senate Republicans. He was also a losing candidate in the 2009 New York City mayoral election,the 2013 Queens Borough President election,and the 2017 New York City mayoral election.
Malcolm Anthony Smith is an American politician from New York who was convicted of public corruption. A Democrat,Smith was a member of the State Senate,representing the 10th district in the New York State Senate from 2000 to 2002 and Senate District 14 from 2003 to 2014. Smith served as New York State Senate Majority Leader in 2009 and served as Temporary President of the New York State Senate from 2009 to 2010;he is the first African-American to hold those leadership positions.
William Morris Perkins was an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,he served in the New York City Council from the 9th district from 2017 to 2021. The district includes portions of Harlem in Manhattan. Perkins formerly represented the same seat from 1998 to 2005,and was a member of the New York State Senate for the 30th District from 2007 to 2017.
Eric Ulrich is an American politician from the state of New York. A Republican,Ulrich represented the 32nd district on the New York City Council from 2009 to 2021. In 2022,he served as New York City Buildings Commissioner and as senior advisor to Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams. On September 13,2023,Ulrich was arrested on 16 felony corruption charges;he pleaded not guilty.
James Sanders Jr. is a member of the New York State Senate,serving since January 2013. He represents the 10th district,which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Richmond Hill,South Ozone Park,Jamaica,Rochdale Village,Rosedale and parts of Far Rockaway.
Fernando Cabrera is an American politician in the Bronx,New York. A Democrat,he formerly represented the 14th district in the New York City Council,including the neighborhoods of Claremont Village,Fordham,Kingsbridge,Marble Hill,Morris Heights,Mount Eden,Mount Hope,and University Heights.
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.
Ruben W. Wills is a former member of the New York City Council,serving the 28th district from 2011 until he was convicted of a felony in August 2017. After serving a 2 - 6-year prison sentence,the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division,Second Department,reversed Wills' convictions and ordered a new trial. On April 22,2021,Ruben Wills was fully exonerated and the charges were dismissed with prejudice. He is a Democrat.
Melinda R. Katz is an American attorney and politician from New York City,serving as District Attorney of Queens since January 1,2020. A Democrat,she previously served as the Queens Borough President. Katz was also a New York City Councilwoman from 2002 to 2009. She had previously run for City Comptroller in 2009. In June 2019,Katz won the Democratic nomination for Queens County's District Attorney,and won the general election in November 2019.
Donovan Richards Jr. is an American politician serving as the Borough President of Queens. He is also a former New York City Council member,having represented the 31st district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2013 elections for borough presidents were held on November 5,2013,and coincided with elections for Mayor,Public Advocate,Comptroller,and members of the New York City Council. Primary elections were held on September 10,2013.
James F. Gennaro is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New York City Council,representing the 24th district since 2021. He previously represented the same seat from 2002 until 2013,and was the chair of the Council's Environmental Protection Committee. He was first elected to the Council in 2001. In November 2005,he was re-elected to the seat,based in central Queens.
Clyde Vanel is an intellectual property attorney and entrepreneur serving as the assembly member for the 33rd district of the New York State Assembly. A Democrat,he is the chair of the Committee on Oversight,Analysis &Investigation and Chair of the Subcommittee on Internet &New Technologies. The district includes Cambria Heights,St. Albans,Hollis,Queens Village,Bellerose and parts of Floral Park in Queens.
The 2019 Queens County District Attorney election was held on November 5,2019,to elect the Queens County District Attorney. The incumbent,Richard Brown,had announced in January 2019 that he would not seek an eighth term;Brown then died in office that May at the age of 86.
New York's 14th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Leroy Comrie since 2015,following his 2014 Democratic primary defeat of incumbent Malcolm Smith.
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.
