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.
Herman Badillo was an American lawyer and politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative,and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts,and the first Puerto Rican mayoral candidate in a major city in the continental United States.
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.
The New York City mayoral election of 2001 was held on November 6,2001.
Claire Shulman was an American politician and registered nurse from New York City. She served as director of community boards and deputy president of Queens Borough,before becoming interim borough president in 1986 when her predecessor resigned due to scandal. Shulman proceeded to serve in the role full-time and won four elections between 1986 and 2002. She was the first woman to hold the position.
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.
The New York City mayoral election of 1997 occurred on Tuesday November 4,1997,with incumbent Republican mayor Rudy Giuliani soundly defeating Democratic Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger and several third-party candidates. This was the first time Brooklyn voted for a Republican since 1941.
Antonio Pagán was an American politician,who held roles in the municipal government of New York City. He represented the 2nd district of the New York City Council for six years,and was subsequently appointed the city's commissioner of the Department of Employment by mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1998.
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit international development and human rights organization that supports community-based organizations in 19 countries in the developing world and works to educate the American Jewish community about global justice. It is the first and only Jewish organization dedicated solely to ending poverty and promoting human rights in the developing world. Its headquarters are in New York City. AJWS has received a Four Star rating from Charity Navigator since 2002.
The La Guardia and Wagner Archives was established in 1982 at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City,Queens,New York,to collect,preserve,and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City,with an emphasis on the mayoralty and the borough of Queens. The purpose of its founding went beyond serving as a repository,but to establish the college as a location for scholarly research. The archives serves a broad array of researchers,journalists,students,scholars,exhibit planners,and policy makers. Its web site provides guidelines to the collections,as well as over 55,000 digitized photographs and close to 2,000,000 digitized documents.
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.
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 1989 New York City mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 7.
The 1997 United States elections off-year elections were held on Tuesday,November 4,1997,comprising 2 gubernatorial races,3 congressional special elections,and a plethora of other local elections across the United States. No Senate special elections were held.
The 2021 New York City mayoral election was held on November 2,2021. Incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.
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 Democratic Party primary for the 2021 New York City mayoral election took place on June 22,2021. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams defeated 12 other candidates,including Kathryn Garcia,Maya Wiley and Andrew Yang. Adams went on to defeat Republican Curtis Sliwa and other candidates in the November 2,2021 general election.
