Mark Levine
How to run for Council by attacking a fringe candidate for a different seat
Remember that virulently homophobic and racist candidate running for Council uptown? More
In a crowded Council race uptown, Mark Levine lands a powerful union
City Council candidate Mark Levine was endorsed by 1199 SEIU, the powerful union representing healthcare workers. More
Mark Levine hires The Advance Group as lead consultants
Mark Levine, who is running in a crowded City Council race in Northern Manhattan, has hired The Advance Group to be his lead consultants. More
Hotel workers union backs two establishment Dems and an opponent of Vito Lopez
The New York Hotel Trades Council has endorsed City Council candidate Mark Levine, who is running in the district that includes parts of Harlem, Washington Heights and the Upper West Side. More
'We're going Obama-style:' Bill Lynch, for Council candidate Zead Ramadan
Ramadan is one of about eight candidates running to replace Robert Jackson, who is term-limited and running for Manhattan Borough President. More
A Council candidate's racist email, and a response
"There is something to be said about Upper Manhattan recognizing that race cannot be the most determinate factor in who you endorse for elected office." More
(3)Zead Ramadan, president of CAIR-NY, braces for a City Council run
The chairman of the board for the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Zead Ramadan, has opened up a campaign committee to run for the New York City Council. More
Establishment-backed candidate for Robert Jackson's Council seat emphasizes diversity
Here's City Council candidate Mark Levine, formally kicking off his campaign by emphasizing his desire for a racially diverse coalition. More
(1)Petitions for Espaillat ally Mark Levine, no longer running, still get submitted
Democratic district leader Mark Levine is no longer running for State Senate in upper Manhattan, now that his ally, incumbent Adriano Espaillat, is seeking re-election.
But petitions that included Levine's name were submitted to the Board of Elections before the New York City Board of Elections midnight deadline last night. More
Espaillat prepared to run for State Senate as he challenged Rangel for Congress
State Senator Adriano Espaillat conceded his congressional race to Rep. Charlie Rangel today, but he refused to say whether it had been an "honest election." More
(2)Espaillat will concede to Rangel, and now has Linares to worry about
State Senator Adriano Espaillat will concede the race to Rep. Charlie Rangel today, following a vote-count by the New York City Board of Elections that has the 21-term congressman winning by 990 votes. More
Close to Rangel with ballots outstanding, Adriano Espaillat gets a day in court
Adriano Espaillat's campaign for Congress, which was thought to be over when he conceded to Charlie Rangel on Election Night, will appear in New York County court on Monday to challenge the process of counting ballots in what has become an increasingly close margin.
“We are pleased with the Court’s decision to hold a hearing on the Board of Elections’ proceedings in the 13th Congressional District race," said spokesman Ibrahim Kahn in a statement announcing the hearing. More
Erstwhile Dominican rivals Linares and Espaillat do an uneasy endorsement dance
At a candidates forum and endorsement meeting of the Barack Obama Democratic Club last night, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares didn't mention State Senator Adriano Espaillat by name.
For two decades, the two Dominican trailblazers have jockeyed for support in the immigrant community of northern Manhattan; Linares was the first Dominican-American elected to office in 1991, and Espaillat became the first Dominican to serve in Albany in 1996, with a number of proxy battles before and since. More
Adriano Espaillat, Charlie Rangel, and the coalition- fracturing primary neither of them wanted
In 1996, when Adriano Espaillat was vying to unseat longtime Assemblyman John Brian Murtaugh and become the first Dominican-American in the state legislature, he had the overwhelming advantage of running in an Upper Manhattan district that was 80 percent Hispanic.
Espaillat won, by 196 votes. More
Another name on Espaillat's petitions for the Rangel race: district leader Mark Levine
Mark Levine, a Democratic district leader in Upper Manhattan and the founder of the Barack Obama Democratic Club, has lent his name to Adriano Espaillat's possible congressional campaign against Rep. Charlie Rangel, appearing as a member of Espaillat's committee to fill vacancies. More
