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2021 New York City Borough President Elections
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 (and won re-election). The winning candidates were as follows: *Manhattan: Mark Levine, New York City Council member ( Democratic) *Brooklyn: Antonio Reynoso, New York City Council member ( Democratic) *Queens: Donovan Richards, incumbent borough president ( Democratic) *The Bronx: Vanessa Gibson, New York City Council member ( Democratic) *Staten Island: Vito Fossella, former U.S. representative ( Republican) Overview Manhattan Incumbent Democrat Gale Brewer was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. Democratic primary Declared *Lindsey Boylan, former deputy secretary for economic development and special advisor to the governor, candidate for New York's 10th cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New York State Democratic Committee
The New York State Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Its headquarters are in Manhattan, and it has an office in Albany, New York, Albany. New York State Democratic Committee. Retrieved on May 13, 2010. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling the majority of New York's United States House of Representatives, U.S. House seats, both United States Senate, U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the New York State Legislature, state legislature, and the Governor of New York, governorship. History The three Democratic presidents who were from New York are Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd) who was the governor of New York from 1929 to 1932, Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th) who was the governor from 1883 to 1885, and Martin Van Buren (eighth) who w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New York's 13th State Senate District
New York (state), New York's 13th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Jessica Ramos since 2019. Ramos defeated Independent Democratic Conference, IDC-aligned incumbent Jose Peralta, José Peralta in the 2018 primary election; Peralta began his own Senate career by ousting Democratic Party (United States), Democratic incumbent Hiram Monserrate in a 2010 special election. Geography District 13 is centered around the Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens, Jackson Heights, and includes Corona, Queens, Corona, Elmhurst, Queens, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Queens, East Elmhurst, and parts of Astoria, Queens, Astoria and Woodside, Queens, Woodside. The district office is located in East Elmhurst, Queens, East Elmhurst on Junction Boulevard. The district overlaps with New York's New York's 6th congressional district, 6th and New York's 14th congressional district, 14th con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jessica Ramos
Jessica Ramos (born June 27, 1985) is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, she has represented District 13, which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights, in the New York State Senate since 2019. Ramos was a candidate in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City in the 2025 mayoral election; her campaign began in September 2024. On June 6, 2025, she endorsed former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, but remained on the ballot. She placed ninth in the first round. Early life and education Ramos was born at Elmhurst Hospital and raised in Astoria, Queens, New York City. She is the daughter of Colombian immigrants. Exposed to civic life at an early age, Ramos participated in community activities with the Colombian immigrant community's local civic groups and later on as a Democratic district leader and community board member. She graduated from the Academy of American Studies and attended Hofst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yuh-Line Niou
Yuh-Line Niou (; zh, t=牛毓琳, p=Niú Yùlín; born July 15, 1983) is an American politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district. The Lower Manhattan district, which is heavily Democratic and over 40% Asian American, includes Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side. Niou is the first Asian American elected to the State Assembly for the district. She was a candidate for Congress in New York's newly redrawn 10th congressional district in 2022. Early life and education Niou was born in Taipei, Taiwan, the eldest of three children, and emigrated to the U.S. with her parents when she was six months old. She went to school in El Paso, Texas. Her mother worked as a registered nurse and hospital administrator while her father worked as a materials science engineer. They were both from Taoyuan, Taiwan. Her father received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the Oregon Graduate Institute of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jerry Nadler
Jerrold Lewis Nadler (; born June 13, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of New York. A Manhattan resident and a member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the U.S. representative for since 2023. Nadler was first elected to Congress in 1992 to represent the state's ; that district was renumbered as the in 1993 and as the in 2013. Before his election to Congress, he served eight terms as a New York state assemblyman. Nadler is the dean of New York's U.S. House delegation and is known for his liberal record. Early life, education, and early political career Nadler was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of Miriam () and Emanuel "Max" Nadler. Nadler described his father as a "dyed-in-the-wool Democrat" who lost his poultry farm in New Jersey when the younger Nadler was seven. In his youth, he attended Crown Heights Yeshiva; as of 2018, he was the only member of Congress with a yeshiva education. He graduated from Stuyvesant High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Assembly convenes at the State Capitol in Albany. Leadership of the Assembly The speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly. The speaker is elected by the Majority Conference, followed by confirmation of the full Assembly through the passage of an Assembly Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the speaker also has the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The minority leader is elected by party caucus. The majority leader of the Assembly is selected by, and serves, the speaker. Democrat Carl Heastie of the 83rd Assembly District has served as speaker of the Assembly since February 2015. Crystal Peoples-Stokes of the 141st Assembly District has served as Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ben Kallos
Benjamin J. Kallos (born February 5, 1981) is an American politician, attorney, and software developer, who represented the 5th district of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2022, and served in the Executive Office of the President in the United States Digital Service. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Kallos was born in Florida. He attended Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School. He then attended Bronx High School of Science, SUNY Albany as an undergraduate, and SUNY Buffalo School of Law. Career Kallos has served as a Manhattan Community Board 8 public member and statewide coordination committee chair for the New York Democratic Lawyers Council from 2005 to 2013. He was also chief of staff for New York State Assemblymember Jonathan Bing from 2007 to 2009, director of policy for then New York City Public Advocate Mark Green in 2009, and executive director of New Roosevelt from 2010 to 2013. New York City Council On September 10, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New York's 27th State Senate District
New York (state), New York's 27th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Brian P. Kavanagh, Brian Kavanagh since 2023. Geography District 27 covers much of Lower Manhattan, including some or all of Greenwich Village, the East Village, Manhattan, East Village, Tribeca, Little Italy, Manhattan, Little Italy, Chinatown, Manhattan, Chinatown, Soho, Manhattan, Soho, and the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District. The district overlaps with New York's New York's 7th congressional district, 7th, New York's 10th congressional district, 10th, and New York's 12th congressional district, 12th congressional districts, and with the 65th, New York's 66th State Assembly district, 66th, 67th, 73rd, 74th, and 75th districts of the New York State Assembly. Recent election results 2024 2022 2020 2018 2016 2014 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York, its members are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party has held control of the New York State Senate since 2019. The Senate majority leader is Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Partisan composition The New York State Senate was dominated by the Republican Party for much of the 20th century. Between World War II and the turn of the 21st century, the Democratic Party only controlled the upper house for one year. The Democrats took control of the Senate following the 1964 elections; however, the Republicans quickly regained a Senate majority in 1965 New York state election, special elections later that year. By 2018, the State Senate was the last Republican-controlled body in New York's government. In the 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brad Hoylman
Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal (born October 27, 1965) is an American Democratic politician. First elected in 2012, Hoylman-Sigal represents the 47th District in the New York State Senate, covering much of the west side of Manhattan in New York City. He is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Early life and education Hoylman-Sigal was born in Phoenix, Arizona and grew up in rural Lewisburg, West Virginia. He was the youngest of six children of Audrey Kennedy Hoylman, a public elementary school teacher, and James M. Hoylman, a process systems analytics analyst. He is a former Eagle Scout in Troop 70, Lewisburg, West Virginia. He attended Greenbrier East High School in West Virginia. He attended West Virginia University (WVU; BA in political science and English literature, 1989), where Hoylman-Sigal was elected president of student administration and graduated ''summa cum laude'' with honors. At WVU he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and received a Truman Scholarship and a M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
