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Congress Acts to Protect New York's Water


While many know New York City as the cultural hub of the country, the financial and media capital of the world, or as "the city that never sleeps," it is also known for the exceptional purity of its water -- the champagne of drinking waters. This often comes as a surprise to visitors who did not already know this. Such quality water usually is not associated with a big city.

New York City's water supply flows from 19 upstate reservoirs, a watershed that spans more than 2,000 square miles. It covers eight counties, 60 towns, and 11 villages in the Catskill Mountain region and the Hudson River Valley. The effective protection of this essential natural resource poses an enormous challenge. I am pleased to report that Congress has just taken an important step to help protect this essential natural resource.

The effort began many years ago. To safeguard the area and the water, environmental groups in 1977 came together with New York city and state officials, upstate communities and the federal government to create the New York City Watershed Agreement. This historic accord guaranteed the continued and long-term protection of New York City's drinking water, while safeguarding the economic viability and environmental quality of the upstate communities in the watershed.

While the historic and landmark Watershed Agreement laid the groundwork for protecting the largest unfiltered drinking water supply in the country, it could only be successful if it was accompanied by an effective water quality monitoring and surveillance program. And so in 1996, Congress authorized funding for seven years for projects to protect and enhance the waters that provide New York City's drinking water. Without the commitment of federal funding, the Watershed Agreement could not have been signed or implemented.

Over the past seven years, Congress has appropriated $31 million to implement a comprehensive monitoring and surveillance program, matched equally by grant recipients. In fact, New York City and New York State have leveraged those federal funds by committing over $1.6 billion to protect the New York City drinking water supply.

Authorization for federal funding of the Watershed Agreement expired September 30, 2003, leaving its future in jeopardy. The entire New York delegation worked to solve this problem, getting behind a bill, H.R. 2771, to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Agreement at its current funding levels through 2010. The effort has been completely bipartisan and fueled by both city and upstate members. I testified, along with a member representing several upstate counties, in support of the bill during the committee process. These efforts succeeded in getting this bill passed by the House of Representatives in May, and just recently, after much delay, the legislation passed the U.S. Senate. The bill is now awaiting the president's signature to be signed into law.

This initiative is crucial to maintaining the safety of New York City's water supply as well as the economic security of upstate communities. The city must already build a filtration plant – currently slated for Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx – to filter the water it gets from Westchester and Putnam counties. But, without the success of the Watershed Agreement, New York City would have had to construct a far more massive water filtration plant to handle water from the Catskill Mountains area farther upstate at a cost estimated between $6 billion and $8 billion. This is money that we cannot afford and that could be put toward better use such as homeland security, education, or health care.

I am pleased that we will not have to use such funds for a filtration system now that the federal government has recommitted itself to protecting New York City's vital water supply. This shows that the New York delegation, when working together, can accomplish great things for the entire state.

Ed Towns, a Democrat, is the U.S. representative from the 10th Congressional District in Brooklyn.

Barriers To Voter Registration


Juliana Zuccaro had not realized when she started registering students to vote that she would be accused of committing a felony. "We were registering students when we were interviewed by Fox News,� Zuccaro of the University of Arizona, told Katha Pollitt of The Nation; the Fox reporter �claimed that we were committing 'unintentional felony' by registering out-of-state students.�

There is a contentious debate over the fairness of having students vote using their school address instead of their parents' address; that there is any debate at all is both outrageous and odd, since the United States Supreme Court already ruled, back in 1979, that students can do so. Nevertheless, the attempts to intimidate them from doing this remain numerous. Students at Prairie View A&M, a historically black college located in Prairie View, Texas, in the heart of a majority white county, have also reportedly been informed that they will be committing a felony -- voter fraud -- if they register and vote at their university.

The outright discrimination against students may be the most blatant barrier to registering eligible voters, but it is certainly not the only one.

It is fashionable to lament the lack of citizen participation, especially among the young, and to assume that the fault lies in the would-be voters ďż˝ that there are psychological or cultural reasons for not participating in elections. (See "Fighting the Fear of Voting" in the Community Gazette for Jackson Heights.) While culture or psychology do sometimes play a part, there are also concrete, external barriers that prevent many from registering to vote who might otherwise ďż˝ barriers that can, and should, be taken down:

PREMATURE DEADLINES

Friday, October 8th is the last day that citizens in New York City can register to vote and still be able to choose a president on November 2nd. New York City requires 25 days advance registration (the New York State Constitution only requires 10 days advance registration); most states require 30. Why so far in advance?

That is not the way it has to be, according to New York State Assemblymember Scott Stringer. �The effect of this rule is to lock out from the process new voters who had recently moved or just turned 18, but it also excludes people who did not become interested in the contest until things started heating up in the last few weeks,� Stringer wrote in an article explaining why he has proposed legislation that would allow for Election Day Registration.

Currently six states permit people to register on the same day that they vote. Those states have seen a surge of up to six percent in new voters. If New York were to implement it, Stringer believes, there could be a million new voters.

Supporters of advance registration say it prevents voter fraud and vote buying, and that eliminating it would increase the administrative and financial burdens on the Board of Elections. But Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Wyoming have yet to experience the presumed breakdown in the integrity of their electoral system.

Some advocate a hybrid system, where voters can vote on election day during the primaries, which have much lower turnout and are considerably less hectic for poll workers, but not during the general election. Proposals for a two week waiting period have been advanced as has a proposal to bring New York City inline with the State Constitution requirement of 10 days.

THE LANGUAGE BARRIER

Well over 150 different languages are spoken in New York City. Yet, the Board of Election�s voter registration forms are in only four languages.

Most New Yorkers speak English, and to become a citizen of the U.S. you must possess basic skills in the English language. But reading and writing are often the last language skills a new citizen acquires. And getting access to informational material in other languages is hard.

Shirley Lin has been registering voters through New Immigrant Community Empowerment, a grass-roots non-profit organization that uses advocacy and public education to ensure new immigrant engagement in civic affairs. �Across immigrant communities we find a hesitation to fill out government forms, especially those that require an affidavit signature,� says Lin. �Working with the new voters and walking them through a form in their own language is extremely helpful.�

Lin has fielded several complaints from Queens residents who say that the Board of Elections in the borough has not had the forms in Korean this election season (one of four languages required by amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965) on hand. They have been turning away potential voters and directing them to their Web site.

Lin states that while immigrants on the whole do want to learn English, free classes in the city can only accommodate five percent of the need. �We see immigrant communities very civically engaged, due to a proliferation of non-English press,� says Lin. �The fact that people want to vote means they will be a positive force in their communities.�

UNAVAILABLE VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS

In 2003 New York City passed the �Pro-Voter Law� which was supposed to greatly increase access of all city residents to voter registration forms. It followed on the heels of the federal �Motor Voter Law� that was passed with the same intent. Both bills attempted to address the most basic of all obstacles to voter registration -- a lack of access to voter registration forms.

The New York City Pro Voter Law mandated that a wide array of city agencies distribute voter registration forms to the public. But an investigation (In PDF Format) conducted by the Committee on Oversight and Investigations of the New York City Council found that 65 percent of the agencies it investigated had actually failed to make those forms available to the public. The committee recommended training administrators in implementing the law, and went on to call for legislation that would require New York City public high schools to distribute forms along with every high school diploma. The council passed that law this year.

TURNING STUDENTS AWAY

Many election officials view the potential student vote as a threat to their way of life and a challenge to the beliefs that they hold. Students are more transient, and in many cases more liberal, than the average person living and working in the towns and county surrounding a university. Students, if registered in large numbers, have the potential to sway an election, as was seen in the mayor�s race in New Paltz, New York in 2003 where Jason West, a 26-year-old SUNY New Paltz graduate, was elected mayor on the Green Party line with a margin of 64 votes.

The issue is further polarized by the fact that most county clerks, Board of Elections staff and poll workers also happen to be appointed by political parties. Ensuring that young people who don�t hold the same political views stay away from the polls is often an unstated mission of those with ties to the candidates and the local political parties.

Advocates for student voting rights are quick to point out that 10 months out of every year young people provide jobs for local employees, engage in community service projects, and contribute to the culture, livelihood and tax base of both the small towns and big cities where institutions of higher education are located

The efforts of those in City Hall in New York City contrast greatly with those in Pima County, Arizona and Prairie View, Texas. However, ensuring access to the ballot, as well as to the voter registration form, is a challenge in big cities and small towns alike.

For a registration form, click here. If you are already registered, send it to somebody you know who may not be.

 

New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 28, 2004


New York City Council Stated Meeting Report

Every two weeks the New York City Council meets for its Stated Meeting to introduce and pass legislation. As a regular feature, Searchlight covers these meetings and posts a summary of the bills passed.

STATED MEETING - September 28, 2004

Quote of the Day:
"The more I look at this project the more I am convinced that it is insane. To dig an 80 foot hole, to alienate 48 acres of parkland, to build a plant that will have ancillary facilities around the community and a pipe to take sludge to the South Bronx... this is a project being built in the wrong place at the wrong time." - Councilmember Oliver Koppell speaking against a proposed filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

Meeting Summary:
On September 28, the New York City Council passed a measure that will help initiate construction of a massive water filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The underground plant, which will filter about 10 percent of the city's drinking water from the Croton Reservoir, will be placed under the Mosholu golf course.

For nearly a decade, the city has been trying to put a filtration plant in the park. Last year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg brokered a deal to invest $240 million in the borough and won the support of many local politicians. (Read more about controversy surrounding the filtration plant.)

Supporters of the project argue that the water filtration plant is needed to provide safe drinking water for city residents. They also say it will bring jobs to an area with some of the highest unemployment rates in the city and provide much needed funds to improve parks and other infrastructure in the Bronx.

But opponents argue the plant will have an adverse affect on the environment and advocate for building it in another location along the Harlem River or in Westchester. They also fear that promises of jobs for locals will not materialize.

After vigorous debate, the council passed a Memorandum of Understanding for the project by a vote of 44 to 6 with 1 abstention. (Councilmembers Oliver Koppell, Helen Foster, Alan Jennings, Bill Perkins, Charles Barron, and Tish James voted "No"; Councilmember Gale Brewer abstained.)

The city must now submit its plans to a federal court. Groups opposing the plant are considering legal action to stop the project.

The council also overrode two vetoes by Mayor Bloomberg.

One measure (Intro 81-A) bans car alarms that are not installed by a car manufacturer. Mayor Bloomberg argues that the bill will affectively ban all car alarms in New York City and could lead to more automobile theft, but the council argues the law is needed to curb noise.

"It makes no sense that in a full blown initiative on noise problems in this city the mayor and the administration failed to address blaring car alarms that wake up people at all hours of the night," said Councilmember John Liu.

The council overrode the mayor's veto by a vote of 49 to 2 (Councilmembers Tony Avella and Erik Dilan sided with the mayor.)

The council also overruled the mayor on a resolution (Res 502) regarding pay phone franchises. The measure requires that future pay phone contracts on city property run for 15 years, rather than 11 years. Telecommunications companies and their lobbyists requested the change that the mayor says will tie the city's hands in future negotiations.

The council also passed three new bills it hopes will make New York's streets and sidewalks safer.

One bill (Intro 205-A) was drafted in response to the death of a woman who was killed last January when she stepped on a metal plate electrified by a faulty underground cable. The legislation requires that companies like Con Edison conduct routine inspections of wires and electrical infrastructure and issue annual reports to the city. The Department of Transportation will conduct random tests to detect stray voltage.

Another measure (Intro 364-A) doubles the fines for people participating or being a spectator of street drag racing. Another piece of legislation (Intro 98) bans the sale of illegal motor scooters, often called "pocket rockets."

"We are moving toward a day when we can walk the streets without fear of drag racing, exploding manhole covers, or fear of electrocution," said Queens Councilmember Peter Vallone, Jr.

The next Stated Meeting is scheduled for October 13.

For an archive of past meetings and council votes, visit Gotham Gazette's Searchlight.

Using The City's Lampposts For Cell Phones and Wireless Computers


New York City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) announced a deal that could improve cell phone coverage and bring in over $20 million a year in municipal revnue. The agreement gives six wireless companies, including telecommunications providers T-Mobile and Nextel, the rights to install cell phone antennas and Internet transmitters on 18,000 of the city's 300,000 lampposts. The plan is scheduled to be put into effect by January.

Most New Yorkers would probably agree that mobile phone coverage in the city is in need of serious improvement. To be sure, the city's plan could minimize problems with mobile phone reception, particularly in midtown where the number of service complaints was reported to be highest in a citywide survey.

However, to date, there has been little public discussion of how this agreement might impact New Yorkers economically, technologically and politically, and only a few concerns expressed over potential negative health effects. "We have no idea what dangers are posed by the concentration of these devices," Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. of Queens told the New York Times.

Will this deal be in the public interest?

The city says that the deployment of wireless antennas on lampposts will reduce the need for additional large, high-power cellular base stations on rooftops. Instead, the plan uses low-power universal antennas that can be used by all cell phone providers. As a result, fewer antennas are required overall to improve mobile phone coverage.

"There's no better way to figure out what is fair or unfair about a plan until you go ahead and launch it," commented Douglas Rushkoff, a tech author who teaches at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

However, the current plan allows for contracts up to 15 years, which doesn't seem to make sense given the rapid pace of technological change. Shorter contract terms may be necessary in order to insure that the city is not stuck with out-of-date technology, thus losing its competitiveness.

One of the six companies planning to sign contracts with the city, IDT Business Services, is planning to provide low-income communities with cheap Internet and telephone services and equipment. But, this service will only be offered in neighborhoods where more than five percent of residents do not have telephone service. Three other companies (ClearLinx Network, Crown Castle Solutions, Dianet Communications) plan to lease the lampposts to other carriers.

While some give the city credit for attempting to get private companies to offer service to underserved parts of the city, others say the effort is not ambitious enough. NYCwireless board member Dana Spiegel wonders whether the income to the city will be adequate and whether it will be used appropriately: "For example, some of the rental fees could be for earmarked public use such as providing low cost Internet access for the city, especially in underserved areas."

Spiegel also voiced concerns over which city agency would have jurisdiction in the event of technical interference or unfair competition with other wireless providers. While the Department of Transportation has official jurisdiction over lampposts, service providers are normally responsible for inspecting and guaranteeing the safety of their equipment. As the tragic accidents involving electrified wires protruding from lampposts earlier this year have shown, it is important to clarify any jurisdictional issues and private sector responsibilities with respect to the installation of antennas on public property.

With respect to technical interference, another NYCwireless board member Dustin Goodwin commented that, "By renting out lampposts, the city has put a commercial carrier right outside everyone's window. So, in essence, your unlicensed spectrum is no longer yours or your neighbor's but whomever can rent space on the side walk." This is because, under this deal, a private service provider could, theoretically, use all of the unlicensed spectrum inside a commercial or residential property, thereby slowing or shutting down a home or business wireless network.

Currently, the city's Department of Design and Construction, along with the Department of Transportation, is holding a competition to redesign its lampposts. One wonders how the current wireless lamppost plan will be coordinated with this redesign effort. The wireless antennas, the designs of which have been reviewed by the New York City art commission, are low-profile according to DoITT Commissioner Gino Menchini. In fact, they may be virtually unnoticeable from the street.

Following New York's announcement of the deal, other cities (including Philadelphia, Boston, Madison, Wisconsin and Culver City, California) made proclamations that they would turn their downtown areas into free Internet hotspots using wireless technology.

Philadelphia officials claim that they can turn their city into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot for $10 million by placing hundreds of transmitters on lampposts. The service would either be free, or much cheaper than commercial providers.

New York City's technological competitiveness is of interest to all New Yorkers, and there should be more public discussion of this latest plan before antennas crop up on thousands of lampposts citywide.

Laura Forlano is a doctoral student studying communication technology policy at Columbia University. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYC Primary Day 2004 - State Legislative Races


Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island

Click here for Election Results beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2004.

BRONX

Senate District 28

Candidates:
Agustin Alamo Estrada (Dem)
Nelson A. Denis (Dem)
José M. Serrano (Dem)

Senate District 32

Candidates:
Enrique Diaz (Dem)
Ruben Diaz (Dem)
Pedro Espada, Jr. (Dem)

Senate District 34

Candidates:
Stephen Kaufman (Rep)
Jeffrey Klein (Dem)
John Fleming (Rep)
Egidio Sementilli (Dem)

Senate District 36

Candidates:
Ruth Hassell-Thompson (Dem)
Crystal Wade (Dem)

Assembly District 76

Candidates:
Elizabeth Bones (Dem)
Henry Pelayo (Dem)
Peter Rivera (Dem)

Assembly District 77

Candidates:
Anthony Curry (Dem)
Aurelia Greene (Dem)

Assembly District 79

Candidates:
Michael Benjamin (Dem)
Sigfredo Gonzalez (Dem)
Claudia Nisbett (Dem)
Eric Stevenson (Dem)

Assembly District 80

Candidates:
Anthony Friedman (Dem)
Naomi Rivera (Dem)
Joseph Thompson (Dem)

Assembly District 82

Candidates:
Michael Benedetto (Dem)
Jeannette Graves (Dem)
Rodney Saunders (Dem)

Assembly District 84

Candidates:
Agustin Alamo (Dem)
Carmen Arroyo (Dem)
David Rosado (Dem)

Assembly District 85

Candidates:
Ruben Diaz, Jr. (Dem)
Jerry Love (Dem)

BROOKLYN

Senate District 17

Candidates:
Ronald Clinton (Dem)
Martin Malave Dilan (Dem)

Senate 21

Candidates:
Noach Dear (Dem)
Kevin Parker (Dem)
Wellington Sharpe (Dem)

Senate District 23

Candidates:
Kelvin Alexander (Dem)
Cole Ettman (Dem)
Rodney Knight (Dem)
Diane Savino (Dem)

Assembly District 42

Candidates:
Michelle Adolphe (Dem)
Rhoda Jacobs (Dem)
Zacary Lareche (Dem)

Assembly District 43

Candidates:
Clarence Norman Jr. (Dem)
Edward Roberts (Dem)

Assembly District 46

Candidates:
Adele Cohen (Dem)
Inna Kaminsky (Dem)

Assembly District 54

Candidates:
Darryl Towns (Dem)
Heriberto Santiago (Dem)

Assembly District 55

Candidates:
Reginald Bowman (Dem)
William Boyland Jr. (Dem)

Assembly District 56

Candidates:
Annette Robinson (Dem)
Richard Taylor (Dem)

MANHATTAN

Senate District 28

Candidates:
Agustin Alamo Estrada (Dem)
Nelson A. Denis (Dem)
José M. Serrano (Dem)

Assembly District 68

Candidates:
Eddie Baca (Dem)
Adam Clayton Powell IV (Dem)
John Ruiz (Dem)

QUEENS

Senate District 13

Candidates:
Luis Rosero (Dem)
John D Sabini (Dem)

Senate District 22

Candidates:
Barry Grodenchick (Dem)
Jimmy Men (Dem)
Benjamin Singer (Dem)

STATEN ISLAND

Senate District 23

Candidates:
Kelvin Alexander (Dem)
Cole Ettman (Dem)
Rodney Knight (Dem)
Diane Savino (Dem)

Assembly District 61

Candidates:
Charles Mclean (Dem)
John Lavelle (Dem)

Assembly District 62

Candidates:
Mario Bruno, Jr. (Rep)
Vincent Ignizio (Rep)
Robert Straniere (Rep)

For Congressional Races, see individual districts on Focus on the Feds.

For articles about State Races, see Eye On Albany.

See a list of Judicial Candidates.

 

2004 Primary Election Results


The following results are based on the unofficial vote tally as reported by the wire services and, as much as possible, directly from the New York City Board of Elections. The official count from the Board of Elections can take weeks to complete and will be posted as soon as they are available. The results below are subject to change as the official count is made public. The winning candidates will face opponents in the general election on November 2

U.S. Senate
Office Winner Date Posted
Seat 1 No Primary -
Seat 2 No Election Until 2006 -

U.S. Congress
Office Winner Date Posted
Dist 5 - Queens Stephen Graves (Rep) 09/14/04
Dist 6 - Queens No Primary -
Dist 7 - Bronx Joseph Crowley (Dem) 09/14/04
Dist 8 - Manhattan No Primary -
Dist 9 - Queens No Primary -
Dist 10 - Brooklyn No Primary -
Dist 11 - Brooklyn Major Owens (Dem) 09/14/04
Dist 12 - Brooklyn No Primary -
Dist 13 - Brooklyn No Primary -
Dist 14 - Manhattan No Primary -
Dist 15 - Manhattan Charles Rangel (Dem) 09/14/04
Dist 16 - Bronx No Primary -
Dist 17 - Bronx Eliot Engel (Dem) 09/14/04

Bronx State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
76 - Fordham, West Farms, Parkchester, Castle Hill Peter Rivera (Dem) 09/14/04
77 - Highbridge, Morrisania Aurelia Greene (Dem) 09/14/04
78 - Bronx Park South, Belmont, Fordham, Bedford Park, South Riverdale, Van Cortland Village, Marble Hill No Primary -
79 - Morrisania, Claremont, Crotona-Mapes, Longwood, Charlotte Gardens, Belmont Michael Benjamin (Dem) 09/14/04
80 - Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Van Nest, Pelham Bay, Van Cortlandt Village, Norwood, Bedford Park Naomi Rivera (Dem) 09/14/04
81 - Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Van Cortlandt Village, Marble Hill, Norwood, Woodlawn, Wakefield No Primary -
82 - Co-op City, Throgs Neck, City Island, Locust Point, Edgewater Park, parts of Castle Hill, Westchester Square, Zerega Micheal Benedetto (Dem) 09/14/04
83 - Olinville, Williamsbridge, Wakefield, Edenwald, Eastchester, Fish Bay, Baychester No Primary -
84 - Highbridge, Melrose, Longwood, Mott Haven, Port Morris, Hunts Point Carmen Arroyo (Dem) 09/14/04
85 - Bronx River, Harding Park, Clason Point, Hunts Point and Soundview Ruben Diaz (Dem) 09/14/04
86 - Bronx No Primary -

Bronx State Senate Districts09/14/04
Office Winner Date Posted
28 - South and West Bronx, East Harlem, Roosevelt Island, parts of North Yorkville, Upper Washington Heights Jose Serrano (Dem) 09/14/04
31 - West Side of Manhattan, Northwest Bronx No Primary -
32 - Soundview, Castle Hill, Clasons Point, Hunts Point, Mott Haven, Melrose, Parkchester, Morrisania, Van Nest, West Farms, Bronx River Ruben Diaz (Dem) 09/14/04
33 - Bronx Efrain Gonzalez (Dem) 09/14/04
34 - Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Throgsneck, City Island, Woodlawn, Norwood, Wakefield, Yonkers, Pelham, Pelham Manor, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon Jeffrey Klein (Dem)
John Fleming (Rep)
09/14/04
36 - Bronx Ruth Hassell-Thompson (Dem) 09/14/04

Brooklyn State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
40 - East New York, Brownsville No Primary -
41 - Sheepshead Bay, Midwood, Flatlands, Canarsie, East Flatbush No Primary -
42 - Flatbush, Midwood Rhoda Jacobs (Dem) 09/14/04
43 - Crown Heights, Flatbush Clarence Norman (Dem) 09/14/04
44 - Park Slope, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Windsor Terrace No Primary -
45 - Brighton Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Flatbush, Manhattan Beach, Midwood, Plum Beach, Sheepshead Bay No Primary -
46 - Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Dyker Heights, Marlboro, Sea Gate, high-rises of Brightwater, Luna Park, Trump Village, Warbasse Adele Cohen (Dem) 09/14/04
47 - Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights and Midwood No Primary -
48 - Boro Park, Dyker Heights, Kensington, Flatbush No Primary -
49 - Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst, Borough Park No Primary -
50 - Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn No Primary -
51 - Sunset Park, Red Hook, Wyckoff, Gowanus, Windsor Terrace, South of Park Slope, Borough Park, Boerum Hill No Primary -
52 - Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Bay Ridge No Primary -
53 - Bushwick, Ridgewood, Williamsburg No Primary -
54 - Williamsburg, Bushwick, Bedford, Stuyvesant, East New York, Cypress Hills, City Line Darryl Towns (Dem) 09/14/04
55 - Oceanhill, Browsville, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Bushwick William Boyland (Dem) 09/14/04
56 - Tompkins Park North, Weeksville, Bedford-Stuyvesant Annette Robinson (Dem) 09/14/04
57 - Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Flatbush, parts of Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant No Primary -
58 - Flatbush, Brownsville, Canarsie No Primary -
59 - Flatlands, Canarsie, Mill Island, Bergen Beach No Primary -

Brooklyn State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
17 - Bushwick, Cypress Hills, parts of Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bedford- Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York Martin Malave Dilan (Dem) 09/14/04
18 - Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Red Hook, parts of Park Slope, Carroll Gardens No Primary -
19 - Canarsie, East Flatbush, parts of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York No Primary -
20 - Brooklyn No Primary -
21 - Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Borough Park Kevin Parker (Dem) 09/14/04
22 - Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, southern Sunset Park, Boro Park, St. George, Stapleton, Rosebank, Dongan Hills, Grassmere, New Dorp, South Beach, Midland Beach, Arrochas, Thompkinsville, Clifton Martin Golden (Rep) 09/14/04
23 - Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Seagate, Coney Island, Windsor Terrace, parts of Brighton Beach, Kensington, Flatbush, Sunset Park, Park Slope in Brooklyn. North Shore of Staten Island Diane Savino (Dem) 09/14/04
25 - Williamsburg, Sunset Park, Navy Yard, Lower Manhattan No Primary -
27 - Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Bergan Beach, Flatbush No Primary -

Manhattan State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
64 - Lower East Side No Primary -
65 - Upper East Side of Manhattan, Roosevelt Island No Primary -
66 - Greenwich Village, SoHo, Tribeca, East Village No Primary -
67 - Upper West Side of Manhattan No Primary -
68 - Harlem Adam Clayton Powell IV (Dem) 09/14/04
69 - Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights No Primary -
70 - Morningside Heights, Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville No Primary -
71 - West Harlem, Washington Heights No Primary -
72 - Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill No Primary -
73 - East side of Manhattan No Primary -
74 - East side of Manhattan No Primary -
75 - Chelsea, Clinton, Murray Hill, Midtown, Lincoln Center area in Manhattan No Primary -

Manhattan State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
25 - Williamsburg, Sunset Park, Navy Yard, Lower Manhattan No Primary -
26 - Murray Hill, Tutor City, Sutton Place, Yorkville No Primary -
28 - South and West Bronx, East Harlem, Roosevelt Island, parts of North Yorkville, Upper Washington Heights Jose Serrano (Dem) 09/14/04
29 - Manhattan's West Side from 77th Street to Battery Park, sections of East Midtown, Lower East Side, Little Italy, Chinatown No Primary -
30 - Harlem, Upper West Side, Washington Heights No Primary -
31 - West Side of Manhattan, Northwest Bronx No Primary -

Queens State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
22 - Queens Jimmy Meng (Dem) 09/14/04
23 - Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Far Rockaway No Primary -
24 - New Hyde Park, Flushing , Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, Bayside, Holliswood, Bellerose, Floral Park, Glen Oak, Douglaston No Primary -
25 - Flushing, Whitestone No Primary -
26 - East Flushing, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Whitestone, Malba, Bay Terrace, Floral Park No Primary -
27 - Flushing, Queen Garden Hill, College Point, Briarwood, Auberndale, Hill Crest, Jamaica Estates No Primary -
28 - Forest Hills, Rego Park, Middle Village, Glendale No Primary -
29 - Rosedale, Laurelton, Queens Village No Primary -
30 - Maspeth, Woodside, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, Middle Village, Astoria No Primary -
31 - Far Rockaway, Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park No Primary -
32 - Jamaica Estates, South Jamaica Estates, Rochdale, Springfield No Primary -
33 - Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Howard, St. Alban, Bellerose, Cunnigham Heights No Primary -
34 - Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona No Primary -
35 - East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona, Woodside No Primary -
36 - Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway No Primary -
37 - Sunnyside, Ridgewood, Astoria, Woodside, Long Island City, Maspeth, Ravenswood, Blissville No Primary -
38 - Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Glendale, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village No Primary -
39 - Jackson Heights, Corona No Primary -

Queens State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
10 - Queens No Primary -
11 - Queens Village, Flushing, Bayside Whitestone, Douglaston, Little Neck, College Point, Bellerose, Hollace, Jamaica Estates, Floral Park, Glenn Oak, New Lead Park No Primary -
12 - Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Bayside, Flushing, Bay Terrace No Primary -
13 - Jackson Heights, Corona and parts of Elmhurst John Sabini (Dem) 09/14/04
14 - St. Albans, Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Springfield Gardens, Rockaways No Primary -
15 - Forest Hills Gardens, Glendale, Hamilton Beach, Howard Beach, Maspeth, Middle Village, Old Howard Beach, Ridgewood, Woodhaven, parts of Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Ozone Park, Rego Park, Richmond Hill, South Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, Sunnyside, Woodside No Primary -
16 - Flushing, Bay Terrace, Forest Hills, Rego Park No Primary -

Staten Island State Assembly Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
60 - Brooklyn: Bay Ridge, Fort Hamiliton. Staten Island: Eltingville, Great Kills, Richmond, Oakwood Beach, New Dorp Beach, Midland Beach, Fort Wadsworth, Dongan Hills, Emerson Hills, Grant City, Rosebank, Shore Acre, Grasmere, Arrochae No Primary -
61 - Westerleigh, Mariners Harbor, Port Richmond, West New Brighton, Livingston, New Brighton, Randall Manor, St. George, Stapleton, Tompkinsville John Lavelle (Dem) 09/14/04
62 - New Dorp, Oakwood, Great Kills, Eltingville, Annandale, Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Prince’s Bay, Cottonville, Roseville Vincent Ignizio(Rep) 09/14/04
63 - Staten Island No Primary -

Staten Island State Senate Districts
Office Winner Date Posted
23 - Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Seagate, Coney Island, Windsor Terrace, parts of Brighton Beach, Kensington, Flatbush, Sunset Park, Park Slope in Brooklyn. North Shore of Staten Island Diane Savino (Dem) 09/14/04
24 - Staten Island No Primary -

Judicial Races

Surrogate Court
No Primary

Bronx - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #1 John Wilson (Dem) 09/15/04
Vacancy #2 No Primary -

Bronx - Civil Court - Dist 2
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #3 No Primary -

Brooklyn - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #4 Evelyn Laporte (Dem) 09/15/04
Vacancy #5 Johnny Lee Baynes (Dem) 09/15/04
Vacancy #6 Gerald Dunbar (Dem) 09/15/04

Brooklyn - Civil Court - Dist 1
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #8 No Primary -

Brooklyn - Civil Court - Dist 2
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #7 Geraldine Pickett (Dem) 09/14/04

Brooklyn - Civil Court - Dist 6
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #9 Bernard J. Graham 09/14/04

Manhattan - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #6 No Primary -
Vacancy #10 No Primary -
Vacancy #11 No Primary -
Vacancy #12 No Primary -
Vacancy #13 No Primary -

Manhattan - Civil Court - Dist 2
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #14 No Primary -

Manhattan - Civil Court - Dist 8
No Primary

Manhattan - Civil Court - Dist 10
No Primary

Queens - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #17 No Primary -

Queens - Civil Court - County
Office Winner Date Posted
Vacancy #18 No Primary -



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