Below, find a social media posting by NYC Council District 3 candidate Phelan Dante Fitzpatrick, one of six who ran for the Councilmember seat to be vacated by term-limited Speaker Corey Johnson. Following the photo, find the statement’s text. Want more? Click on the instances of words in red. BY PHELAN DANTE FITZPATRICK | So […]
BY ARTHUR SCHWARTZ | The Primary for City Council in West Soho, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen is largely over. Although Erik Bottcher did not get a majority, his margin of victory over me is large enough that it seems mathematically impossible for me to win once the Ranked Choice Voting process begins. […]
Tuesday, June 22, 2021: As the first light of dawn broke over New York City, the Primary Day reporter’s reliable opening sentence phrase–“a palpable air of uncertainty”–hovered over the skyline, just as it has been doing ever since our best minds in medicine took a hard pass on the notion of masks (with an about-face […]
BY PHELAN DANTE FITZPATRICK (Candidate, City Council District 3) | Where are Corey and Erik? Are they helping small businesses recover from the pandemic? Are they off creating more affordable housing so that people can actually live here? Maybe they’re tackling the behemoth problem of systemic racism in our police force? I wish the answer […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER |The Election 2021 candidate whose weekly Community Cleanup events inspire locals to blanket neglected parts of their neighborhood with brush and broom work just expanded the sweeping scope of his support. In a May 25 press release first seen by Chelsea Community News, New York State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried said it […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In the Election 2021 candidate’s quest for a vote of confidence from organized labor, no asset tracks quite like a stellar track record. Aspiring New York City Councilmember Arthur Schwartz has spent decades as the courtroom advocate of choice for labor, tenants, the disabled, and movement organizations. His presence, and victories, […]
BY NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATE MARNI HALASA | I recently wrote about a wonderful small business, Kashmir 9, that needs and deserves our support. Having such gems means that the New York City Council, right now, needs to pass the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA). Given that the majority of the Council […]
Above: Leslie Boghosian Murphy at the The Donut Pub (203 West 14th Street), the final stop on her tour of Chelsea sweet shops. | Photo by Brooke James BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATE LESLIE BOGHOSIAN MURPHY | Tuesday, April 27: I had so much fun doing a Sweets Tour of Chelsea! Every stop was one […]
Recent cycles have seen nothing like Election 2021’s bid for the New York City Council District 3 seat currently held by Speaker Corey Johnson (making his exit because of term limits, and making his own Election 2021 bid, for Comptroller). A half dozen are in the running to succeed the Speaker–and as the June 22 […]
Whether from scar tissue formed many years ago or as recent in origin as this very morning, the personal struggles we carry with us inform who we are, and how we treat others. The wounds that never seem to heal are often the ones we keep to ourselves, rather than take the real risk of […]