Election 2001
The Mayoral Election and Its Aftermath
County Party Organization Support Is Key to Queens Councilwoman's Victory
By Franziska Bruner
Months before Election Day, the race for the City Council seat from District 25 in Jackson Heights was probably the most diverse the Queens neighborhood had ever seen, with candidates ranging from a gay library advocate to a Peruvian Board of Education rabble-rouser. But even with all the fresh blood, the result of the Nov. 6 vote hardly differed from the outcome in years past. Full Story
Retirees Remain Loyal to City Council Candidate
By Stephanie Martin
Nearly a quarter-century ago, so long ago she cannot recall the exact year, Lynn Summers left her native Queens for Manhattan. In 1999, she retired from her job as a research and development director at Con Edison in Manhattan. But all along, Summers had retained at least a few ties to the old neighborhood. She served on the board of directors of the Garden School, a private school in Jackson Heights she had attended as a child. And she came to know a fellow board member named Helen Sears. Full StoryGay Support Crucial for East Harlem Councilman
By Gary M. Chandler
In their brownstone duplex on West 20th Street in New York's Chelsea district, William Floyd and his partner Jeremy Berman uncorked wine and arranged plates of cheese and crackers on a table in their garden. Company began arriving at 6 p.m., including the guest of honor, City Councilman Phil Reed. It was July 11, 2001, and Reed was running for re-election in District 8, which covers East Harlem as well as parts of the Upper West Side and the Bronx. Full StoryDevelopers and Lawyers Fund Peter Vallone, Jr.'s City Council Campaign
By Amy Miller
In 1999, Marshall Rose, a Manhattan real-estate developer, wrote out two checks worth $5,500 to the political campaigns of both Peter Vallone and Peter Vallone, Jr. Two years later, Rose donated $3,250 to their campaigns.
"It's about good government," he said. "Peter Vallone has been a brilliant public servant, and I'm confident that his son will be, too." Full Story
Brooklyn Councilman Wins His Seat With the Help of His High School Yearbook
By Anne Sachs
Anne Tergesen, a 37-year-old finance editor at Business Week magazine, first
met David Yassky 16 years ago, when he was hanging around her dorm room at Princeton
University. He had an unrequited crush on her roommate and, according to Tergesen,
could be found skulking in the hallways on a regular basis, shyly waiting for
a chance to chat. Full Story
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