Council Seats, Judgeships Up for Grabs

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Two City Council seats, three district attorney posts, and 17 judgeships are up for election tomorrow in races that could entice voters to the polls from all five boroughs.

However, a political consultant, Evan Stavisky, said: “Most of the really competitive races are outside the city. New York City — it’s literally the eye of the political storm.”

The district attorney’s race on Staten Island is generating more interest than other contests, after the Republican president of Staten Island, James Molinaro, endorsed the Democratic challenger, Michael Ryan, instead of the GOP incumbent — a former aide to Mr. Molinaro — Daniel Donovan. After Mr. Molinaro’s 18-year-old grandson was sentenced to five years in jail for intimidating a 15-year-old paperboy he had assaulted the year before, the borough president ran an ad in the Staten Island Advance denouncing the way the case was handled, a swipe at Mr. Donovan. The district attorney had recused himself from the case, saying it presented a conflict of interest.

The council seats up for grabs, in Brooklyn and Staten Island, which were filled earlier during a special election in February, are not considered competitive. In Staten Island, Council Member Vincent Ignizio, one of the council’s three Republican members, is running unopposed. Council Member Mathieu Eugene, who represents parts of Brooklyn, is on the ballot for the third time this year. Mayor Bloomberg authorized a second election for his seat after questions arose as to whether Dr. Eugene lived in the district he was elected to represent on Election Day.


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