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In Reversal, Mayor Now Woos Political Parties
NYT > Home Page — ... fee and raising property taxes, did not help. “He’s taken what we care about for granted,” said Jay Savino, the chairman of the Bronx Republican Party. When the mayor’s presidential plans fizzled early last year and he pushed through an extension of the city’s term limits laws, he managed to alienate the left-leaning Working Families Party . Dan Cantor, the party’s executive director, said it was “unlikely” that the mayor would appear on the Working Families ballot this fall. “It’s like a shot from the half court line in basketball,” he added. “They sometimes go in, but it’s ...

Voters Cast Ballots for 3 New York City Council Seats by Trymaine Lee - NYTimes.com
Lost in the Ozone... — ... Ms. Ferreras is the first Latina to be an elected official in Queens, according to the Working Families Party, which was behind Ms. Ferreras’ campaign.

Bill De Blasio and John Liu Win in Democratic Runoffs by Julie Bosman and Kareem Fahim - NYTimes.com
Lost in the Ozone... — ... The decisive showings by Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Liu were also a victory for the Working Families Party, the labor-backed group that endorsed both candidates and that mobilized its formidable field operation to turn out voters on a day when most polling sites were largely empty. ...

Koslowitz Will Return to City Council
City Room — ... in businesses like hair salons and dry cleaners. Now, Karen Koslowitz, who was once chairman of the Council’s Consumer Affairs Committee, will be returning to her old seat, which she held from 1991 to 2001 and which represents the middle-class Queens neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens. Ms. Koslowitz, 67, won 63.4 percent of the vote in the 29th Council District on Tuesday, defeating Bartholomew Bruno, a Republican, and Lynn Schulman, the candidate of the Working Families Party . Ms. Koslowitz will succeed Councilwoman ...

Staten Island Elects Its First Black Council Member
City Room — ... , a Democrat who also ran with the backing of the Working Families Party , easily won the race on Tuesday with 57.3 percent of the vote, with the rest split by candidates on the Republican and Conservative lines. A lifelong Staten Island resident who was a longtime member of Community Board 1 and runs a program at the College of Staten Island that discourages local students from dropping out of high school, Ms. Rose was making her third bid for City Council. “This has been a very long journey to get here,” Ms. Rose said, adding that her victory should dispel stereotypes ...

Staten Island Elects Its First Black Council Member
NYT > Home Page — ... , a Democrat who also ran with the backing of the Working Families Party , easily won the race on Tuesday with 57.3 percent of the vote, with the rest split by candidates on the Republican and Conservative lines. A lifelong Staten Island resident who was a longtime member of Community Board 1 and runs a program at the College of Staten Island that discourages local students from dropping out of high school, Ms. Rose was making her third bid for City Council. “This has been a very long journey to get here,” Ms. Rose said, adding that her victory should dispel stereotypes ...