Randy Mastro’s lawsuit against City Councilmember Debi Rose and the Working Families Party has officially been settled, with Rose paying the W.F.P. more money for services they provided during the campaign. Notably, there is no admission that the organization did anything wrong.
Rose will pay the W.F.P. about $8,000 more, nowhere Read More
Edward-Isaac Dovere’s lengthy piece on the Working Families Party and their company, Data and Field Services–and how it may be violating city campaign finance rules barring coordination between campaigns and political parties–boils down to the W.F.P.’s inability to provide paperwork detailing the specific work people are getting paid for.
A reader sends over this picture from the start of the official vote count at the Staten Island Board of Elections office this morning, where officials will determine if Ken Mitchell's slim (and somewhat varying) lead holds, or if Debi Rose won in an upset.
The February 24 election was conducted entirely Read More
A reader sends over this picture from the start of the official vote count at the Staten Island Board of Elections office this morning, where officials will determine if Ken Mitchell’s slim (and somewhat varying) lead holds, or if Debi Rose won in an upset.
The February 24 election was conducted entirely on paper Read More
Ken Mitchell has declared victory in the City Council special election on Staten Island, but a spokesman for his nearest opponent, Debi Rose, predicted that she'd prevail after all the votes are counted.
Unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections have Mitchell with 4,128 votes, and Rose with 4,037—a difference of 91.
Ken Mitchell has declared victory in a special Council election on State Island, but a spokesman for his nearest opponent, Debi Rose, predicted that she’d prevail after all the votes are counted.
Unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections have Mitchell with 4,128 votes, and Rose with 4,037 – a difference of 97.
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Ken Mitchell edged out Debi Rose by just 34 votes in the Staten Island City Council special election yesterday, according to the unofficial results from the Board of Elections.
The B.O.E. counted 4,130 votes for Mitchell and 4,096 for Rose.
Mitchell is the former chief of staff to former councilman and now-Representative Mike Read More
Ken Mitchell edged out Debi Rose by just 34 votes in the special election tonight on Staten Island, according to the unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections, which said Mitchell got 4,130 votes, compared to Rose, who got 4,096.
Mitchell was the former chief of staff to City Councilman Michael McMahon, who Read More
On Staten Island, the crowded field of candidates vying for the Council seat once held by Michael McMahon has collapsed into a three-person contest.
Debi Rose, who narrowly lost a 2001 race for the seat, was endorsed this weekend by former rivals Tom Curitore and Tony Cosentino. They join a bunch of labor groups Read More
Staten Island City Council candidate Debi Rose just picked up the endorsement of the Working Families Party. (The union 1199 SEIU endorsed Rose earlier today).
Support from the W.F.P. helps to cast Rose as the most progressive candidate vying for the seat vacated by Michael McMahon, who was elected to Congress in November.
The Read More
